1550 (MDL) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1550th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 550th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1550s decade. As of the start of 1550, 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: 1520s  1530s  1540s  – 1550s –  1560s  1570s  1580s
Years: 1547 1548 154915501551 1552 1553
1550 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1550
MDL
Ab urbe condita2303
Armenian calendar999
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Assyrian calendar6300
Balinese saka calendar1471–1472
Bengali calendar957
Berber calendar2500
English Regnal yearEdw. 6 – 4 Edw. 6
Buddhist calendar2094
Burmese calendar912
Byzantine calendar7058–7059
Chinese calendar己酉(Earth Rooster)
4246 or 4186
    — to —
庚戌年 (Metal Dog)
4247 or 4187
Coptic calendar1266–1267
Discordian calendar2716
Ethiopian calendar1542–1543
Hebrew calendar5310–5311
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1606–1607
 - Shaka Samvat1471–1472
 - Kali Yuga4650–4651
Holocene calendar11550
Igbo calendar550–551
Iranian calendar928–929
Islamic calendar956–957
Japanese calendarTenbun 19
(天文19年)
Javanese calendar1468–1469
Julian calendar1550
MDL
Korean calendar3883
Minguo calendar362 before ROC
民前362年
Nanakshahi calendar82
Thai solar calendar2092–2093
Tibetan calendar阴土鸡年
(female Earth-Rooster)
1676 or 1295 or 523
    — to —
阳金狗年
(male Iron-Dog)
1677 or 1296 or 524

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