855
| Years: 851 852 853 854 - 855 - 856 857 858 859 | |
| Decades: 820s 830s 840s - 850s - 860s 870s 880s | |
| Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century | |
| 855 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 855 DCCCLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1608 |
| Armenian calendar | 304 ԹՎ ՅԴ |
| Chinese calendar | 3491/3551-12-9 (甲戌年十二月初九日) — to — 3492/3552-11-19(乙亥年十一月十九日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 847 – 848 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4615 – 4616 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 910 – 911 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 777 – 778 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3956 – 3957 |
| Iranian calendar | 233 – 234 |
| Islamic calendar | 240 – 241 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1398 |
Contents |
Events
- Louis II succeeds Lothar as western emperor. Two other sons, Lothar II and Charles, also get parts of the kingdom.
- September 29 - Pope Benedict III succeeds Pope Leo IV as the 104th pope.
- Anastasius is made anti-pope by Lothair.
- The Slavic alphabet is created by the Saints Cyril and Methodius.
- Ethelwulf, king of Wessex and Bretwalda, abdicates in favor of his son Ethelbald.
- Ethelwulf grants the English churches the right to receive tithes.
- Edmund becomes king of East Anglia.
Births
Deaths
- March 2 - Lothar, western emperor (b. 795)
- December 8 - Drogo of Metz
- Pope Leo IV
Categories
1st millennium | 855