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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 12th century13th century14th century
Decades: 1220s  1230s  1240s  – 1250s –  1260s  1270s  1280s
Years: 1253 1254 125512561257 1258 1259
1256 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1256
MCCLVI
Ab urbe condita2009
Armenian calendar705
ԹՎ ՉԵ
Assyrian calendar6006
Balinese saka calendar1177–1178
Bengali calendar663
Berber calendar2206
English Regnal year40 Hen. 3 – 41 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar1800
Burmese calendar618
Byzantine calendar6764–6765
Chinese calendar乙卯(Wood Rabbit)
3952 or 3892
    — to —
丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
3953 or 3893
Coptic calendar972–973
Discordian calendar2422
Ethiopian calendar1248–1249
Hebrew calendar5016–5017
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1312–1313
 - Shaka Samvat1177–1178
 - Kali Yuga4356–4357
Holocene calendar11256
Igbo calendar256–257
Iranian calendar634–635
Islamic calendar653–654
Japanese calendarKenchō 8 / Kōgen 1
(康元元年)
Javanese calendar1165–1166
Julian calendar1256
MCCLVI
Korean calendar3589
Minguo calendar656 before ROC
民前656年
Nanakshahi calendar−212
Thai solar calendar1798–1799
Tibetan calendar阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
1382 or 1001 or 229
    — to —
阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
1383 or 1002 or 230

1256 (MCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1256th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 256th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 13th century, and the 7th year of the 1250s decade. As of the start of 1256, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Abingdon School is founded. Roger Bacon becomes a Franciscan Friar.