1438
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| 1438 in poetry | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1438 MCDXXXVIII | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2191 | 
| Armenian calendar | 887 ԹՎ ՊՁԷ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6188 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1359–1360 | 
| Bengali calendar | 844–845 | 
| Berber calendar | 2388 | 
| English Regnal year | 16 Hen. 6 – 17 Hen. 6 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1982 | 
| Burmese calendar | 800 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6946–6947 | 
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4135 or 3928 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4136 or 3929 | 
| Coptic calendar | 1154–1155 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2604 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1430–1431 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5198–5199 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1494–1495 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1359–1360 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4538–4539 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11438 | 
| Igbo calendar | 438–439 | 
| Iranian calendar | 816–817 | 
| Islamic calendar | 841–842 | 
| Japanese calendar | Eikyō 10 (永享10年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1353–1354 | 
| Julian calendar | 1438 MCDXXXVIII | 
| Korean calendar | 3771 | 
| Minguo calendar | 474 before ROC 民前474年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −30 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1980–1981 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1564 or 1183 or 411 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1565 or 1184 or 412 | 
Year 1438 (MCDXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.