56

This page is about the year 56. For the actual number, see fifty-six.

56 (LVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 56th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 56th year of the 1st millennium, the 56th year of the 1st century, and the 7th year of the 50s decade. As of the start of 56, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days behind the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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

AD 56 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 56 LVI
Ab urbe condita	809
Assyrian calendar	4806
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
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	3156–3157
Holocene calendar	10056
Iranian calendar	566 BP – 565 BP
Islamic calendar	583 BH – 582 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 56 LVI
Korean calendar	2389
Minguo calendar	1856 before ROC 民前1856年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1412
Seleucid era	367/368 AG
Thai solar calendar	598–599
Tibetan calendar	阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 182 or −199 or −971     — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 183 or −198 or −970

Events

• War between Rome and Parthia starts because of the invasion of Armenia by Vologases I. He replaced the Roman supported ruler with his brother Tiridates of Parthia.
• Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus becomes a consul in Rome.
• The Jianwu era of the Eastern Han Dynasty changes to the Jianwuzhongyuan era.

Births

• Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian (d. 117 AD)