85 facts for kids

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	50s  60s  70s  – 80s –  90s  100s  110s
Years:	82 83 84 – 85 – 86 87 88

AD 85 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 85 LXXXV
Ab urbe condita	838
Assyrian calendar	4835
Balinese saka calendar	6–7
Bengali calendar	−508
Berber calendar	1035
Buddhist calendar	629
Burmese calendar	−553
Byzantine calendar	5593–5594
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2781 or 2721     — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2782 or 2722
Coptic calendar	−199 – −198
Discordian calendar	1251
Ethiopian calendar	77–78
Hebrew calendar	3845–3846
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	141–142
- Shaka Samvat	6–7
- Kali Yuga	3185–3186
Holocene calendar	10085
Iranian calendar	537 BP – 536 BP
Islamic calendar	554 BH – 552 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 85 LXXXV
Korean calendar	2418
Minguo calendar	1827 before ROC 民前1827年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1383
Seleucid era	396/397 AG
Thai solar calendar	627–628
Tibetan calendar	阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 211 or −170 or −942     — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 212 or −169 or −941

85 is a year in the 1st century.

Events

• Dacians led by Decebalus fought in two wars against the Romans from this year to AD 88 or 89.
• Domitian stopped a Dacian invasion of Moesia
• Jealous of Gnaeus Julius Agricola's success in Britain, Domitian recalled and poisoned the general.
• Domitian makes himself censor for life. This gives him the right to control the Senate. His totalitarian tendencies put the senatorial aristocracy against him.
• Baekje invades Silla in the Korean peninsula. The war continues till the peace treaty of 105.

Births

• Ptolemy, Greek astronomer. (approximate date)

Deaths

• Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general, poisoned.