| Millennium: | 2nd millennium | 
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1574 MDLXXIV | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2327 | 
| Armenian calendar | 1023 ԹՎ ՌԻԳ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6324 | 
| Bengali calendar | 981 | 
| Berber calendar | 2524 | 
| English Regnal year | 16 Eliz. 1 – 17 Eliz. 1 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 2118 | 
| Burmese calendar | 936 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 7082–7083 | 
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 4270 or 4210 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 4271 or 4211 | 
| Coptic calendar | 1290–1291 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2740 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1566–1567 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5334–5335 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1630–1631 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1495–1496 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4674–4675 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11574 | 
| Igbo calendar | 574–575 | 
| Iranian calendar | 952–953 | 
| Islamic calendar | 981–982 | 
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 2 (天正2年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1493–1494 | 
| Julian calendar | 1574 MDLXXIV | 
| Korean calendar | 3907 | 
| Minguo calendar | 338 before ROC 民前338年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | 106 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 2116–2117 | 
Year 1574 (MDLXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.