1562
1562 (MDLXII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1562nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 562nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 16th century, and the 3rd year of the 1560s decade. As of the start of 1562, 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: | 1559 1560 1561 – 1562 – 1563 1564 1565 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1562 MDLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2315 |
| Armenian calendar | 1011 ԹՎ ՌԺԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6312 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1483–1484 |
| Bengali calendar | 969 |
| Berber calendar | 2512 |
| English Regnal year | 4 Eliz. 1 – 5 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2106 |
| Burmese calendar | 924 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7070–7071 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4258 or 4198 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4259 or 4199 |
| Coptic calendar | 1278–1279 |
| Discordian calendar | 2728 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1554–1555 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5322–5323 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1618–1619 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1483–1484 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4662–4663 |
| Holocene calendar | 11562 |
| Igbo calendar | 562–563 |
| Iranian calendar | 940–941 |
| Islamic calendar | 969–970 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 5 (永禄５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1481–1482 |
| Julian calendar | 1562 MDLXII |
| Korean calendar | 3895 |
| Minguo calendar | 350 before ROC 民前350年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 94 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2104–2105 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1688 or 1307 or 535 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1689 or 1308 or 536 |
Events
- May 1 – Jean Ribault, French navigator, lands in Florida.
- September 22 – Maximilian becomes King of Bohemia.
- October – John Hawkins starts the English slave trade. He ships slaves from Sierra Leone to Hispaniola in the Caribbean.
- November 20 – Maximilian of Bohemia is elected King of the Romans.
- The Mughal Emperor Akbar conquers Malwa.
Births
- January 13 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet and soldier of fortune
- January 20 – Ottavio Rinuccini, Italian composer
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer
- May 6 – Pietro Bernini, Italian sculptor
- July 25 – Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese samurai
- November 25 – Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and dramatist
- Isabella Andreini, Italian actress
- John Bull, English composer
- Henry Constable, English poet
- Maeda Toshinaga, Japanese nobleman
- Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch painter
Deaths
- January – Ilie II Rareş, Prince of Moldavia
- January 9 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord
- October 9 – Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist
- October 13 – Claudin de Sermisy, French composer
- November 17 – Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France
- December 6 – Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter
- December 7 – Adrian Willaert, Flemish composer
- Matteo Bandello, Italian novelist
- Nicholas Grimald, English poet and theologian
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