1557

year

1557 (MDLVII) was a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.

Millennium:2nd millennium
Centuries:15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1520s  1530s  1540s  – 1550s –  1560s  1570s  1580s
Years:1554 1555 155615571558 1559 1560
1557 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1557
MDLVII
Ab urbe condita2310
Armenian calendar1006
ԹՎ ՌԶ
Assyrian calendar6307
Balinese saka calendar1478–1479
Bengali calendar964
Berber calendar2507
English Regnal yearPh. & M. – 4 Ph. & M.
Buddhist calendar2101
Burmese calendar919
Byzantine calendar7065–7066
Chinese calendar丙辰(Fire Dragon)
4253 or 4193
    — to —
丁巳年 (Fire Snake)
4254 or 4194
Coptic calendar1273–1274
Discordian calendar2723
Ethiopian calendar1549–1550
Hebrew calendar5317–5318
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1613–1614
 - Shaka Samvat1478–1479
 - Kali Yuga4657–4658
Holocene calendar11557
Igbo calendar557–558
Iranian calendar935–936
Islamic calendar964–965
Japanese calendarKōji 3
(弘治3年)
Javanese calendar1476–1477
Julian calendar1557
MDLVII
Korean calendar3890
Minguo calendar355 before ROC
民前355年
Nanakshahi calendar89
Thai solar calendar2099–2100
Tibetan calendar阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
1683 or 1302 or 530
    — to —
阴火蛇年
(female Fire-Snake)
1684 or 1303 or 531

Events

  • Start of the Italian War of 1551–59
  • End of the Great Russian War 1553-1557

Deaths