For other uses, see 556 (disambiguation).
| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s |
| Years: | 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 |
| Gregorian calendar | 556 DLVI
|
| Ab urbe condita | 1309 |
| Armenian calendar | 5 ԹՎ Ե |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1288 – -1287 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1100 |
| Coptic calendar | 272 – 273 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 548 – 549 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4316 – 4317 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 611 – 612 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 478 – 479 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3657 – 3658 |
| Holocene calendar | 10556 |
| Iranian calendar | 66 BP – 65 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 68 BH – 67 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1216 (皇紀1216年) |
| Julian calendar | 601 |
| Korean calendar | 2889 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1099 |
Events[]
By Place[]
Europe[]
- Cynric of Wessex (-560)] and Ceawlin of Wessex fight against the Britons at Beranburh.
Asia[]
- The Western Wei Dynasty ends in China.
By Topic[]
Religion[]
- April 16 — Pope Pelagius I succeeds Pope Vigilius as the 60th pope.
Births[]
Deaths[]
- February 21 — Maximianus of Ravenna, bishop
- Empress Erzhu Ying'e, widow of Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei
- Xiao Yuanming
- Yuwen Tai
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