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| 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 | |
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| 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 | 878–879 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4057–4058 |
| Holocene calendar | 10956 |
| Iranian calendar | 334–335 |
| Islamic calendar | 344–345 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenryaku 10 (天暦１０年) |
| Julian calendar | 956 CMLVI |
| Korean calendar | 3289 |
| Minguo calendar | 956 before ROC 民前956年 |
| Seleucid era | 1267/1268 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1498–1499 |
Year 956 (CMLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- An earthquake badly damages the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
- September/October – A Byzantine fleet under Basil Hexamilites deals a crushing defeat on the fleet of Tarsus.
Births
Deaths
- April 8 – Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy
- Ali al-Masudi, Arab historian, geographer and philosopher
