1578
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| Gregorian calendar | 1578 MDLXXVIII | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2331 | 
| Armenian calendar | 1027 ԹՎ ՌԻԷ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6328 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1499–1500 | 
| Bengali calendar | 984–985 | 
| Berber calendar | 2528 | 
| English Regnal year | 20 Eliz. 1 – 21 Eliz. 1 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 2122 | 
| Burmese calendar | 940 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 7086–7087 | 
| Chinese calendar | 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 4275 or 4068 — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 4276 or 4069 | 
| Coptic calendar | 1294–1295 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2744 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1570–1571 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5338–5339 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1634–1635 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1499–1500 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4678–4679 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11578 | 
| Igbo calendar | 578–579 | 
| Iranian calendar | 956–957 | 
| Islamic calendar | 985–986 | 
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 6 (天正6年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1497–1498 | 
| Julian calendar | 1578 MDLXXVIII | 
| Korean calendar | 3911 | 
| Minguo calendar | 334 before ROC 民前334年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | 110 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 2120–2121 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1704 or 1323 or 551 — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1705 or 1324 or 552 | 
1578 (MDLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar.