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Years: 852 853 854 855 - 856 - 857 858 859 860 |
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Decades: 820s 830s 840s - 850s - 860s 870s 880s |
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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
856 by topic | |
Politics | |
State leaders - Sovereign states | |
Birth and death categories | |
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Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
Establishments - Disestablishments |
Gregorian calendar | 856 DCCCLVI |
Ab urbe condita | 1609 |
Armenian calendar | 305 ԹՎ ՅԵ |
Chinese calendar | 3492/3552-11-20 (乙亥年十一月二十日) — to —
3493/3553-12-1(丙子年十二月初一日) |
Ethiopian calendar | 848 – 849 |
Hebrew calendar | 4616 – 4617 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 911 – 912 |
- Shaka Samvat | 778 – 779 |
- Kali Yuga | 3957 – 3958 |
Iranian calendar | 234 – 235 |
Islamic calendar | 241 – 242 |
Japanese calendar | |
- Imperial Year | Kōki 1516 (皇紀1516年) |
- Jōmon Era | 10856 |
Thai solar calendar | 1399 |
[edit] Events
- Year of the Fire Rat begins in January. (Chinese Zodiac)
- Ethelbald usurps the throne of Wessex from his father Ethelwulf
- November- Earthquake in Corinth, Greece, kills an estimated 45,000
- December 22- Another deadly earthquake strikes Damghan, Iran, killing 200,000 people.
- Bardas becomes regent for the Byzantine Emperor Michael III
- Ordono I of Asturias said to have begun the repopulation of the town of León
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 - Saint Aldric , Bishop of Le Mans born c. 800; died at Le Mans.
- February 4 - Rabanus Maurus, Bishop of Mainz