1559
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| Gregorian calendar | 1559 MDLIX | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2312 | 
| Armenian calendar | 1008 ԹՎ ՌԸ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6309 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1480–1481 | 
| Bengali calendar | 965–966 | 
| Berber calendar | 2509 | 
| English Regnal year | 1 Eliz. 1 – 2 Eliz. 1 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 2103 | 
| Burmese calendar | 921 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 7067–7068 | 
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4256 or 4049 — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4257 or 4050 | 
| Coptic calendar | 1275–1276 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2725 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1551–1552 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5319–5320 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1615–1616 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1480–1481 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4659–4660 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11559 | 
| Igbo calendar | 559–560 | 
| Iranian calendar | 937–938 | 
| Islamic calendar | 966–967 | 
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 2 (永禄2年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1478–1479 | 
| Julian calendar | 1559 MDLIX | 
| Korean calendar | 3892 | 
| Minguo calendar | 353 before ROC 民前353年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | 91 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 2101–2102 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1685 or 1304 or 532 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1686 or 1305 or 533 | 
Year 1559 (MDLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.