| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1561 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1561 MDLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2314 |
| Armenian calendar | 1010 ԹՎ ՌԺ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6311 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1482–1483 |
| Bengali calendar | 968 |
| Berber calendar | 2511 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Eliz. 1 – 4 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2105 |
| Burmese calendar | 923 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7069–7070 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4258 or 4051 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4259 or 4052 |
| Coptic calendar | 1277–1278 |
| Discordian calendar | 2727 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1553–1554 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5321–5322 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1617–1618 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1482–1483 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4661–4662 |
| Holocene calendar | 11561 |
| Igbo calendar | 561–562 |
| Iranian calendar | 939–940 |
| Islamic calendar | 968–969 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 4 (永禄４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1480–1481 |
| Julian calendar | 1561 MDLXI |
| Korean calendar | 3894 |
| Minguo calendar | 351 before ROC 民前351年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 93 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2103–2104 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1687 or 1306 or 534 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1688 or 1307 or 535 |
Year 1561 (MDLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.