1859

Centuries:	18th century 19th century 20th century
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
Years:	1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1859 (Events)

1859 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar and a common year of the Julian calendar, the 1859th year of the Common Era (CE), 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. 1859 corresponds to the years 15–16 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Births

• Lady Blomfield, prominent Bahá’í author.