1857
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1820s 1830s 1840s – 1850s – 1860s 1870s 1880s |
| Years: | 1854 1855 1856 – 1857 – 1858 1859 1860 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1857 MDCCCLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2610 |
| Armenian calendar | 1306 ԹՎ ՌՅԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6607 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 13–14 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1778–1779 |
| Bengali calendar | 1264 |
| Berber calendar | 2807 |
| British Regnal year | 20 Vict. 1 – 21 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2401 |
| Burmese calendar | 1219 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7365–7366 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4553 or 4493 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4554 or 4494 |
| Coptic calendar | 1573–1574 |
| Discordian calendar | 3023 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1849–1850 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5617–5618 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1913–1914 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1778–1779 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4957–4958 |
| Holocene calendar | 11857 |
| Igbo calendar | 857–858 |
| Iranian calendar | 1235–1236 |
| Islamic calendar | 1273–1274 |
| Japanese calendar | Ansei 4 (安政４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1785–1786 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4190 |
| Minguo calendar | 55 before ROC 民前55年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 389 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2399–2400 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1983 or 1602 or 830 — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1984 or 1603 or 831 |
1857 (MDCCCLVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1857th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 857th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1857, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
- Indian Mutiny; Mangal Pandey, Rani of Jhansi
- "Jingle Bells" is written and published in America
Births
- 5 April – Alexander of Battenberg
- 14 April - Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom; Prince Henry of Battenberg
- June 11 – Antoni Grabowski
- 3 December – Joseph Conrad
Deaths
- December 31 - Edward Williams Clay, American artist (b. 1799)