1562
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1530s 1540s 1550s – 1560s – 1570s 1580s 1590s |
| Years: | 1559 1560 1561 – 1562 – 1563 1564 1565 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1562 MDLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2315 |
| Armenian calendar | 1011 ԹՎ ՌԺԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6312 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1483–1484 |
| Bengali calendar | 969 |
| Berber calendar | 2512 |
| English Regnal year | 4 Eliz. 1 – 5 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2106 |
| Burmese calendar | 924 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7070–7071 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4258 or 4198 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4259 or 4199 |
| Coptic calendar | 1278–1279 |
| Discordian calendar | 2728 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1554–1555 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5322–5323 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1618–1619 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1483–1484 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4662–4663 |
| Holocene calendar | 11562 |
| Igbo calendar | 562–563 |
| Iranian calendar | 940–941 |
| Islamic calendar | 969–970 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 5 (永禄５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1481–1482 |
| Julian calendar | 1562 MDLXII |
| Korean calendar | 3895 |
| Minguo calendar | 350 before ROC 民前350年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 94 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2104–2105 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1688 or 1307 or 535 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1689 or 1308 or 536 |
1562 (MDLXII) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Monday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
Events
- May 1 – Jean Ribault, French navigator, lands in Florida.
- September 22 – Maximilian becomes King of Bohemia.
- October – John Hawkins starts the English slave trade. He ships slaves from Sierra Leone to Hispaniola in the Caribbean.
- November 20 – Maximilian of Bohemia is elected King of the Romans.
- The Mughal Emperor Akbar conquers Malwa.
Births
- January 13 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet and soldier of fortune
- January 20 – Ottavio Rinuccini, Italian composer
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer
- May 6 – Pietro Bernini, Italian sculptor
- July 25 – Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese samurai
- November 25 – Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and dramatist
- Isabella Andreini, Italian actress
- John Bull, English composer
- Henry Constable, English poet
- Maeda Toshinaga, Japanese nobleman
- Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch painter
Deaths
- January – Ilie II Rareş, Prince of Moldavia
- January 9 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord
- October 9 – Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist
- October 13 – Claudin de Sermisy, French composer
- November 17 – Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France
- December 6 – Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter
- December 7 – Adrian Willaert, Flemish composer
- Matteo Bandello, Italian novelist
- Nicholas Grimald, English poet and theologian