1496
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| 2nd millennium | 
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| 1496 by topic | 
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| 1496 in poetry | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1496 MCDXCVI | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2249 | 
| Armenian calendar | 945 ԹՎ ՋԽԵ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6246 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1417–1418 | 
| Bengali calendar | 902–903 | 
| Berber calendar | 2446 | 
| English Regnal year | 11 Hen. 7 – 12 Hen. 7 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 2040 | 
| Burmese calendar | 858 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 7004–7005 | 
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 4193 or 3986 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4194 or 3987 | 
| Coptic calendar | 1212–1213 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2662 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1488–1489 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5256–5257 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1552–1553 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1417–1418 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4596–4597 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11496 | 
| Igbo calendar | 496–497 | 
| Iranian calendar | 874–875 | 
| Islamic calendar | 901–902 | 
| Japanese calendar | Meiō 5 (明応5年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1413–1414 | 
| Julian calendar | 1496 MCDXCVI | 
| Korean calendar | 3829 | 
| Minguo calendar | 416 before ROC 民前416年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | 28 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 2038–2039 | 
| 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 | 
Year 1496 (MCDXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.