| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1559 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1559 MDLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2312 |
| Armenian calendar | 1008 ԹՎ ՌԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6309 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1480–1481 |
| Bengali calendar | 966 |
| Berber calendar | 2509 |
| English Regnal year | 1 Eliz. 1 – 2 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2103 |
| Burmese calendar | 921 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7067–7068 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4256 or 4049 — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4257 or 4050 |
| Coptic calendar | 1275–1276 |
| Discordian calendar | 2725 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1551–1552 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5319–5320 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1615–1616 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1480–1481 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4659–4660 |
| Holocene calendar | 11559 |
| Igbo calendar | 559–560 |
| Iranian calendar | 937–938 |
| Islamic calendar | 966–967 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 2 (永禄２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1478–1479 |
| Julian calendar | 1559 MDLIX |
| Korean calendar | 3892 |
| Minguo calendar | 353 before ROC 民前353年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 91 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2101–2102 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1685 or 1304 or 532 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1686 or 1305 or 533 |
Year 1559 (MDLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.