| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 1579 MDLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2332 |
| Armenian calendar | 1028 ԹՎ ՌԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6329 |
| Bengali calendar | 986 |
| Berber calendar | 2529 |
| English Regnal year | 21 Eliz. 1 – 22 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2123 |
| Burmese calendar | 941 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7087–7088 |
| Chinese calendar |
戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 4275 or 4215 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4276 or 4216 |
| Coptic calendar | 1295–1296 |
| Discordian calendar | 2745 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1571–1572 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5339–5340 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1635–1636 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1500–1501 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4679–4680 |
| Holocene calendar | 11579 |
| Igbo calendar | 579–580 |
| Iranian calendar | 957–958 |
| Islamic calendar | 986–987 |
| Japanese calendar |
Tenshō 7 (天正7年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1498–1499 |
| Julian calendar | 1579 MDLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3912 |
| Minguo calendar | 333 before ROC 民前333年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 111 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2121–2122 |
Year 1579 (MDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar.