1855

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1855 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1855
MDCCCLV
Ab urbe condita 2608
Armenian calendar 1304
ԹՎ ՌՅԴ
Assyrian calendar 6605
Baháʼí calendar 11–12
Balinese saka calendar 1776–1777
Bengali calendar 1261–1262
Berber calendar 2805
British Regnal year 18  Vict. 1   19  Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar 2399
Burmese calendar 1217
Byzantine calendar 7363–7364
Chinese calendar 甲寅年 (Wood  Tiger)
4552 or 4345
     to 
乙卯年 (Wood  Rabbit)
4553 or 4346
Coptic calendar 1571–1572
Discordian calendar 3021
Ethiopian calendar 1847–1848
Hebrew calendar 5615–5616
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1911–1912
 - Shaka Samvat 1776–1777
 - Kali Yuga 4955–4956
Holocene calendar 11855
Igbo calendar 855–856
Iranian calendar 1233–1234
Islamic calendar 1271–1272
Japanese calendar Ansei 2
(安政2年)
Javanese calendar 1783–1784
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar 4188
Minguo calendar 57 before ROC
民前57年
Nanakshahi calendar 387
Thai solar calendar 2397–2398
Tibetan calendar 阳木虎年
(male Wood-Tiger)
1981 or 1600 or 828
     to 
阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
1982 or 1601 or 829

1855 (MDCCCLV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar  and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1855th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 855th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1855, the Gregorian calendar was 12days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (b. April 27)
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Effie Ellsler (b. September 17)
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Flora Haines Loughead

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Carl Friedrich Gauss (d. February 23)
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Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. March 2)
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Søren Kierkegaard (d. November 11)

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