| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 896 DCCCXCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1649 |
| Armenian calendar | 345 ԹՎ ՅԽԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5646 |
| Bengali calendar | 303 |
| Berber calendar | 1846 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1440 |
| Burmese calendar | 258 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6404–6405 |
| Chinese calendar |
乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3592 or 3532 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3593 or 3533 |
| Coptic calendar | 612–613 |
| Discordian calendar | 2062 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 888–889 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4656–4657 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 952–953 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 817–818 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3996–3997 |
| Holocene calendar | 10896 |
| Iranian calendar | 274–275 |
| Islamic calendar | 282–283 |
| Japanese calendar |
Kanpyō 8 (寛平8年) |
| Javanese calendar | 794–795 |
| Julian calendar | 896 DCCCXCVI |
| Korean calendar | 3229 |
| Minguo calendar | 1016 before ROC 民前1016年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −572 |
| Seleucid era | 1207/1208 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1438–1439 |
Year 896 (DCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.