556
Year 556 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 556 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
Europe
Religion
- April 16 - The diplomatic representative to Constantinople is elected as Pope Pelagius I, succeeding Vigilius as the 60th pope of Rome.
Births
- Gao Bainian, crown prince of Northern Qi
- Amr Ibn Hashim, Arab pagan chieftain, and biggest enemy to the spread of early Islam
Deaths
- February 22 - Maximianus, Bishop of Ravenna
- Echu Tirmcharna, king of Connacht
- Erzhu Ying'e, empress of Northern Wei
- Romanos the Melodist, Syrian poet
- Xiao Yuanming, emperor of the Liang Dynasty
- Yuwen Tai, general of Western Wei
