| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 1553 MDLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2306 |
| Armenian calendar | 1002 ԹՎ ՌԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6303 |
| Bengali calendar | 960 |
| Berber calendar | 2503 |
| English Regnal year | 6 Edw. 6 – 1 Mar. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2097 |
| Burmese calendar | 915 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7061–7062 |
| Chinese calendar |
壬子年 (Water Rat) 4249 or 4189 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4250 or 4190 |
| Coptic calendar | 1269–1270 |
| Discordian calendar | 2719 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1545–1546 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5313–5314 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1609–1610 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1474–1475 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4653–4654 |
| Holocene calendar | 11553 |
| Igbo calendar | 553–554 |
| Iranian calendar | 931–932 |
| Islamic calendar | 960–961 |
| Japanese calendar |
Tenbun 22 (天文22年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1471–1472 |
| Julian calendar | 1553 MDLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3886 |
| Minguo calendar | 359 before ROC 民前359年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 85 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2095–2096 |
Year 1553 (MDLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.