AD 56 (LVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Saturninus and Scipio (or, less frequently, year 809 Ab urbe condita).[1] The denomination AD 56 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.[2]

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
AD 56 in various calendars
Gregorian calendarAD 56
LVI
Ab urbe condita809
Assyrian calendar4806
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−537
Berber calendar1006
Buddhist calendar600
Burmese calendar−582
Byzantine calendar5564–5565
Chinese calendar乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit)
2753 or 2546
    — to —
丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
2754 or 2547
Coptic calendar−228 – −227
Discordian calendar1222
Ethiopian calendar48–49
Hebrew calendar3816–3817
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat112–113
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3156–3157
Holocene calendar10056
Iranian calendar566 BP – 565 BP
Islamic calendar583 BH – 582 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarAD 56
LVI
Korean calendar2389
Minguo calendar1856 before ROC
民前1856年
Nanakshahi calendar−1412
Seleucid era367/368 AG
Thai solar calendar598–599
Tibetan calendar阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
182 or −199 or −971
    — to —
阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
183 or −198 or −970

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Roman Empire

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Asian Calendar

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  • The Jianwu era of the Eastern Han dynasty changes to the Jianwuzhongyuan era.[5]

Religion

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Platina (1471). The Lives of the Popes: From the Time of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the Reign of Sixtus IV. C. Wilkinson. p. 7.
  2. ^ Fabry, Merrill (August 31, 2016). "Now You Know: When Did People Start Saying That the Year Was 'A.D.'?". Time. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  3. ^ Cartwright, Mark (March 6, 2018). "The Roman-Parthian War 58-63 CE". World History Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  4. ^ Fontán, Antonio (2002). Humanismo y pervivencia del mundo clásico. Ediciones del Laberinto. p. 1284. ISBN 9788484831563.
  5. ^ Hing, Ming Hung (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. Algora Publishing. ISBN 9781628944181.
  6. ^ MacDonald, Alexander Hugh. "Tacitus". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  7. ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History VII.62