1561
year
1561 (MDLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1561st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 561st year of the 2nd millennium, the 61st year of the 16th century, and the 2nd year of the 1560s decade. As of the start of 1561, 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: | 1558 1559 1560 – 1561 – 1562 1563 1564 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1561 MDLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2314 |
| Armenian calendar | 1010 ԹՎ ՌԺ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6311 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1482–1483 |
| Bengali calendar | 968 |
| Berber calendar | 2511 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Eliz. 1 – 4 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2105 |
| Burmese calendar | 923 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7069–7070 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4257 or 4197 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4258 or 4198 |
| Coptic calendar | 1277–1278 |
| Discordian calendar | 2727 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1553–1554 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5321–5322 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1617–1618 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1482–1483 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4661–4662 |
| Holocene calendar | 11561 |
| Igbo calendar | 561–562 |
| Iranian calendar | 939–940 |
| Islamic calendar | 968–969 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 4 (永禄４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1480–1481 |
| Julian calendar | 1561 MDLXI |
| Korean calendar | 3894 |
| Minguo calendar | 351 before ROC 民前351年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 93 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2103–2104 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1687 or 1306 or 534 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1688 or 1307 or 535 |
Births change
- January 6 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (died 1656)
- January 22 – Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, scientist, and statesman (died 1626)
- July 11 – Luís de Góngora y Argote, Spanish poet (died 1627)
- August 20 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (died 1633)
- August 24 – Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (died 1626)
- August 25 – Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (died 1632)
- September 29 – Adriaan van Roomen, Belgian mathematician (died 1615)
- December 7 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)
- December 9 – Edwin Sandys, English founder of the colony of Virginia (died 1629)
- Jacopo Corsi, Italian composer (died 1602)
- John Harington, English writer (died 1612)
- Samuel Harsnett, Archbishop of York (died 1631)