| Millennium: | 2nd Millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th cent. – 16th cent. – 17th cent. |
| Decades: | 1530s 1540s 1550s – 1560s – 1570s 1580s 1590s |
| Years: | 1559 1560 1561 – 1562 – 1563 1564 1565 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1562 MDLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2315 |
| Armenian calendar | 1011 ԹՎ ՌԺԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6312 |
| Bengali calendar | 969 |
| Berber calendar | 2512 |
| English Regnal year | 4 Eliz. 1 – 5 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2106 |
| Burmese calendar | 924 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7070–7071 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4258 or 4198 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4259 or 4199 |
| Coptic calendar | 1278–1279 |
| Discordian calendar | 2728 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1554–1555 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5322–5323 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1618–1619 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1483–1484 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4662–4663 |
| Holocene calendar | 11562 |
| Igbo calendar | 562–563 |
| Iranian calendar | 940–941 |
| Islamic calendar | 969–970 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 5 (永禄５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1481–1482 |
| Julian calendar | 1562 MDLXII |
| Korean calendar | 3895 |
| Minguo calendar | 350 before ROC 民前350年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 94 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2104–2105 |
The year 1562 BC