| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 956 CMLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1709 |
| Armenian calendar | 405 ԹՎ ՆԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -888 – -887 |
| Bengali calendar | 363 |
| Berber calendar | 1906 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1500 |
| Burmese calendar | 318 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6464 – 6465 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年十一月十六日 (3592/3652-11-16) — to —
丙辰年十一月廿七日(3593/3653-11-27) |
| Coptic calendar | 672 – 673 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 948 – 949 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4716 – 4717 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 1012 – 1013 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 878 – 879 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4057 – 4058 |
| Holocene calendar | 10956 |
| Iranian calendar | 334 – 335 |
| Islamic calendar | 344 – 345 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3289 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1499 |
U.S. Area Code 956