1656

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century–17th century–18th century
Decades:	1620s1630s1640s–1650s–1660s1670s1680s
Years:	165316541655–1656–165716581659

1656 in othercalendars

Gregorian calendar	1656 MDCLVI
Ab urbe condita	2409
Armenian calendar	1105 ԹՎ ՌՃԵ
Assyrian calendar	6406
Balinese saka calendar	1577–1578
Bengali calendar	1063
Berber calendar	2606
English Regnal year	7Cha. 2– 8Cha. 2 (Interregnum)
Buddhist calendar	2200
Burmese calendar	1018
Byzantine calendar	7164–7165
Chinese calendar	Ất chưaNăm(WoodGoat) 4352 or 4292 — to — Bính thân năm(FireMonkey) 4353 or 4293
Coptic calendar	1372–1373
Discordian calendar	2822
Ethiopian calendar	1648–1649
Hebrew calendar	5416–5417
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1712–1713
-Shaka Samvat	1577–1578
-Kali Yuga	4756–4757
Holocene calendar	11656
Igbo calendar	656–657
Iranian calendar	1034–1035
Islamic calendar	1066–1067
Japanese calendar	Meireki2 ( minh lịch ２ năm )
Javanese calendar	1578–1579
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3989
Minguo calendar	256 beforeROC Dân trước 256 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	188
Thai solar calendar	2198–2199
Tibetan calendar	Âm mộc dương năm (female Wood-Goat) 1782 or 1401 or 629 — to — Dương hỏa năm con khỉ (male Fire-Monkey) 1783 or 1402 or 630

1656(MDCLVI) was aleap yearstarting on Saturdayof theGregorian calendarand aleap year starting on Tuesdayof theJulian calendar,the 1656th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 656th year of the2nd millennium,the 56th year of the17th century,and the 7th year of the1650sdecade. As of the start of 1656, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• December – Thependulum clockis invented byChristian Huygens.