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1577
(
MDLXXVII
)
was a
common year starting on Tuesday
of the
Julian calendar
, the 1577th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 577th year of the
2nd millennium
, the 77th year of the
16th century
, and the 8th year of the
1570s
decade. As of the start of 1577, the Gregorian calendar was
10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.