156

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). 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.

America

 * The La Mojarra Stela 1 is produced in Mesoamerica.

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)
 * Zhu Zhi, Chinese general and politician (d. 224)

Deaths

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