1520 (MDXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1520th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 520th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1520s decade. As of the start of 1520, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1490s  1500s  1510s  – 1520s –  1530s  1540s  1550s
Years: 1517 1518 151915201521 1522 1523
1520 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1520
MDXX
Ab urbe condita2273
Armenian calendar969
ԹՎ ՋԿԹ
Assyrian calendar6270
Balinese saka calendar1441–1442
Bengali calendar927
Berber calendar2470
English Regnal year11 Hen. 8 – 12 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar2064
Burmese calendar882
Byzantine calendar7028–7029
Chinese calendar己卯(Earth Rabbit)
4216 or 4156
    — to —
庚辰年 (Metal Dragon)
4217 or 4157
Coptic calendar1236–1237
Discordian calendar2686
Ethiopian calendar1512–1513
Hebrew calendar5280–5281
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1576–1577
 - Shaka Samvat1441–1442
 - Kali Yuga4620–4621
Holocene calendar11520
Igbo calendar520–521
Iranian calendar898–899
Islamic calendar926–927
Japanese calendarEishō 17
(永正17年)
Javanese calendar1437–1438
Julian calendar1520
MDXX
Korean calendar3853
Minguo calendar392 before ROC
民前392年
Nanakshahi calendar52
Thai solar calendar2062–2063
Tibetan calendar阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
1646 or 1265 or 493
    — to —
阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
1647 or 1266 or 494

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