1556

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 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1556
MDLVI
Ab urbe condita2309
Armenian calendar1005
ԹՎ ՌԵ
Assyrian calendar6306
Bengali calendar963
Berber calendar2506
English Regnal year2 Ph. & M.  3 Ph. & M.
Buddhist calendar2100
Burmese calendar918
Byzantine calendar7064–7065
Chinese calendar乙卯(Wood Rabbit)
4252 or 4192
     to 
丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
4253 or 4193
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
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January 23: Shaanxi earthquake, devastation kills 830,000 in China.

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

Events

JanuaryJune

JulyDecember

Date unknown

Births

Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac born on December 27

Deaths

Saint Ignatius of Loyola died on July 31, 1556

References

  1. "Kings Of Poland 1386-1572". Medieval Lands. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
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