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| Gregorian calendar | 1859 MDCCCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2612 |
| Armenian calendar | 1308 ԹՎ ՌՅԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6609 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 15–16 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1780–1781 |
| Bengali calendar | 1266 |
| Berber calendar | 2809 |
| British Regnal year | 22 Vict. 1 – 23 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2403 |
| Burmese calendar | 1221 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7367–7368 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4556 or 4349 — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4557 or 4350 |
| Coptic calendar | 1575–1576 |
| Discordian calendar | 3025 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1851–1852 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5619–5620 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1915–1916 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1780–1781 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4959–4960 |
| Holocene calendar | 11859 |
| Igbo calendar | 859–860 |
| Iranian calendar | 1237–1238 |
| Islamic calendar | 1275–1276 |
| Japanese calendar | Ansei 6 (安政６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1787–1788 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4192 |
| Minguo calendar | 53 before ROC 民前53年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 391 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2401–2402 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1985 or 1604 or 832 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1986 or 1605 or 833 |
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1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1859th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 859th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1859, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
