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| Gregorian calendar | 1516 MDXVI | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2269 | 
| Armenian calendar | 965 ԹՎ ՋԿԵ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6266 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1437–1438 | 
| Bengali calendar | 922–923 | 
| Berber calendar | 2466 | 
| English Regnal year | 7 Hen. 8 – 8 Hen. 8 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 2060 | 
| Burmese calendar | 878 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 7024–7025 | 
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 4213 or 4006 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4214 or 4007 | 
| Coptic calendar | 1232–1233 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2682 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1508–1509 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5276–5277 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1572–1573 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1437–1438 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4616–4617 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11516 | 
| Igbo calendar | 516–517 | 
| Iranian calendar | 894–895 | 
| Islamic calendar | 921–922 | 
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 13 (永正13年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1433–1434 | 
| Julian calendar | 1516 MDXVI | 
| Korean calendar | 3849 | 
| Minguo calendar | 396 before ROC 民前396年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | 48 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 2058–2059 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 1642 or 1261 or 489 — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1643 or 1262 or 490 | 
Year 1516 (MDXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, there is also a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.