1568
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| Gregorian calendar | 1568 MDLXVIII | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2321 | 
| Armenian calendar | 1017 ԹՎ ՌԺԷ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6318 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1489–1490 | 
| Bengali calendar | 974–975 | 
| Berber calendar | 2518 | 
| English Regnal year | 10 Eliz. 1 – 11 Eliz. 1 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 2112 | 
| Burmese calendar | 930 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 7076–7077 | 
| Chinese calendar | 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4265 or 4058 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4266 or 4059 | 
| Coptic calendar | 1284–1285 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2734 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1560–1561 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5328–5329 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1624–1625 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1489–1490 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4668–4669 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11568 | 
| Igbo calendar | 568–569 | 
| Iranian calendar | 946–947 | 
| Islamic calendar | 975–976 | 
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 11 (永禄11年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1487–1488 | 
| Julian calendar | 1568 MDLXVIII | 
| Korean calendar | 3901 | 
| Minguo calendar | 344 before ROC 民前344年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | 100 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 2110–2111 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1694 or 1313 or 541 — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1695 or 1314 or 542 | 
Year 1568 (MDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.