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1558
(
MDLVIII
)
was a
common year starting on Saturday
of the
Julian calendar
, the 1558th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 558th year of the
2nd millennium
, the 58th year of the
16th century
, and the 9th year of the
1550s
decade. As of the start of 1558, the Gregorian calendar was
10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.