1556

Millennium: 2nd millennium
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The world in 1556
January 23: Shaanxi earthquake, devastation kills 830,000 people in China.
1556 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1556
MDLVI
Ab urbe condita2309
Armenian calendar1005
ԹՎ ՌԵ
Assyrian calendar6306
Balinese saka calendar1477–1478
Bengali calendar963
Berber calendar2506
English Regnal yearPh. & M. – 3 Ph. & M.
Buddhist calendar2100
Burmese calendar918
Byzantine calendar7064–7065
Chinese calendar乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit)
4253 or 4046
    — to —
丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
4254 or 4047
Coptic calendar1272–1273
Discordian calendar2722
Ethiopian calendar1548–1549
Hebrew calendar5316–5317
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1612–1613
 - Shaka Samvat1477–1478
 - Kali Yuga4656–4657
Holocene calendar11556
Igbo calendar556–557
Iranian calendar934–935
Islamic calendar963–964
Japanese calendarKōji 2
(弘治2年)
Javanese calendar1475–1476
Julian calendar1556
MDLVI
Korean calendar3889
Minguo calendar356 before ROC
民前356年
Nanakshahi calendar88
Thai solar calendar2098–2099
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

Year 1556 (MDLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.