1626 (MDCXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1626th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 626th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 17th century, and the 7th year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1626, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 16th century17th century18th century
Decades: 1590s  1600s  1610s  – 1620s –  1630s  1640s  1650s
Years: 1623 1624 162516261627 1628 1629
1626 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1626
MDCXXVI
Ab urbe condita2379
Armenian calendar1075
ԹՎ ՌՀԵ
Assyrian calendar6376
Balinese saka calendar1547–1548
Bengali calendar1033
Berber calendar2576
English Regnal yearCha. 1 – 2 Cha. 1
Buddhist calendar2170
Burmese calendar988
Byzantine calendar7134–7135
Chinese calendar乙丑(Wood Ox)
4322 or 4262
    — to —
丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
4323 or 4263
Coptic calendar1342–1343
Discordian calendar2792
Ethiopian calendar1618–1619
Hebrew calendar5386–5387
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1682–1683
 - Shaka Samvat1547–1548
 - Kali Yuga4726–4727
Holocene calendar11626
Igbo calendar626–627
Iranian calendar1004–1005
Islamic calendar1035–1036
Japanese calendarKan'ei 3
(寛永3年)
Javanese calendar1547–1548
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3959
Minguo calendar286 before ROC
民前286年
Nanakshahi calendar158
Thai solar calendar2168–2169
Tibetan calendar阴木牛年
(female Wood-Ox)
1752 or 1371 or 599
    — to —
阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
1753 or 1372 or 600

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