1585

1585 (MDLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1585th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 585th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1580s decade. As of the start of 1585, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1550s  1560s  1570s  – 1580s –  1590s  1600s  1610s
Years:	1582 1583 1584 – 1585 – 1586 1587 1588

1585 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1585 MDLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	2338
Armenian calendar	1034 ԹՎ ՌԼԴ
Assyrian calendar	6335
Balinese saka calendar	1506–1507
Bengali calendar	992
Berber calendar	2535
English Regnal year	27 Eliz. 1 – 28 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2129
Burmese calendar	947
Byzantine calendar	7093–7094
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 4281 or 4221     — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4282 or 4222
Coptic calendar	1301–1302
Discordian calendar	2751
Ethiopian calendar	1577–1578
Hebrew calendar	5345–5346
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1641–1642
- Shaka Samvat	1506–1507
- Kali Yuga	4685–4686
Holocene calendar	11585
Igbo calendar	585–586
Iranian calendar	963–964
Islamic calendar	992–994
Japanese calendar	Tenshō 13 (天正１３年)
Javanese calendar	1504–1505
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3918
Minguo calendar	327 before ROC 民前327年
Nanakshahi calendar	117
Thai solar calendar	2127–2128
Tibetan calendar	阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 1711 or 1330 or 558     — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1712 or 1331 or 559

Births

• December 4 – John Cotton, American Puritan leader