| Millennium: | 2nd millennium | 
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1572 MDLXXII | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2325 | 
| Armenian calendar | 1021 ԹՎ ՌԻԱ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6322 | 
| Bengali calendar | 979 | 
| Berber calendar | 2522 | 
| English Regnal year | 14 Eliz. 1 – 15 Eliz. 1 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 2116 | 
| Burmese calendar | 934 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 7080–7081 | 
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4268 or 4208 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4269 or 4209 | 
| Coptic calendar | 1288–1289 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2738 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1564–1565 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5332–5333 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1628–1629 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1493–1494 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4672–4673 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11572 | 
| Igbo calendar | 572–573 | 
| Iranian calendar | 950–951 | 
| Islamic calendar | 979–980 | 
| Japanese calendar | Genki 3 (元亀3年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1491–1492 | 
| Julian calendar | 1572 MDLXXII | 
| Korean calendar | 3905 | 
| Minguo calendar | 340 before ROC 民前340年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | 104 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 2114–2115 | 
Year 1572 (MDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.