556

This article is about the year 556. For the number, see 556 (number). For other uses, see 556 (disambiguation).
Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 5th century6th century7th century
Decades: 520s  530s  540s 550s 560s  570s  580s
Years: 553 554 555556557 558 559
556 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
556 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar556
DLVI
Ab urbe condita1309
Armenian calendar5
ԹՎ Ե
Assyrian calendar5306
Bengali calendar−37
Berber calendar1506
Buddhist calendar1100
Burmese calendar−82
Byzantine calendar6064–6065
Chinese calendar乙亥(Wood Pig)
3252 or 3192
     to 
丙子年 (Fire Rat)
3253 or 3193
Coptic calendar272–273
Discordian calendar1722
Ethiopian calendar548–549
Hebrew calendar4316–4317
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat612–613
 - Shaka Samvat478–479
 - Kali Yuga3657–3658
Holocene calendar10556
Iranian calendar66 BP – 65 BP
Islamic calendar68 BH – 67 BH
Julian calendar556
DLVI
Korean calendar2889
Minguo calendar1356 before ROC
民前1356年
Seleucid era867/868 AG
Thai solar calendar1098–1099

Year 556 (DLVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 556 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

Europe

Britain

Persia

By topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Myres, p. 162
  2. Bury & 1958 p. 119; Martindale et al. p. 752, 845–846; Greatrex, Lieu & 2002 p. 121
  3. Martindale, Jones & Morris (1992), p. 81–82
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