| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 20s 30s 40s – 50s – 60s 70s 80s |
| Years: | 53 54 55 – 56 – 57 58 59 |
| 56 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 56 LVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 809 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1788 – -1787 |
| Bengali calendar | -537 |
| Berber calendar | 1006 |
| Buddhist calendar | 600 |
| Burmese calendar | -582 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5564 – 5565 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年十一月廿五日 (2692/2752-11-25) — to —
丙辰年十二月初六日(2693/2753-12-6) |
| Coptic calendar | -228 – -227 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 48 – 49 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3816 – 3817 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 112 – 113 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3157 – 3158 |
| Holocene calendar | 10056 |
| Iranian calendar | 566 BP – 565 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 583 BH – 582 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2389 |
| Thai solar calendar | 599 |
Year 56 (LVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.