1586

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1550s  1560s  1570s  – 1580s –  1590s  1600s  1610s
Years:	1583 1584 1585 – 1586 – 1587 1588 1589

1586 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1586 MDLXXXVI
Ab urbe condita	2339
Armenian calendar	1035 ԹՎ ՌԼԵ
Assyrian calendar	6336
Balinese saka calendar	1507–1508
Bengali calendar	993
Berber calendar	2536
English Regnal year	28 Eliz. 1 – 29 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2130
Burmese calendar	948
Byzantine calendar	7094–7095
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4282 or 4222     — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4283 or 4223
Coptic calendar	1302–1303
Discordian calendar	2752
Ethiopian calendar	1578–1579
Hebrew calendar	5346–5347
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1642–1643
- Shaka Samvat	1507–1508
- Kali Yuga	4686–4687
Holocene calendar	11586
Igbo calendar	586–587
Iranian calendar	964–965
Islamic calendar	994–995
Japanese calendar	Tenshō 14 (天正１４年)
Javanese calendar	1505–1506
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3919
Minguo calendar	326 before ROC 民前326年
Nanakshahi calendar	118
Thai solar calendar	2128–2129
Tibetan calendar	阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1712 or 1331 or 559     — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1713 or 1332 or 560

1586 (MDLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1586th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 586th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 16th century, and the 7th year of the 1580s decade. As of the start of 1586, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• Simon Stevin, a Flemish mathematician, demonstrates that two objects of different weight fall with the same speed.