156

This article is about the year 156. For the number, see 156 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century
Decades:	120s  130s  140s  – 150s –  160s  170s  180s
Years:	153 154 155 – 156 – 157 158 159

156 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

156 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	156 CLVI
Ab urbe condita	909
Assyrian calendar	4906
Bengali calendar	−437
Berber calendar	1106
Buddhist calendar	700
Burmese calendar	−482
Byzantine calendar	5664–5665
Chinese calendar	乙未年 (Wood Goat) 2852 or 2792     — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 2853 or 2793
Coptic calendar	−128 – −127
Discordian calendar	1322
Ethiopian calendar	148–149
Hebrew calendar	3916–3917
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	212–213
- Shaka Samvat	78–79
- Kali Yuga	3257–3258
Holocene calendar	10156
Iranian calendar	466 BP – 465 BP
Islamic calendar	480 BH – 479 BH
Julian calendar	156 CLVI
Korean calendar	2489
Minguo calendar	1756 before ROC 民前1756年
Seleucid era	467/468 AG
Thai solar calendar	698–699

Year 156 (CLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silvanus and Augurinus (or, less frequently, year 909 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 156 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 topic

Religion

• The heresiarch Montanus first appears in Ardaban (Mysia).

Births

• Dong Zhao, minister of Han dynasty (d. 236)
• Emperor Ling of Han (d. 189)
• Lü Bu, Chinese warlord and military leader (d. 198)
• Ma Teng, general of Han dynasty (d. 212)
• Zhang Xun (d. 199)
• Zhang Zhao, trusted adviser of Eastern Wu (d. 236)
• Zhu Zhi, general of Eastern Wu (d. 224)