1296
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| 1296 in poetry | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1296 MCCXCVI | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2049 | 
| Armenian calendar | 745 ԹՎ ՉԽԵ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6046 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1217–1218 | 
| Bengali calendar | 702–703 | 
| Berber calendar | 2246 | 
| English Regnal year | 24 Edw. 1 – 25 Edw. 1 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1840 | 
| Burmese calendar | 658 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6804–6805 | 
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3993 or 3786 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3994 or 3787 | 
| Coptic calendar | 1012–1013 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2462 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1288–1289 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5056–5057 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1352–1353 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1217–1218 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4396–4397 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11296 | 
| Igbo calendar | 296–297 | 
| Iranian calendar | 674–675 | 
| Islamic calendar | 695–696 | 
| Japanese calendar | Einin 4 (永仁4年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1207–1208 | 
| Julian calendar | 1296 MCCXCVI | 
| Korean calendar | 3629 | 
| Minguo calendar | 616 before ROC 民前616年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −172 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1838–1839 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1422 or 1041 or 269 — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1423 or 1042 or 270 | 
Year 1296 (MCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.