| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1438 by topic |
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| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Leaders |
| Political entities - State leaders - Colonial governors - Religious leaders |
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| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Art and literature |
| 1438 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1438 MCDXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2191 |
| Armenian calendar | 887 ԹՎ ՊՁԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6188 |
| Bengali calendar | 845 |
| Berber calendar | 2388 |
| English Regnal year | 16 Hen. 6 – 17 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1982 |
| Burmese calendar | 800 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6946–6947 |
| Chinese calendar |
丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4134 or 4074 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4135 or 4075 |
| Coptic calendar | 1154–1155 |
| Discordian calendar | 2604 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1430–1431 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5198–5199 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1494–1495 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1359–1360 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4538–4539 |
| Holocene calendar | 11438 |
| Igbo calendar | 438–439 |
| Iranian calendar | 816–817 |
| Islamic calendar | 841–842 |
| Japanese calendar |
Eikyō 10 (永享10年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1353–1354 |
| Julian calendar | 1438 MCDXXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3771 |
| Minguo calendar | 474 before ROC 民前474年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −30 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1980–1981 |
Year 1438 (MCDXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.