956
This article is about the year 956. For the car, see Porsche 956.
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 9th century · 10th century · 11th century |
Decades: | 920s · 930s · 940s · 950s · 960s · 970s · 980s |
Years: | 953 · 954 · 955 · 956 · 957 · 958 · 959 |
956 by topic | |
Politics | |
State leaders – Sovereign states | |
Birth and death categories | |
Births – Deaths | |
Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
Establishments – Disestablishments | |
Gregorian calendar | 956 CMLVI |
Ab urbe condita | 1709 |
Armenian calendar | 405 ԹՎ ՆԵ |
Assyrian calendar | 5706 |
Bengali calendar | 363 |
Berber calendar | 1906 |
Buddhist calendar | 1500 |
Burmese calendar | 318 |
Byzantine calendar | 6464–6465 |
Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3652 or 3592 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3653 or 3593 |
Coptic calendar | 672–673 |
Discordian calendar | 2122 |
Ethiopian calendar | 948–949 |
Hebrew calendar | 4716–4717 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1012–1013 |
- Shaka Samvat | 877–878 |
- Kali Yuga | 4056–4057 |
Holocene calendar | 10956 |
Iranian calendar | 334–335 |
Islamic calendar | 344–345 |
Japanese calendar | Tenryaku 10 (天暦10年) |
Javanese calendar | 856–857 |
Julian calendar | 956 CMLVI |
Korean calendar | 3289 |
Minguo calendar | 956 before ROC 民前956年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −512 |
Seleucid era | 1267/1268 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1498–1499 |
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Year 956 (CMLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- September/October – A Byzantine fleet under Basil Hexamilites deals a crushing defeat on the fleet of Tarsus.
- An earthquake badly damages the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
Births
Deaths
- April 8 – Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy
- Al-Masudi, Arab historian, geographer and philosopher (b. c.896)
References
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