56
This article is about the year 56. For the number, see 56 (number). For the Chinese video sharing website, see 56.com. For other uses, see 56 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 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 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4806 |
| 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 | 3157–3158 |
| Holocene calendar | 10056 |
| Iranian calendar | 566 BP – 565 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 583 BH – 582 BH |
| Julian calendar | 56 LVI |
| Korean calendar | 2389 |
| Minguo calendar | 1856 before ROC 民前1856年 |
| Seleucid era | 367/368 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 598–599 |
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Year 56 (LVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Saturninus and Scipio (or, less frequently, year 809 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 56 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- War between Rome and Parthia breaks out due to the invasion of Armenia by Vologases I, who had replaced the Roman supported ruler with his brother Tiridates I of Armenia.
- Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus becomes a consul in Rome.
Asia
- The Jianwu era of the Eastern Han Dynasty changes to the Jianwuzhongyuan era.
Births
- Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian (d. 117 AD)