1556

1556 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1556; MDLVI
Ab urbe condita	2309
Armenian calendar	1005; ԹՎ ՌԵ
Assyrian calendar	6306
Balinese saka calendar	1477–1478
Bengali calendar	963
Berber calendar	2506
English Regnal year	2 Ph. & M. – 3 Ph. & M.
Buddhist calendar	2100
Burmese calendar	918
Byzantine calendar	7064–7065
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit); 4252 or 4192; — to —; 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon); 4253 or 4193
Coptic calendar	1272–1273
Discordian calendar	2722
Ethiopian calendar	1548–1549
Hebrew calendar	5316–5317
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1612–1613
- Shaka Samvat	1477–1478
- Kali Yuga	4656–4657
Holocene calendar	11556
Igbo calendar	556–557
Iranian calendar	934–935
Islamic calendar	963–964
Japanese calendar	Kōji 2; (弘治２年)
Javanese calendar	1475–1476
Julian calendar	1556; MDLVI
Korean calendar	3889
Minguo calendar	356 before ROC; 民前356年
Nanakshahi calendar	88
Thai solar calendar	2098–2099
Tibetan calendar	阴木兔年; (female Wood-Rabbit); 1682 or 1301 or 529; — to —; 阳火龙年; (male Fire-Dragon); 1683 or 1302 or 530

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1520s 1530s 1540s – 1550s – 1560s 1570s 1580s
Years:	1553 1554 1555 – 1556 – 1557 1558 1559

1556 (MDLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.

Events

January 23 – Most devastating recorded earthquake in Shaanxi, China. Over 850,000 deaths.

Gregorian calendar	1556 MDLVI
Ab urbe condita	2309
Armenian calendar	1005 ԹՎ ՌԵ
Assyrian calendar	6306
Balinese saka calendar	1477–1478
Bengali calendar	963
Berber calendar	2506
English Regnal year	2 Ph. & M. – 3 Ph. & M.
Buddhist calendar	2100
Burmese calendar	918
Byzantine calendar	7064–7065
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 4252 or 4192 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4253 or 4193
Coptic calendar	1272–1273
Discordian calendar	2722
Ethiopian calendar	1548–1549
Hebrew calendar	5316–5317
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1612–1613
- Shaka Samvat	1477–1478
- Kali Yuga	4656–4657
Holocene calendar	11556
Igbo calendar	556–557
Iranian calendar	934–935
Islamic calendar	963–964
Japanese calendar	Kōji 2 (弘治２年)
Javanese calendar	1475–1476
Julian calendar	1556 MDLVI
Korean calendar	3889
Minguo calendar	356 before ROC 民前356年
Nanakshahi calendar	88
Thai solar calendar	2098–2099
Tibetan calendar	阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 1682 or 1301 or 529 — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1683 or 1302 or 530