| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 1572 MDLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2325 |
| Armenian calendar | 1021 ԹՎ ՌԻԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6322 |
| Bengali calendar | 979 |
| Berber calendar | 2522 |
| English Regnal year | 14 Eliz. 1 – 15 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2116 |
| Burmese calendar | 934 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7080–7081 |
| Chinese calendar |
辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4268 or 4208 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4269 or 4209 |
| Coptic calendar | 1288–1289 |
| Discordian calendar | 2738 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1564–1565 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5332–5333 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1628–1629 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1493–1494 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4672–4673 |
| Holocene calendar | 11572 |
| Igbo calendar | 572–573 |
| Iranian calendar | 950–951 |
| Islamic calendar | 979–980 |
| Japanese calendar |
Genki 3 (元亀3年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1491–1492 |
| Julian calendar | 1572 MDLXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3905 |
| Minguo calendar | 340 before ROC 民前340年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 104 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2114–2115 |
Year 1572 (MDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.