| Millennium: | 1st Millennium BC |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th cent. BC – 9th cent. BC – 8th cent. BC |
| Decades: | 900s BC 890s BC 880s BC – 870s BC – 860s BC 850s BC 840s BC |
| Years: | 875 BC 874 BC 873 BC – 872 BC – 871 BC 870 BC 869 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 872 DCCCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1625 |
| Armenian calendar | 321 ԹՎ ՅԻԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5622 |
| Bengali calendar | 279 |
| Berber calendar | 1822 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1416 |
| Burmese calendar | 234 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6380–6381 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3568 or 3508 — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3569 or 3509 |
| Coptic calendar | 588–589 |
| Discordian calendar | 2038 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 864–865 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4632–4633 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 928–929 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 793–794 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3972–3973 |
| Holocene calendar | 10872 |
| Iranian calendar | 250–251 |
| Islamic calendar | 258–259 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōgan 14 (貞観１４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 770–771 |
| Julian calendar | 872 DCCCLXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3205 |
| Minguo calendar | 1040 before ROC 民前1040年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −596 |
| Seleucid era | 1183/1184 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1414–1415 |
The year 872 BC