1551

1551 (MDLI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1551st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 551st year of the 2nd millennium, the 51st year of the 16th century, and the 2nd year of the 1550s decade. As of the start of 1551, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1520s  1530s  1540s  – 1550s –  1560s  1570s  1580s
Years:	1548 1549 1550 – 1551 – 1552 1553 1554

1551 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1551 MDLI
Ab urbe condita	2304
Armenian calendar	1000 ԹՎ Ռ
Assyrian calendar	6301
Balinese saka calendar	1472–1473
Bengali calendar	958
Berber calendar	2501
English Regnal year	4 Edw. 6 – 5 Edw. 6
Buddhist calendar	2095
Burmese calendar	913
Byzantine calendar	7059–7060
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4247 or 4187     — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4248 or 4188
Coptic calendar	1267–1268
Discordian calendar	2717
Ethiopian calendar	1543–1544
Hebrew calendar	5311–5312
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1607–1608
- Shaka Samvat	1472–1473
- Kali Yuga	4651–4652
Holocene calendar	11551
Igbo calendar	551–552
Iranian calendar	929–930
Islamic calendar	957–958
Japanese calendar	Tenbun 20 (天文２０年)
Javanese calendar	1469–1470
Julian calendar	1551 MDLI
Korean calendar	3884
Minguo calendar	361 before ROC 民前361年
Nanakshahi calendar	83
Thai solar calendar	2093–2094
Tibetan calendar	阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1677 or 1296 or 524     — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1678 or 1297 or 525

Births

• 19 September – Henry III of France (d. 2 August 1589), King of France and of Poland
• 8 October – Giulio Caccini (d. 10 December 1618), Italian composer and singer

Deaths

• 17 May – Shin Saimdang (b. 29 October 1504), Korean artist, poet, writer, and scholar