1856
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1856 in topic: |
| Humanities |
| Archaeology – Architecture – Art – Literature – Music |
| By country |
| Australia – Brazil - Canada – Denmark - France – Germany – Mexico – Norway - Philippines - Portugal– Russia - South Africa – Spain - Sweden - United Kingdom – United States |
| Other topics |
| Rail Transport – Science – Sports |
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| Sovereign states – State leaders – Territorial governors – Religious leaders |
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| Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1856 MDCCCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2609 |
| Armenian calendar | 1305 ԹՎ ՌՅԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6606 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 12–13 |
| Bengali calendar | 1263 |
| Berber calendar | 2806 |
| British Regnal year | 19 Vict. 1 – 20 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2400 |
| Burmese calendar | 1218 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7364–7365 |
| Chinese calendar |
乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 4552 or 4492 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4553 or 4493 |
| Coptic calendar | 1572–1573 |
| Discordian calendar | 3022 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1848–1849 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5616–5617 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1912–1913 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1777–1778 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4956–4957 |
| Holocene calendar | 11856 |
| Igbo calendar | 856–857 |
| Iranian calendar | 1234–1235 |
| Islamic calendar | 1272–1273 |
| Japanese calendar |
Ansei 3 (安政３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1784–1785 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4189 |
| Minguo calendar | 56 before ROC 民前56年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 388 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2398–2399 |
1856 (MDCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter FE) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday (dominical letter AG) of the Julian calendar, the 1856th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 856th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1856, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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