1560
1560 (MDLX) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1560th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 560th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1560s decade. As of the start of 1560, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1530s 1540s 1550s – 1560s – 1570s 1580s 1590s |
| Years: | 1557 1558 1559 – 1560 – 1561 1562 1563 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1560 MDLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2313 |
| Armenian calendar | 1009 ԹՎ ՌԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6310 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1481–1482 |
| Bengali calendar | 967 |
| Berber calendar | 2510 |
| English Regnal year | 2 Eliz. 1 – 3 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2104 |
| Burmese calendar | 922 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7068–7069 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4256 or 4196 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4257 or 4197 |
| Coptic calendar | 1276–1277 |
| Discordian calendar | 2726 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1552–1553 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5320–5321 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1616–1617 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1481–1482 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4660–4661 |
| Holocene calendar | 11560 |
| Igbo calendar | 560–561 |
| Iranian calendar | 938–939 |
| Islamic calendar | 967–968 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 3 (永禄３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1479–1480 |
| Julian calendar | 1560 MDLX |
| Korean calendar | 3893 |
| Minguo calendar | 352 before ROC 民前352年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 92 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2102–2103 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1686 or 1305 or 533 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1687 or 1306 or 534 |
Events
- July 6 – Treaty of Edinburgh
Births
- Anton Praetorius, fighter against torture and chase of witches (d. 1613)
- August 7 – Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian murderer
- November 28 – Baltasar of Marradas, Spanish noblemanbleman, knight of the Knights of Malta, imperial field marshal, governor in Bohemia (d. 1638)
Deaths
- April 19 – Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer
- September 29 – King Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)
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