1256

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1256 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1256
MCCLVI
Ab urbe condita2009
Armenian calendar705
ԹՎ ՉԵ
Assyrian calendar6006
Balinese saka calendar1177–1178
Bengali calendar663
Berber calendar2206
English Regnal year40 Hen. 3 – 41 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar1800
Burmese calendar618
Byzantine calendar6764–6765
Chinese calendar乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit)
3953 or 3746
    — to —
丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
3954 or 3747
Coptic calendar972–973
Discordian calendar2422
Ethiopian calendar1248–1249
Hebrew calendar5016–5017
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1312–1313
 - Shaka Samvat1177–1178
 - Kali Yuga4356–4357
Holocene calendar11256
Igbo calendar256–257
Iranian calendar634–635
Islamic calendar653–654
Japanese calendarKenchō 8 / Kōgen 1
(康元元年)
Javanese calendar1165–1166
Julian calendar1256
MCCLVI
Korean calendar3589
Minguo calendar656 before ROC
民前656年
Nanakshahi calendar−212
Thai solar calendar1798–1799
Tibetan calendar阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
1382 or 1001 or 229
    — to —
阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
1383 or 1002 or 230
Hulagu Khan conquers Alamut Castle

Year 1256 (MCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.