1544 (MDXLIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1544th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 544th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 16th century, and the 5th year of the 1540s decade. As of the start of 1544, 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: | 1510s 1520s 1530s – 1540s – 1550s 1560s 1570s |
| Years: | 1541 1542 1543 – 1544 – 1545 1546 1547 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1544 MDXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2297 |
| Armenian calendar | 993 ԹՎ ՋՂԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6294 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1465–1466 |
| Bengali calendar | 951 |
| Berber calendar | 2494 |
| English Regnal year | 35 Hen. 8 – 36 Hen. 8 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2088 |
| Burmese calendar | 906 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7052–7053 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4240 or 4180 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4241 or 4181 |
| Coptic calendar | 1260–1261 |
| Discordian calendar | 2710 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1536–1537 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5304–5305 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1600–1601 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1465–1466 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4644–4645 |
| Holocene calendar | 11544 |
| Igbo calendar | 544–545 |
| Iranian calendar | 922–923 |
| Islamic calendar | 950–951 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 13 (天文１３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1462–1463 |
| Julian calendar | 1544 MDXLIV |
| Korean calendar | 3877 |
| Minguo calendar | 368 before ROC 民前368年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 76 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2086–2087 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1670 or 1289 or 517 — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 1671 or 1290 or 518 |
Births
change- January 19 – King Francis II of France (d. December 5, 1560)