This is a list of events that occurred in 2256:
Unknown[]
- The Raiders begin saving up to purchase a ship that will come to be known as a Raider mothership.
March[]
9[]
May[]
- The Io Transfer point Jumpgate is destroyed by a terrorist bombing. A transport containing over 500 passengers was entering the gate when it exploded, destroying the transport and killing all aboard. Mr. Morden's wife and their daughter Sarah are among the dead.[2][3]
- ISN broadcasts video of a grief-stricken Morden fighting off a horde of reporters.[3]
October[]
- A miners strike hits Ganymede.[4]
November[]
23[]
- Anna Sheridan accepts an offer to join the IPX survey mission to Alpha Omega III [5]
26[]
- Anna transmits a letter to her sister in law Elizabeth Sheridan and expresses her excitement at the Icarus mission next week. She also reveals that she will not be able to make her anniversary meeting with John Sheridan on Centauri Prime but doesn't have the heart to tell him her news first. [6]
December[]
3[]
- Earth Science Vessel Icarus departs Station Prime for Alpha Omega III.[2] Soon thereafter it is presumed destroyed in space with no survivors.
27[]
- Ambassador Kosh departs the Vorlon Homeworld and communicates with Lieutenant Commander Laurel Takashima aboard Babylon 5 via StellarCom, audio only, to inform her he is en route.[7]
References[]
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| Before the Third Age: | 20th Century and earlier - 21st Century - 22nd Century - 2200s - 2210s - 2220s - 2230s - 2240s | |
| 2250s: | 2250 - 2251 - 2252 - 2253 - 2254 - 2255 - 2256 - 2257 - 2258 - 2259 | |
| 2260s: | 2260 - 2261 - 2262 - 2263 - 2264 - 2265 - 2266 - 2267 - 2268 - 2269 | |
| 2270s onwards: | 2270s - 2280s - 2290s - 2300s and beyond | |