1557

1557 (MDLVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1557th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 557th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 16th century, and the 8th year of the 1550s decade. As of the start of 1557, 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:	1520s  1530s  1540s  – 1550s –  1560s  1570s  1580s
Years:	1554 1555 1556 – 1557 – 1558 1559 1560

1557 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1557 MDLVII
Ab urbe condita	2310
Armenian calendar	1006 ԹՎ ՌԶ
Assyrian calendar	6307
Balinese saka calendar	1478–1479
Bengali calendar	964
Berber calendar	2507
English Regnal year	3 Ph. & M. – 4 Ph. & M.
Buddhist calendar	2101
Burmese calendar	919
Byzantine calendar	7065–7066
Chinese calendar	丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4253 or 4193     — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4254 or 4194
Coptic calendar	1273–1274
Discordian calendar	2723
Ethiopian calendar	1549–1550
Hebrew calendar	5317–5318
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1613–1614
- Shaka Samvat	1478–1479
- Kali Yuga	4657–4658
Holocene calendar	11557
Igbo calendar	557–558
Iranian calendar	935–936
Islamic calendar	964–965
Japanese calendar	Kōji 3 (弘治３年)
Javanese calendar	1476–1477
Julian calendar	1557 MDLVII
Korean calendar	3890
Minguo calendar	355 before ROC 民前355年
Nanakshahi calendar	89
Thai solar calendar	2099–2100
Tibetan calendar	阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1683 or 1302 or 530     — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1684 or 1303 or 531

Events

• Start of the Italian War of 1551–59
• End of the Great Russian War 1553-1557

Deaths

• September 1 – Jacques Cartier