1563
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| Gregorian calendar | 1563 MDLXIII | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2316 | 
| Armenian calendar | 1012 ԹՎ ՌԺԲ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6313 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1484–1485 | 
| Bengali calendar | 969–970 | 
| Berber calendar | 2513 | 
| English Regnal year | 5 Eliz. 1 – 6 Eliz. 1 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 2107 | 
| Burmese calendar | 925 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 7071–7072 | 
| Chinese calendar | 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4260 or 4053 — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 4261 or 4054 | 
| Coptic calendar | 1279–1280 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2729 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1555–1556 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5323–5324 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1619–1620 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1484–1485 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4663–4664 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11563 | 
| Igbo calendar | 563–564 | 
| Iranian calendar | 941–942 | 
| Islamic calendar | 970–971 | 
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 6 (永禄6年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1482–1483 | 
| Julian calendar | 1563 MDLXIII | 
| Korean calendar | 3896 | 
| Minguo calendar | 349 before ROC 民前349年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | 95 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 2105–2106 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1689 or 1308 or 536 — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1690 or 1309 or 537 | 
Year 1563 (MDLXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.