1579
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| Gregorian calendar | 1579 MDLXXIX | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2332 | 
| Armenian calendar | 1028 ԹՎ ՌԻԸ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6329 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1500–1501 | 
| Bengali calendar | 985–986 | 
| Berber calendar | 2529 | 
| English Regnal year | 21 Eliz. 1 – 22 Eliz. 1 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 2123 | 
| Burmese calendar | 941 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 7087–7088 | 
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 4276 or 4069 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4277 or 4070 | 
| Coptic calendar | 1295–1296 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2745 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1571–1572 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5339–5340 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1635–1636 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1500–1501 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4679–4680 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11579 | 
| Igbo calendar | 579–580 | 
| Iranian calendar | 957–958 | 
| Islamic calendar | 986–987 | 
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 7 (天正7年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1498–1499 | 
| Julian calendar | 1579 MDLXXIX | 
| Korean calendar | 3912 | 
| Minguo calendar | 333 before ROC 民前333年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | 111 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 2121–2122 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1705 or 1324 or 552 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1706 or 1325 or 553 | 
Year 1579 (MDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar.