885

885 (DCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 885th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 885th year of the 1st millennium, the 85th year of the 9th century, and the 6th year of the 880s decade. As of the start of 885, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century – 9th century – 10th century
Decades:	850s  860s  870s  – 880s –  890s  900s  910s
Years:	882 883 884 – 885 – 886 887 888

885 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	885 DCCCLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	1638
Armenian calendar	334 ԹՎ ՅԼԴ
Assyrian calendar	5635
Balinese saka calendar	806–807
Bengali calendar	292
Berber calendar	1835
Buddhist calendar	1429
Burmese calendar	247
Byzantine calendar	6393–6394
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 3581 or 3521     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 3582 or 3522
Coptic calendar	601–602
Discordian calendar	2051
Ethiopian calendar	877–878
Hebrew calendar	4645–4646
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	941–942
- Shaka Samvat	806–807
- Kali Yuga	3985–3986
Holocene calendar	10885
Iranian calendar	263–264
Islamic calendar	271–272
Japanese calendar	Gangyō 9 / Ninna 1 (仁和元年)
Javanese calendar	783–784
Julian calendar	885 DCCCLXXXV
Korean calendar	3218
Minguo calendar	1027 before ROC 民前1027年
Nanakshahi calendar	−583
Seleucid era	1196/1197 AG
Thai solar calendar	1427–1428
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 1011 or 630 or −142     — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 1012 or 631 or −141

Events

• Vikings besiege Paris

Births

• Emperor Daigo of Japan
• November 26 – Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang

Deaths

• April 6 – Saint Methodius, bishop and Bible translator
• June – Godfrith, the Sea King
• July – Pope Adrian III
• July/August – Sulayman ibn Wahb, Abbasid vizier