1501
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| 2nd millennium | 
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| Birth and death categories | 
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| Gregorian calendar | 1501 MDI | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2254 | 
| Armenian calendar | 950 ԹՎ ՋԾ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6251 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1422–1423 | 
| Bengali calendar | 907–908 | 
| Berber calendar | 2451 | 
| English Regnal year | 16 Hen. 7 – 17 Hen. 7 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 2045 | 
| Burmese calendar | 863 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 7009–7010 | 
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4198 or 3991 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4199 or 3992 | 
| Coptic calendar | 1217–1218 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2667 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1493–1494 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5261–5262 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1557–1558 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1422–1423 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4601–4602 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11501 | 
| Igbo calendar | 501–502 | 
| Iranian calendar | 879–880 | 
| Islamic calendar | 906–907 | 
| Japanese calendar | Meiō 10 / Bunki 1 (文亀元年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1418–1419 | 
| Julian calendar | 1501 MDI | 
| Korean calendar | 3834 | 
| Minguo calendar | 411 before ROC 民前411年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | 33 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 2043–2044 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1627 or 1246 or 474 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1628 or 1247 or 475 | 
Year 1501 (MDI) was a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.