1564
1564 (MDLXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1564th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 564th year of the 2nd millennium, the 64th year of the 16th century, and the 5th year of the 1560s decade. As of the start of 1564, 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: | 1561 1562 1563 – 1564 – 1565 1566 1567 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1564 MDLXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2317 |
| Armenian calendar | 1013 ԹՎ ՌԺԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6314 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1485–1486 |
| Bengali calendar | 971 |
| Berber calendar | 2514 |
| English Regnal year | 6 Eliz. 1 – 7 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2108 |
| Burmese calendar | 926 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7072–7073 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 4260 or 4200 — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4261 or 4201 |
| Coptic calendar | 1280–1281 |
| Discordian calendar | 2730 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1556–1557 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5324–5325 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1620–1621 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1485–1486 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4664–4665 |
| Holocene calendar | 11564 |
| Igbo calendar | 564–565 |
| Iranian calendar | 942–943 |
| Islamic calendar | 971–972 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 7 (永禄７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1483–1484 |
| Julian calendar | 1564 MDLXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3897 |
| Minguo calendar | 348 before ROC 民前348年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 96 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2106–2107 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1690 or 1309 or 537 — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1691 or 1310 or 538 |
Events
- March 8 – Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death
- June 22 – Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World
- September 10 – The Battle of Kawanakajima
- Ottoman Turks invade Malta
- Modern pencil becomes common in England
- Conquistadors crossed the Pacific
- Spanish found a colony in the Philippines
Births
Deaths
- March 18 – Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti)
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