996 (CMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 996th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 996th year of the 1st millennium, the 96th year of the 10th century, and the 7th year of the 990s decade. As of the start of 996, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 9th century10th century11th century
Decades: 960s  970s  980s  – 990s –  1000s  1010s  1020s
Years: 993 994 995996997 998 999
996 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar996
CMXCVI
Ab urbe condita1749
Armenian calendar445
ԹՎ ՆԽԵ
Assyrian calendar5746
Balinese saka calendar917–918
Bengali calendar403
Berber calendar1946
Buddhist calendar1540
Burmese calendar358
Byzantine calendar6504–6505
Chinese calendar乙未(Wood Goat)
3692 or 3632
    — to —
丙申年 (Fire Monkey)
3693 or 3633
Coptic calendar712–713
Discordian calendar2162
Ethiopian calendar988–989
Hebrew calendar4756–4757
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1052–1053
 - Shaka Samvat917–918
 - Kali Yuga4096–4097
Holocene calendar10996
Iranian calendar374–375
Islamic calendar385–386
Japanese calendarChōtoku 2
(長徳2年)
Javanese calendar897–898
Julian calendar996
CMXCVI
Korean calendar3329
Minguo calendar916 before ROC
民前916年
Nanakshahi calendar−472
Seleucid era1307/1308 AG
Thai solar calendar1538–1539
Tibetan calendar阴木羊年
(female Wood-Goat)
1122 or 741 or −31
    — to —
阳火猴年
(male Fire-Monkey)
1123 or 742 or −30

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