1574
1574 (MDLXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1574th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 574th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 16th century, and the 5th year of the 1570s decade. As of the start of 1574, 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: | 1540s 1550s 1560s – 1570s – 1580s 1590s 1600s |
| Years: | 1571 1572 1573 – 1574 – 1575 1576 1577 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1574 MDLXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2327 |
| Armenian calendar | 1023 ԹՎ ՌԻԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6324 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1495–1496 |
| Bengali calendar | 981 |
| Berber calendar | 2524 |
| English Regnal year | 16 Eliz. 1 – 17 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2118 |
| Burmese calendar | 936 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7082–7083 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 4270 or 4210 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 4271 or 4211 |
| Coptic calendar | 1290–1291 |
| Discordian calendar | 2740 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1566–1567 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5334–5335 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1630–1631 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1495–1496 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4674–4675 |
| Holocene calendar | 11574 |
| Igbo calendar | 574–575 |
| Iranian calendar | 952–953 |
| Islamic calendar | 981–982 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 2 (天正２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1493–1494 |
| Julian calendar | 1574 MDLXXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3907 |
| Minguo calendar | 338 before ROC 民前338年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 106 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2116–2117 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1700 or 1319 or 547 — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 1701 or 1320 or 548 |
Events
- April 14 – Battle of Mookerheyde: Spanish forces under Sancho de Avila defeat the rebel forces of Louis of Nassau. Louis is killed.
- May 30 – On the death of King Charles IX of France, he is succeeded by his brother King Henry of Poland, who becomes King Henry III. His mother, Catherine of Medici, acts as Regent until Henry arrives from Poland.
- October 3 – The city of Leiden, besieged by the Spanish, is relieved by a Sea Beggar fleet under Louis Boisot.
- Murad III succeeds Selim II as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
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