1576
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1540s 1550s 1560s – 1570s – 1580s 1590s 1600s |
| Years: | 1573 1574 1575 – 1576 – 1577 1578 1579 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1576 MDLXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2329 |
| Armenian calendar | 1025 ԹՎ ՌԻԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6326 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1497–1498 |
| Bengali calendar | 983 |
| Berber calendar | 2526 |
| English Regnal year | 18 Eliz. 1 – 19 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2120 |
| Burmese calendar | 938 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7084–7085 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 4272 or 4212 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4273 or 4213 |
| Coptic calendar | 1292–1293 |
| Discordian calendar | 2742 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1568–1569 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5336–5337 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1632–1633 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1497–1498 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4676–4677 |
| Holocene calendar | 11576 |
| Igbo calendar | 576–577 |
| Iranian calendar | 954–955 |
| Islamic calendar | 983–984 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 4 (天正４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1495–1496 |
| Julian calendar | 1576 MDLXXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3909 |
| Minguo calendar | 336 before ROC 民前336年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 108 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2118–2119 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 1702 or 1321 or 549 — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1703 or 1322 or 550 |
1576 (MDLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
Events[change]
- August 11 – English navigator Martin Frobisher, on his search for the Northwest Passage, enters the bay now named after him.