1496 (MCDXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1496th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 496th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 15th century, and the 7th year of the 1490s decade. As of the start of 1496, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 14th century15th century16th century
Decades: 1460s  1470s  1480s  – 1490s –  1500s  1510s  1520s
Years: 1493 1494 149514961497 1498 1499
1496 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1496
MCDXCVI
Ab urbe condita2249
Armenian calendar945
ԹՎ ՋԽԵ
Assyrian calendar6246
Balinese saka calendar1417–1418
Bengali calendar903
Berber calendar2446
English Regnal year11 Hen. 7 – 12 Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar2040
Burmese calendar858
Byzantine calendar7004–7005
Chinese calendar乙卯(Wood Rabbit)
4192 or 4132
    — to —
丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
4193 or 4133
Coptic calendar1212–1213
Discordian calendar2662
Ethiopian calendar1488–1489
Hebrew calendar5256–5257
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1552–1553
 - Shaka Samvat1417–1418
 - Kali Yuga4596–4597
Holocene calendar11496
Igbo calendar496–497
Iranian calendar874–875
Islamic calendar901–902
Japanese calendarMeiō 5
(明応5年)
Javanese calendar1413–1414
Julian calendar1496
MCDXCVI
Korean calendar3829
Minguo calendar416 before ROC
民前416年
Nanakshahi calendar28
Thai solar calendar2038–2039
Tibetan calendar阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
1622 or 1241 or 469
    — to —
阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
1623 or 1242 or 470

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