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Calendar year
Millennium:
1st millennium
Centuries:
2nd century
3rd century
4th century
Decades:
230s
240s
250s
260s
270s
Years:
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
256 by topic
Leaders
Political entities
State leaders
Religious leaders
Categories
Births
Deaths
256 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
256 CCLVI
Ab urbe condita
1009
Assyrian calendar
5006
Balinese saka calendar
177–178
Bengali calendar
−337
Berber calendar
1206
Buddhist calendar
800
Burmese calendar
−382
Byzantine calendar
5764–5765
Chinese calendar
乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2953 or 2746 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2954 or 2747
Coptic calendar
−28 – −27
Discordian calendar
1422
Ethiopian calendar
248–249
Hebrew calendar
4016–4017
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
312–313
- Shaka Samvat
177–178
- Kali Yuga
3356–3357
Holocene calendar
10256
Iranian calendar
366 BP – 365 BP
Islamic calendar
377 BH – 376 BH
Javanese calendar
135–136
Julian calendar
256 CCLVI
Korean calendar
2589
Minguo calendar
1656 before ROC 民前1656年
Nanakshahi calendar
−1212
Seleucid era
567/568 AG
Thai solar calendar
798–799
Tibetan calendar
阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 382 or 1 or −771 — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 383 or 2 or −770
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