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| Gregorian calendar | 1872 MDCCCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2625 |
| Armenian calendar | 1321 ԹՎ ՌՅԻԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6622 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 28–29 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1793–1794 |
| Bengali calendar | 1279 |
| Berber calendar | 2822 |
| British Regnal year | 35 Vict. 1 – 36 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2416 |
| Burmese calendar | 1234 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7380–7381 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4569 or 4362 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4570 or 4363 |
| Coptic calendar | 1588–1589 |
| Discordian calendar | 3038 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1864–1865 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5632–5633 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1928–1929 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1793–1794 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4972–4973 |
| Holocene calendar | 11872 |
| Igbo calendar | 872–873 |
| Iranian calendar | 1250–1251 |
| Islamic calendar | 1288–1289 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 5 (明治５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1800–1801 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4205 |
| Minguo calendar | 40 before ROC 民前40年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 404 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2414–2415 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1998 or 1617 or 845 — to — 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1999 or 1618 or 846 |
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1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1872nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 872nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1872, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.