1538 (MDXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1538th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 538th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 16th century, and the 9th year of the 1530s decade. As of the start of 1538, 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: 1535 1536 153715381539 1540 1541
1538 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1538
MDXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita2291
Armenian calendar987
ԹՎ ՋՁԷ
Assyrian calendar6288
Balinese saka calendar1459–1460
Bengali calendar945
Berber calendar2488
English Regnal year29 Hen. 8 – 30 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar2082
Burmese calendar900
Byzantine calendar7046–7047
Chinese calendar丁酉(Fire Rooster)
4234 or 4174
    — to —
戊戌年 (Earth Dog)
4235 or 4175
Coptic calendar1254–1255
Discordian calendar2704
Ethiopian calendar1530–1531
Hebrew calendar5298–5299
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1594–1595
 - Shaka Samvat1459–1460
 - Kali Yuga4638–4639
Holocene calendar11538
Igbo calendar538–539
Iranian calendar916–917
Islamic calendar944–945
Japanese calendarTenbun 7
(天文7年)
Javanese calendar1456–1457
Julian calendar1538
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Korean calendar3871
Minguo calendar374 before ROC
民前374年
Nanakshahi calendar70
Thai solar calendar2080–2081
Tibetan calendar阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
1664 or 1283 or 511
    — to —
阳土狗年
(male Earth-Dog)
1665 or 1284 or 512

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