| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 840s 850s 860s – 870s – 880s 890s 900s |
| Years: | 869 870 871 – 872 – 873 874 875 |
| 872 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 872 DCCCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1625 |
| Armenian calendar | 321 ԹՎ ՅԻԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -972 – -971 |
| Bengali calendar | 279 |
| Berber calendar | 1822 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1416 |
| Burmese calendar | 234 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6380 – 6381 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年十一月十七日 (3508/3568-11-17) — to —
壬辰年十一月廿八日(3509/3569-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 588 – 589 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 864 – 865 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4632 – 4633 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 928 – 929 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 794 – 795 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3973 – 3974 |
| Holocene calendar | 10872 |
| Iranian calendar | 250 – 251 |
| Islamic calendar | 258 – 259 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3205 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1415 |