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 century16th century17th century
Decades: 1520s  1530s  1540s  – 1550s –  1560s  1570s  1580s
Years: 1548 1549 155015511552 1553 1554
1551 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1551
MDLI
Ab urbe condita2304
Armenian calendar1000
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Assyrian calendar6301
Balinese saka calendar1472–1473
Bengali calendar958
Berber calendar2501
English Regnal yearEdw. 6 – 5 Edw. 6
Buddhist calendar2095
Burmese calendar913
Byzantine calendar7059–7060
Chinese calendar庚戌(Metal Dog)
4247 or 4187
    — to —
辛亥年 (Metal Pig)
4248 or 4188
Coptic calendar1267–1268
Discordian calendar2717
Ethiopian calendar1543–1544
Hebrew calendar5311–5312
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1607–1608
 - Shaka Samvat1472–1473
 - Kali Yuga4651–4652
Holocene calendar11551
Igbo calendar551–552
Iranian calendar929–930
Islamic calendar957–958
Japanese calendarTenbun 20
(天文20年)
Javanese calendar1469–1470
Julian calendar1551
MDLI
Korean calendar3884
Minguo calendar361 before ROC
民前361年
Nanakshahi calendar83
Thai solar calendar2093–2094
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

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