| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1531 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1531 MDXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2284 |
| Armenian calendar | 980 ԹՎ ՋՁ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6281 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1452–1453 |
| Bengali calendar | 938 |
| Berber calendar | 2481 |
| English Regnal year | 22 Hen. 8 – 23 Hen. 8 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2075 |
| Burmese calendar | 893 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7039–7040 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 4228 or 4021 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 4229 or 4022 |
| Coptic calendar | 1247–1248 |
| Discordian calendar | 2697 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1523–1524 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5291–5292 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1587–1588 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1452–1453 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4631–4632 |
| Holocene calendar | 11531 |
| Igbo calendar | 531–532 |
| Iranian calendar | 909–910 |
| Islamic calendar | 937–938 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōroku 4 (享禄４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1449–1450 |
| Julian calendar | 1531 MDXXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3864 |
| Minguo calendar | 381 before ROC 民前381年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 63 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2073–2074 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1657 or 1276 or 504 — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 1658 or 1277 or 505 |
Year 1531 (MDXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.