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
''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...
''). 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 place
America
* The La Mojarra Stela 1 is produced in Mesoamerica.
By topic
Religion
* The heresiarch Montanus first appears in Ardaban ( Mysia).
Births
*
Dong Zhao, Chinese official and minister (d.
236
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Year 236 ( CCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Verus and Africanus (or, less frequently, year 989 ''Ab ...
)
*
Ling of Han, Chinese emperor of the
Han Dynasty (d.
189
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common 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 Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe c ...
)
*
Pontianus of Spoleto, Christian
martyr and saint (d.
175
Year 175 ( CLXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Piso and Iulianus (or, less frequently, year 928 ''Ab urbe condita ...
)
*
Zhang Zhao, Chinese general and politician (d.
236
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Year 236 ( CCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Verus and Africanus (or, less frequently, year 989 ''Ab ...
)
*
Zhu Zhi, Chinese general and politician (d.
224)
Deaths
*
Marcus Gavius Maximus, Roman
praetorian prefect
The praetorian prefect ( la, praefectus praetorio, el, ) was a high office in the Roman Empire. Originating as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the office gradually acquired extensive legal and administrative functions, with its holders be ...
*
Zhang Daoling, Chinese
Taoist master (b.
AD 34)
References
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