1550
year
1550 (MDL) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1550th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 550th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1550s decade. As of the start of 1550, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s – 1550s – 1560s 1570s 1580s |
| Years: | 1547 1548 1549 – 1550 – 1551 1552 1553 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1550 MDL |
| Ab urbe condita | 2303 |
| Armenian calendar | 999 ԹՎ ՋՂԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6300 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1471–1472 |
| Bengali calendar | 957 |
| Berber calendar | 2500 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Edw. 6 – 4 Edw. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2094 |
| Burmese calendar | 912 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7058–7059 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 4246 or 4186 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4247 or 4187 |
| Coptic calendar | 1266–1267 |
| Discordian calendar | 2716 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1542–1543 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5310–5311 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1606–1607 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1471–1472 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4650–4651 |
| Holocene calendar | 11550 |
| Igbo calendar | 550–551 |
| Iranian calendar | 928–929 |
| Islamic calendar | 956–957 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 19 (天文１９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1468–1469 |
| Julian calendar | 1550 MDL |
| Korean calendar | 3883 |
| Minguo calendar | 362 before ROC 民前362年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 82 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2092–2093 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1676 or 1295 or 523 — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1677 or 1296 or 524 |
Events
change- January 6 – Spanish Captain Hernando de Santana founds the city of Valledupar in what is now Colombian territory.
- February 7 – Julius III becomes Pope.
- The first book in Slovenian, Abecedarium, written by Protestant reformer Primoz Trubar, is printed in Tübingen, Germany.
- Nostradamus' first almanac is written.
- Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is founded by Gustav Vasa.