855

This article is about the year 855. For the number, see 855 (number). For the area code, see Toll-free telephone number.

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
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 ԹՎ ՅԴ
Assyrian calendar	5605
Bengali calendar	262
Berber calendar	1805
Buddhist calendar	1399
Burmese calendar	217
Byzantine calendar	6363–6364
Chinese calendar	甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3551 or 3491 — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 3552 or 3492
Coptic calendar	571–572
Discordian calendar	2021
Ethiopian calendar	847–848
Hebrew calendar	4615–4616
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	911–912
- Shaka Samvat	777–778
- Kali Yuga	3956–3957
Holocene calendar	10855
Iranian calendar	233–234
Islamic calendar	240–241
Japanese calendar	Saikō 2 (斉衡２年)
Julian calendar	855 DCCCLV
Korean calendar	3188
Minguo calendar	1057 before ROC 民前1057年
Seleucid era	1166/1167 AG
Thai solar calendar	1397–1398

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Year 855 (DCCCLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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.
Edmund becomes king of East Anglia.

September 29 – Pope Benedict III succeeds Pope Leo IV as the 104th pope.
Anastasius is made anti-pope by Lothair.
Æthelwulf of Wessex grants churches in the kingdom of Wessex the right to receive tithes.