1531 (MDXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1531st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 531st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 16th century, and the 2nd year of the 1530s decade. As of the start of 1531, 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: 1500s  1510s  1520s  – 1530s –  1540s  1550s  1560s
Years: 1528 1529 153015311532 1533 1534
1531 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1531
MDXXXI
Ab urbe condita2284
Armenian calendar980
ԹՎ ՋՁ
Assyrian calendar6281
Balinese saka calendar1452–1453
Bengali calendar938
Berber calendar2481
English Regnal year22 Hen. 8 – 23 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar2075
Burmese calendar893
Byzantine calendar7039–7040
Chinese calendar庚寅(Metal Tiger)
4227 or 4167
    — to —
辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit)
4228 or 4168
Coptic calendar1247–1248
Discordian calendar2697
Ethiopian calendar1523–1524
Hebrew calendar5291–5292
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1587–1588
 - Shaka Samvat1452–1453
 - Kali Yuga4631–4632
Holocene calendar11531
Igbo calendar531–532
Iranian calendar909–910
Islamic calendar937–938
Japanese calendarKyōroku 4
(享禄4年)
Javanese calendar1449–1450
Julian calendar1531
MDXXXI
Korean calendar3864
Minguo calendar381 before ROC
民前381年
Nanakshahi calendar63
Thai solar calendar2073–2074
Tibetan calendar阳金虎年
(male Iron-Tiger)
1657 or 1276 or 504
    — to —
阴金兔年
(female Iron-Rabbit)
1658 or 1277 or 505

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