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| Gregorian calendar | AD 56 LVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 809 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4806 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −537 |
| Berber calendar | 1006 |
| Buddhist calendar | 600 |
| Burmese calendar | −582 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5564–5565 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2752 or 2692 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2753 or 2693 |
| Coptic calendar | −228 – −227 |
| Discordian calendar | 1222 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 48–49 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3816–3817 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 112–113 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3156–3157 |
| Holocene calendar | 10056 |
| Iranian calendar | 566 BP – 565 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 583 BH – 582 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | AD 56 LVI |
| Korean calendar | 2389 |
| Minguo calendar | 1856 before ROC 民前1856年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1412 |
| Seleucid era | 367/368 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 598–599 |
| Tibetan calendar | ཤིང་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Wood-Hare) 182 or −199 or −971 — to — མེ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Fire-Dragon) 183 or −198 or −970 |
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56 (LVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 56th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 56th year of the 1st millennium, the 56th year of the 1st century, and the 7th year of the 50s decade. As of the start of 56, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days behind the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
- War between Rome and Parthia starts because of the invasion of Armenia by Vologases I. He replaced the Roman supported ruler with his brother Tiridates of Parthia.
- Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus becomes a consul in Rome.
- The Jianwu era of the Eastern Han Dynasty changes to the Jianwuzhongyuan era.
Births
- Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian (d. 117 AD)