| Centuries: | 6th century · 7th century · 8th century |
| Decades: | 620s 630s 640s 650s 660s 670s 680s |
| Years: | 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 |
| 656 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 656 DCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1409 |
| Armenian calendar | 105 ԹՎ ՃԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1188 – -1187 |
| Bengali calendar | 63 |
| Berber calendar | 1606 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1200 |
| Burmese calendar | 18 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6164 – 6165 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年十一月廿九日 (3292/3352-11-29) — to —
丙辰年十二月初十日(3293/3353-12-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 372 – 373 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 648 – 649 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4416 – 4417 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 711 – 712 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 578 – 579 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3757 – 3758 |
| Holocene calendar | 10656 |
| Iranian calendar | 34 – 35 |
| Islamic calendar | 35 – 36 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2989 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1199 |
656 was a leap year of the 7th century.
Events
By place
Europe
- Oswiu of Northumbria annexes Mercia.
Asia
- The Battle of Bassorah (also known as Battle of the Camel) between Ali and Aisha, part of the first civil war in Islam, takes place in modern-day Basra, Iraq.
- Empress Saimei of Japan builds a new palace at Asuka, because her former residences took fire. This canal is called "the Mad Canal" by the people of that day, wasting the labor of tens of thousand workers and a large amount of money.
By topic
Religion
- Ali succeeds Uthman as Caliph.
- When a Chinese prince (later to be Emperor Zhongzong of Tang) is made crown prince, his lavish palatial mansion in Chang'an is converted into a Daoist abbey.
Births
Deaths
- Uthman ibn Affan, Caliph (assassinated)
- Peada, king of Mercia (assassinated)
- Cui Dunli
- Li Daozong
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