1561
| 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 |
1561 (MDLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
Births
[change | change source]- 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)