| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1556 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1556 MDLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2309 |
| Armenian calendar | 1005 ԹՎ ՌԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6306 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1477–1478 |
| Bengali calendar | 963 |
| Berber calendar | 2506 |
| English Regnal year | 2 Ph. & M. – 3 Ph. & M. |
| Buddhist calendar | 2100 |
| Burmese calendar | 918 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7064–7065 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 4253 or 4046 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4254 or 4047 |
| Coptic calendar | 1272–1273 |
| Discordian calendar | 2722 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1548–1549 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5316–5317 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1612–1613 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1477–1478 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4656–4657 |
| Holocene calendar | 11556 |
| Igbo calendar | 556–557 |
| Iranian calendar | 934–935 |
| Islamic calendar | 963–964 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōji 2 (弘治２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1475–1476 |
| Julian calendar | 1556 MDLVI |
| Korean calendar | 3889 |
| Minguo calendar | 356 before ROC 民前356年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 88 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2098–2099 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 1682 or 1301 or 529 — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1683 or 1302 or 530 |
Year 1556 (MDLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.