1579

This airticle is aboot the year 1579.

Millennium:	2nt millennium
Centuries:	15t century – 16t century – 17t century
Decades:	1540s  1550s  1560s  – 1570s –  1580s  1590s  1600s
Years:	1576 1577 1578 – 1579 – 1580 1581 1582

1579 (MDLXXIX) was a common year stairtin on Fuirsday o the Julian calendar, the 1579t year o the Common Era (CE) an Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 579t year o the 2nt millennium, the 79t year o the 16t century, an the 10t an last year o the 1570s decade. As o the stairt o 1579, the Gregorian calendar wis 10 days aheid o the Julian calendar, that wis the dominant calendar o the time.