156

This article is about the year 156. For the number (and other uses), 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
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4906
Bahá'í calendar	-1688–-1687
Bengali calendar	-437
Berber calendar	1106
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	700
Burmese calendar	-482
Byzantine calendar	5664–5665
Chinese calendar	乙未年十一月廿一日 (2792/2852-11-21) — to — 丙申年十二月初二日 (2793/2853-12-2)
Coptic calendar	-128–-127
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
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2489
Minguo calendar	1756 before ROC 民前1756年
Thai solar calendar	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 China (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 Wu (d. 236)
• Zhu Zhi, general of Wu (d. 224)