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Calendar overview 855
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| 855 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 303/304 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 847/848 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1398/99 (southern Buddhism); 1397/98 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 59th (60th) cycle
Year of the wood pig乙亥 ( at the beginning of the year wood dog 甲戌) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 217/218 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 233/234 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 240/241 (May 21/22) |
| Jewish calendar | 4615/16 (September 15/16) |
| Coptic calendar | 571/572 |
| Malayalam calendar | 30/31 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDCVIII (1608)
Diocletian's era : 571/572 (November turn of the year) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1165/66 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1166/67 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 893 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 911/912 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
- September 19 : Shortly before his death, Lothar I divides the Lotharii Regnum among his sons Ludwig , Karl and Lothar with the division of Prüm .
- Reconquista : Ordoño I of Asturias conquers León from the Moors.
- First documentary mention of Homberg and Iggingen
Science and culture
- Work on the Japanese chronicle Shoku Nihon Kōki begins.
religion
- Arn becomes Bishop of Würzburg . He succeeds Gozbald , who died on September 20 .
- September: Benedict III. becomes Pope . At the same time Anastasius III. elected antipope .
nature and environment
- First recorded observation from Württemberg about a tornado in Germany
Born
- Guido von Spoleto , Duke of Spoleto and Camerino, King of Italy and Roman Emperor († 894 )
- Wulfhard von Flavigny , Franconian Arch Chancellor († 880 or 893 )
- around 855: Gerald von Aurillac , Franconian nobleman († 909 )
Died
Date of death secured
- July 17th : Leo IV , Pope (* around 780 )
- September 20 : Gozbald , Bishop of Würzburg
- September 29th : Hartgar , Bishop of Liège
- September 29th : Lothar I , Frankish Emperor (* 795 )
- December 15 : Folcuin , Bishop of Thérouanne
Exact date of death unknown
- Æthelweard , King of East Anglia
- Cyngen ap Cadell , Welsh King
- Ahmad ibn Hanbal , Islamic theologian and legal scholar (* 780 )
Web links
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