1516 (MDXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1516th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 516th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 16th century, and the 7th year of the 1510s decade. As of the start of 1516, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1480s  1490s  1500s  – 1510s –  1520s  1530s  1540s
Years: 1513 1514 151515161517 1518 1519
1516 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1516
MDXVI
Ab urbe condita2269
Armenian calendar965
ԹՎ ՋԿԵ
Assyrian calendar6266
Balinese saka calendar1437–1438
Bengali calendar923
Berber calendar2466
English Regnal yearHen. 8 – 8 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar2060
Burmese calendar878
Byzantine calendar7024–7025
Chinese calendar乙亥(Wood Pig)
4212 or 4152
    — to —
丙子年 (Fire Rat)
4213 or 4153
Coptic calendar1232–1233
Discordian calendar2682
Ethiopian calendar1508–1509
Hebrew calendar5276–5277
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1572–1573
 - Shaka Samvat1437–1438
 - Kali Yuga4616–4617
Holocene calendar11516
Igbo calendar516–517
Iranian calendar894–895
Islamic calendar921–922
Japanese calendarEishō 13
(永正13年)
Javanese calendar1433–1434
Julian calendar1516
MDXVI
Korean calendar3849
Minguo calendar396 before ROC
民前396年
Nanakshahi calendar48
Thai solar calendar2058–2059
Tibetan calendar阴木猪年
(female Wood-Pig)
1642 or 1261 or 489
    — to —
阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
1643 or 1262 or 490

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