1538

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1500s  1510s  1520s  – 1530s –  1540s  1550s  1560s
Years:	1535 1536 1537 – 1538 – 1539 1540 1541

1538 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1538 MDXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2291
Armenian calendar	987 ԹՎ ՋՁԷ
Assyrian calendar	6288
Balinese saka calendar	1459–1460
Bengali calendar	945
Berber calendar	2488
English Regnal year	29 Hen. 8 – 30 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar	2082
Burmese calendar	900
Byzantine calendar	7046–7047
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4234 or 4174     — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 4235 or 4175
Coptic calendar	1254–1255
Discordian calendar	2704
Ethiopian calendar	1530–1531
Hebrew calendar	5298–5299
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1594–1595
- Shaka Samvat	1459–1460
- Kali Yuga	4638–4639
Holocene calendar	11538
Igbo calendar	538–539
Iranian calendar	916–917
Islamic calendar	944–945
Japanese calendar	Tenbun 7 (天文７年)
Javanese calendar	1456–1457
Julian calendar	1538 MDXXXVIII
Korean calendar	3871
Minguo calendar	374 before ROC 民前374年
Nanakshahi calendar	70
Thai solar calendar	2080–2081
Tibetan calendar	阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1664 or 1283 or 511     — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 1665 or 1284 or 512

1538 (MDXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1538th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 538th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 16th century, and the 9th year of the 1530s decade. As of the start of 1538, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• October 28 – The first university of the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is founded.