1581

This airticle is aboot the year 1581.

Millennium:	2nt millennium
Centuries:	15t century – 16t century – 17t century
Decades:	1550s  1560s  1570s  – 1580s –  1590s  1600s  1610s
Years:	1578 1579 1580 – 1581 – 1582 1583 1584

1581 (MDLXXXI) was a common year stairtin on Sunday o the Julian calendar, the 1581st year o the Common Era (CE) an Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 581st year o the 2nt millennium, the 81st year o the 16t century, an the 2nt year o the 1580s decade. As o the stairt o 1581, the Gregorian calendar wis 10 days aheid o the Julian calendar, that wis the dominant calendar o the time.