2056

This article is about the year 2056.

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	2020s  2030s  2040s  – 2050s –  2060s  2070s  2080s
Years:	2053 2054 2055 – 2056 – 2057 2058 2059

2056 by topic:

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight

Sports

Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Tennis – Rugby league

By place

Afghanistan – Algeria – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria - Azerbaijan – Bangladesh - Belgium - Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States - Vietnam

Other topics

Awards – Law – Religious leaders

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain

2056 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2056 MMLVI
Ab urbe condita	2809
Armenian calendar	1505 ԹՎ ՌՇԵ
Assyrian calendar	6806
Bahá'í calendar	212–213
Bengali calendar	1463
Berber calendar	3006
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2600
Burmese calendar	1418
Byzantine calendar	7564–7565
Chinese calendar	乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 4752 or 4692     — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4753 or 4693
Coptic calendar	1772–1773
Discordian calendar	3222
Ethiopian calendar	2048–2049
Hebrew calendar	5816–5817
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2112–2113
- Shaka Samvat	1978–1979
- Kali Yuga	5157–5158
Holocene calendar	12056
Igbo calendar	1056–1057
Iranian calendar	1434–1435
Islamic calendar	1478–1479
Japanese calendar	Heisei 68 (平成６８年)
Juche calendar	145
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4389
Minguo calendar	ROC 145 民國145年
Thai solar calendar	2599
Unix time	2713910400–2745532799

2056 (MMLVI) will be a leap year starting on Saturday (dominical letter BA) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2056th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 56th year of the 3rd millennium, the 56th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2050s decade.

In fiction

• Warner Bros. created a short film called One Froggy Evening in 1955 that depicted a singing frog being put in a box and living 100 years. A man discovers the box on a high tech street in the year 2056 with the frog still singing. He thinks he will make a fortune from the frog, but unfortunately the amphibian will not sing for anyone but him.
• The 1990 Nintendo game Kabuki Quantum Fighter is set in the year 2056 amid a nuclear crisis.
• The Canadian radio drama Canadia: 2056 from 2007 takes place in this year.
• The 2008 film Repo! The Genetic Opera takes place in the year 2056.
• Part of the ending of the Japanese anime Voices of a Distant Star takes place in 2056.