1568
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1568 (MDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1568th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 568th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 16th century, and the 9th year of the 1560s decade. As of the start of 1568, 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: | 1565 1566 1567 – 1568 – 1569 1570 1571 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1568 MDLXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2321 |
| Armenian calendar | 1017 ԹՎ ՌԺԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6318 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1489–1490 |
| Bengali calendar | 975 |
| Berber calendar | 2518 |
| English Regnal year | 10 Eliz. 1 – 11 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2112 |
| Burmese calendar | 930 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7076–7077 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4264 or 4204 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4265 or 4205 |
| Coptic calendar | 1284–1285 |
| Discordian calendar | 2734 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1560–1561 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5328–5329 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1624–1625 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1489–1490 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4668–4669 |
| Holocene calendar | 11568 |
| Igbo calendar | 568–569 |
| Iranian calendar | 946–947 |
| Islamic calendar | 975–976 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 11 (永禄１１年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1487–1488 |
| Julian calendar | 1568 MDLXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3901 |
| Minguo calendar | 344 before ROC 民前344年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 100 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2110–2111 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1694 or 1313 or 541 — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1695 or 1314 or 542 |
Events change
- January 16 - Álvaro de Mendaña discovers the Tuvaluan island of Nui.
- Unknown - The Eighty Years War begins.
Births change
- March 9 - Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (d. 1591)
- April 5 - Pope Urban VIII, 236th Pope (d. 1644)
- Unknown - Joris van Spilbergen, Dutch explorer (d. 1620)
Deaths change
- January 26 - Lady Katherine Grey, English noblewoman (b. 1540)
- July 24 - Carlos, Prince of Asturias, oldest son of Philip II of Spain (b. 1545)
- December 31 – Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimyo (b. 1493)