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| Years: 855 856 857 858 - 859 - 860 861 862 863 |
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| Decades: 820s 830s 840s - 850s - 860s 870s 880s |
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| Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
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| 859 by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 859 DCCCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1612 |
| Armenian calendar | 308 ԹՎ ՅԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -985 – -984 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1403 |
| Chinese calendar | 3495/3555-11-24 (戊寅年十一月廿四日) — to —
3496/3556-12-4(己卯年十二月初四日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 851 – 852 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4619 – 4620 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 914 – 915 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 781 – 782 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3960 – 3961 |
| Holocene calendar | 10859 |
| Iranian calendar | 237 – 238 |
| Islamic calendar | 244 – 245 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1519 (皇紀1519年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10859 |
| Julian calendar | 904 |
| Korean calendar | 3192 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1402 |
[edit] Events
- Battle of Abelda: Asturias beats the Muslims[citation needed].
- The Russian city of Novgorod first mentioned in the chronicles.
- University of Al Karaouine founded in Fes, Morocco. Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest university in the world.
