855

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century - 9th century - 10th century
Decades:	820s 830s 840s - 850s - 860s 870s 880s
Years:	852 853 854 - 855 - 856 857 858

855 by topic v - d - e
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments - Disestablishments

**855 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	855 DCCCLV
Ab urbe condita	1608
Armenian calendar	304 Ô¹ÕŽ Õ…Ô´
Bahá'í calendar	-989 - -988
Bengali calendar	262
Berber calendar	1805
Buddhist calendar	1399
Burmese calendar	217
Byzantine calendar	6363 - 6364
Chinese calendar	ç”²æˆŒå¹´åäºŒæœˆåˆä¹æ—¥ (3491/3551-12-9) - to - ä¹™äº¥å¹´åä¸€æœˆåä¹æ—¥ (3492/3552-11-19)
Coptic calendar	571 - 572
Ethiopian calendar	847 - 848
Hebrew calendar	4615 - 4616
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	910 - 911
- Shaka Samvat	777 - 778
- Kali Yuga	3956 - 3957
Holocene calendar	10855
Iranian calendar	233 - 234
Islamic calendar	240 - 241
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3188
Thai solar calendar	1398
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Events

Louis II succeeds Lothar as Western Emperor. Two other sons, Lothar II and Charles, also get parts of the kingdom.
The Slavic alphabet is created by Saints Cyril and Methodius.
í†thelwulf, king of Wessex and Bretwalda, abdicates in favor of his son í†thelbald.
Edmund becomes king of East Anglia.