850
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- For the American area code, see area code 850.
| Years: 846 847 848 849 - 850 - 851 852 853 854 |
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| Decades: 820s 830s 840s - 850s - 860s 870s 880s |
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| Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
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| 850 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 850 DCCCL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1603 |
| Armenian calendar | 299 ԹՎ ՄՂԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 3546 – 3547 己巳 – 庚午 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 842 – 843 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4610 – 4611 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 905 – 906 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 772 – 773 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3951 – 3952 |
| Iranian calendar | 228 – 229 |
| Islamic calendar | 235 – 236 |
Events
- April 20 - Guntherus becomes Bishop of Cologne.
- Emperor Montoku succeeds Emperor Nimmyō as Emperor of Japan.
- Louis II is crowned co-emperor with his father Lothair I.
- First recorded Viking attack on the Welsh coast.
- Vikings of Rorik conquer Utrecht and keep the city for 70 years. The bishop of Utrecht takes refugee in Deventer.
Births
- Arnulf of Carinthia, King of the East Franks (d. 899)
- Emperor Seiwa, Emperor of Japan (d. 881)