1552 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1520s  1530s  1540s  – 1550s –  1560s  1570s  1580s
Years: 1549 1550 155115521553 1554 1555
1552 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1552
MDLII
Ab urbe condita2305
Armenian calendar1001
ԹՎ ՌԱ
Assyrian calendar6302
Balinese saka calendar1473–1474
Bengali calendar959
Berber calendar2502
English Regnal yearEdw. 6 – 6 Edw. 6
Buddhist calendar2096
Burmese calendar914
Byzantine calendar7060–7061
Chinese calendar辛亥(Metal Pig)
4248 or 4188
    — to —
壬子年 (Water Rat)
4249 or 4189
Coptic calendar1268–1269
Discordian calendar2718
Ethiopian calendar1544–1545
Hebrew calendar5312–5313
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1608–1609
 - Shaka Samvat1473–1474
 - Kali Yuga4652–4653
Holocene calendar11552
Igbo calendar552–553
Iranian calendar930–931
Islamic calendar958–960
Japanese calendarTenbun 21
(天文21年)
Javanese calendar1470–1471
Julian calendar1552
MDLII
Korean calendar3885
Minguo calendar360 before ROC
民前360年
Nanakshahi calendar84
Thai solar calendar2094–2095
Tibetan calendar阴金猪年
(female Iron-Pig)
1678 or 1297 or 525
    — to —
阳水鼠年
(male Water-Rat)
1679 or 1298 or 526

1552 (MDLII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1552nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 552nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 16th century, and the 3rd year of the 1550s decade. As of the start of 1552, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.