556 BC

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries: 7th century BC – 6th century BC – 5th century BC
Decades: 580s BC  570s BC  560s BC  – 550s BC –  540s BC  530s BC  520s BC
Years: 559 BC 558 BC 557 BC – 556 BC – 555 BC 554 BC 553 BC
556 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar556 BC
Ab urbe condita198
Ancient Egypt eraXXVI dynasty, 109
- PharaohAmasis II, 15
Ancient Greek era56th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar4195
Bengali calendar−1148
Berber calendar395
Buddhist calendar−11
Burmese calendar−1193
Byzantine calendar4953–4954
Chinese calendar甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
2141 or 2081
    — to —
乙巳年 (Wood Snake)
2142 or 2082
Coptic calendar−839 – −838
Discordian calendar611
Ethiopian calendar−563 – −562
Hebrew calendar3205–3206
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−499 – −498
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2546–2547
Holocene calendar9445
Iranian calendar1177 BP – 1176 BP
Islamic calendar1213 BH – 1212 BH
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1778
Minguo calendar2467 before ROC
民前2467年
Thai solar calendar−13 – −12
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