Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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1862 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 |
Lists of leaders |
Sovereign states – State leaders – Territorial governors – Religious leaders |
Birth and death categories |
Births – Deaths |
Establishments and disestablishments categories |
Establishments – Disestablishments |
Works category |
Works |
Gregorian calendar | 1862 MDCCCLXII |
Ab urbe condita | 2615 |
Armenian calendar | 1311 ԹՎ ՌՅԺԱ |
Assyrian calendar | 6612 |
Bahá'í calendar | 18–19 |
Bengali calendar | 1269 |
Berber calendar | 2812 |
British Regnal year | 25 Vict. 1 – 26 Vict. 1 |
Buddhist calendar | 2406 |
Burmese calendar | 1224 |
Byzantine calendar | 7370–7371 |
Chinese calendar |
辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4558 or 4498 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4559 or 4499 |
Coptic calendar | 1578–1579 |
Discordian calendar | 3028 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1854–1855 |
Hebrew calendar | 5622–5623 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1918–1919 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1783–1784 |
- Kali Yuga | 4962–4963 |
Holocene calendar | 11862 |
Igbo calendar | 862–863 |
Iranian calendar | 1240–1241 |
Islamic calendar | 1278–1279 |
Japanese calendar |
Bunkyū 2 (文久2年) |
Javanese calendar | 1790–1791 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
Korean calendar | 4195 |
Minguo calendar | 50 before ROC 民前50年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 394 |
Thai solar calendar | 2404–2405 |
1862 (MDCCCLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday (dominical letter G) of the Julian calendar, the 1862nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 862nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1862, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. This year was named by Mitchell Stephens as the greatest year to read newspapers.