1581 (MDLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1550s  1560s  1570s  – 1580s –  1590s  1600s  1610s
Years: 1578 1579 158015811582 1583 1584
1581 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1581
MDLXXXI
Ab urbe condita2334
Armenian calendar1030
ԹՎ ՌԼ
Assyrian calendar6331
Balinese saka calendar1502–1503
Bengali calendar988
Berber calendar2531
English Regnal year23 Eliz. 1 – 24 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar2125
Burmese calendar943
Byzantine calendar7089–7090
Chinese calendar庚辰(Metal Dragon)
4277 or 4217
    — to —
辛巳年 (Metal Snake)
4278 or 4218
Coptic calendar1297–1298
Discordian calendar2747
Ethiopian calendar1573–1574
Hebrew calendar5341–5342
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1637–1638
 - Shaka Samvat1502–1503
 - Kali Yuga4681–4682
Holocene calendar11581
Igbo calendar581–582
Iranian calendar959–960
Islamic calendar988–989
Japanese calendarTenshō 9
(天正9年)
Javanese calendar1500–1501
Julian calendar1581
MDLXXXI
Korean calendar3914
Minguo calendar331 before ROC
民前331年
Nanakshahi calendar113
Thai solar calendar2123–2124
Tibetan calendar阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
1707 or 1326 or 554
    — to —
阴金蛇年
(female Iron-Snake)
1708 or 1327 or 555

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