1438 (MCDXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1438th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 438th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 15th century, and the 9th year of the 1430s decade. As of the start of 1438, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 14th century15th century16th century
Decades: 1400s  1410s  1420s  – 1430s –  1440s  1450s  1460s
Years: 1435 1436 143714381439 1440 1441
1438 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1438
MCDXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita2191
Armenian calendar887
ԹՎ ՊՁԷ
Assyrian calendar6188
Balinese saka calendar1359–1360
Bengali calendar845
Berber calendar2388
English Regnal year16 Hen. 6 – 17 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar1982
Burmese calendar800
Byzantine calendar6946–6947
Chinese calendar丁巳(Fire Snake)
4134 or 4074
    — to —
戊午年 (Earth Horse)
4135 or 4075
Coptic calendar1154–1155
Discordian calendar2604
Ethiopian calendar1430–1431
Hebrew calendar5198–5199
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1494–1495
 - Shaka Samvat1359–1360
 - Kali Yuga4538–4539
Holocene calendar11438
Igbo calendar438–439
Iranian calendar816–817
Islamic calendar841–842
Japanese calendarEikyō 10
(永享10年)
Javanese calendar1353–1354
Julian calendar1438
MCDXXXVIII
Korean calendar3771
Minguo calendar474 before ROC
民前474年
Nanakshahi calendar−30
Thai solar calendar1980–1981
Tibetan calendar阴火蛇年
(female Fire-Snake)
1564 or 1183 or 411
    — to —
阳土马年
(male Earth-Horse)
1565 or 1184 or 412

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