1531

1531 (MDXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1531st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 531st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 16th century, and the 2nd year of the 1530s decade. As of the start of 1531, 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:	1500s  1510s  1520s  – 1530s –  1540s  1550s  1560s
Years:	1528 1529 1530 – 1531 – 1532 1533 1534

1531 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1531 MDXXXI
Ab urbe condita	2284
Armenian calendar	980 ԹՎ ՋՁ
Assyrian calendar	6281
Balinese saka calendar	1452–1453
Bengali calendar	938
Berber calendar	2481
English Regnal year	22 Hen. 8 – 23 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar	2075
Burmese calendar	893
Byzantine calendar	7039–7040
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 4227 or 4167     — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 4228 or 4168
Coptic calendar	1247–1248
Discordian calendar	2697
Ethiopian calendar	1523–1524
Hebrew calendar	5291–5292
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1587–1588
- Shaka Samvat	1452–1453
- Kali Yuga	4631–4632
Holocene calendar	11531
Igbo calendar	531–532
Iranian calendar	909–910
Islamic calendar	937–938
Japanese calendar	Kyōroku 4 (享禄４年)
Javanese calendar	1449–1450
Julian calendar	1531 MDXXXI
Korean calendar	3864
Minguo calendar	381 before ROC 民前381年
Nanakshahi calendar	63
Thai solar calendar	2073–2074
Tibetan calendar	阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1657 or 1276 or 504     — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 1658 or 1277 or 505

Events

• The Spanish arrive in Peru.
• Death of Protestant reformer Huldrych Zwingli