1524 (MDXXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1524th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 524th year of the 2nd millennium, the 24th year of the 16th century, and the 5th year of the 1520s decade. As of the start of 1524, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1490s  1500s  1510s  – 1520s –  1530s  1540s  1550s
Years: 1521 1522 152315241525 1526 1527
1524 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1524
MDXXIV
Ab urbe condita2277
Armenian calendar973
ԹՎ ՋՀԳ
Assyrian calendar6274
Balinese saka calendar1445–1446
Bengali calendar931
Berber calendar2474
English Regnal year15 Hen. 8 – 16 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar2068
Burmese calendar886
Byzantine calendar7032–7033
Chinese calendar癸未(Water Goat)
4220 or 4160
    — to —
甲申年 (Wood Monkey)
4221 or 4161
Coptic calendar1240–1241
Discordian calendar2690
Ethiopian calendar1516–1517
Hebrew calendar5284–5285
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1580–1581
 - Shaka Samvat1445–1446
 - Kali Yuga4624–4625
Holocene calendar11524
Igbo calendar524–525
Iranian calendar902–903
Islamic calendar930–931
Japanese calendarDaiei 4
(大永4年)
Javanese calendar1442–1443
Julian calendar1524
MDXXIV
Korean calendar3857
Minguo calendar388 before ROC
民前388年
Nanakshahi calendar56
Thai solar calendar2066–2067
Tibetan calendar阴水羊年
(female Water-Goat)
1650 or 1269 or 497
    — to —
阳木猴年
(male Wood-Monkey)
1651 or 1270 or 498

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January–June

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July–December

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. Paine, Lincoln P. (2000). Ships of Discovery and Exploration. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 37. ISBN 0-395-98415-7.
  2. Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 235. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.