156

Template:Use mdy dates Template:About year Template:About Template:One source Template:Year nav Template:M1 year in topic Year 156 (CLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday 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). 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)
• Ling of Han, Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty (d. 189)
• Pontianus of Spoleto, Christian martyr and saint (d. 175)
• Zhang Zhao, Chinese general and politician (d. 236)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Zhu Zhi, Chinese general and politician (d. 224)

Deaths

• Marcus Gavius Maximus, Roman praetorian prefect
• Zhang Daoling, Chinese Taoist master (b. AD 34)