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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1540s 1550s 1560s – 1570s – 1580s 1590s 1600s |
| Years: | 1574 1575 1576 – 1577 – 1578 1579 1580 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1577 MDLXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2330 |
| Armenian calendar | 1026 ԹՎ ՌԻԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6327 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1498–1499 |
| Bengali calendar | 984 |
| Berber calendar | 2527 |
| English Regnal year | 19 Eliz. 1 – 20 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2121 |
| Burmese calendar | 939 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7085–7086 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4273 or 4213 — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 4274 or 4214 |
| Coptic calendar | 1293–1294 |
| Discordian calendar | 2743 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1569–1570 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5337–5338 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1633–1634 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1498–1499 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4677–4678 |
| Holocene calendar | 11577 |
| Igbo calendar | 577–578 |
| Iranian calendar | 955–956 |
| Islamic calendar | 984–985 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 5 (天正５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1496–1497 |
| Julian calendar | 1577 MDLXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3910 |
| Minguo calendar | 335 before ROC 民前335年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 109 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2119–2120 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1703 or 1322 or 550 — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1704 or 1323 or 551 |
1577 (MDLXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
Events
- March 17 – formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold
- May 28 – Publication of the Bergen Book, better known as the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings. The earlier version, known as the Torgau Book (1576), had been condensed into an Epitome; both documents are part of the 1580 Book of Concord.
- September 17 – Peace of Bergerac signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots
- The church in San Pedro in the Atacama Desert in Chile was built.
- November – The Great Comet of 1577 passed by Earth.
