2016

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century–21st century–22nd century
Decades:	1980s1990s2000s–2010s–2020s2030s2040s
Years:	201320142015–2016–201720182019

2016 in othercalendars

Gregorian calendar	2016 MMXVI
Ab urbe condita	2769
Armenian calendar	1465 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԵ
Assyrian calendar	6766
Bahá'í calendar	172–173
Balinese saka calendar	1937–1938
Bengali calendar	1423
Berber calendar	2966
British Regnal year	64Eliz. 2– 65Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2560
Burmese calendar	1378
Byzantine calendar	7524–7525
Chinese calendar	Ất chưaNăm(WoodGoat) 4712 or 4652 — to — Bính thân năm(FireMonkey) 4713 or 4653
Coptic calendar	1732–1733
Discordian calendar	3182
Ethiopian calendar	2008–2009
Hebrew calendar	5776–5777
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	2072–2073
-Shaka Samvat	1937–1938
-Kali Yuga	5116–5117
Holocene calendar	12016
Igbo calendar	1016–1017
Iranian calendar	1394–1395
Islamic calendar	1437–1438
Japanese calendar	Heisei28 ( bình thành ２８ năm )
Javanese calendar	1949–1950
Juche calendar	105
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4349
Minguo calendar	ROC105 Dân quốc 105 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	548
Thai solar calendar	2559
Tibetan calendar	Âm mộc dương năm (female Wood-Goat) 2142 or 1761 or 989 — to — Dương hỏa năm con khỉ (male Fire-Monkey) 2143 or 1762 or 990
Unix time	1451606400 – 1483228799

2016(MMXVI) was aleap yearstarting on Fridayof theGregorian calendar,the 2016th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 16th year of the3rd millennium,the 16th year of the21st century,and the 7th year of the2010sdecade.

Events

January

• January 3– Followingthe falloutcaused by theexecution of Nimr al-Nimr,Saudi Arabiaends itsdiplomatic relationswithIran.
• January 8–Joaquín Guzmán,widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison.
• January 10– Singer, musician and actorDavid Bowiedied of cancer two days after his 69thbirthday.
• January 16– TheInternational Atomic Energy Agencyannounces that Iran has adequately dismantled its nuclear weapons program, allowing theUnited Nationsto lift sanctions immediately.
• January 28- WHO announces an outbreak of theZika Virus.

March

• March 22- 34 people are killed inbombingsinBrussels.

June

• June 22- The majority ofUnited Kingdomresidents vote to leave theEuropean Union.

July

• July 10– Brum released after 1991, 1994, 2001 and 2002.
• July 15– BabyBus released on YouTube.

August

• August 5–August 21– 2016 Summer Olympics are held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

October

• October 13–Bhumibol Adulyadej,King ofThailand,dies aged 88 after more than 70 years on the throne. He was the world's longest-serving head of state at the time of his death.

November

• November 2– TheChicago Cubswin their firstWorld Serieschampionship in 108 years, defeating theCleveland Indiansin seven games. This ended the longest championship drought in North American sports.
• November 8–Donald Trumpwins theUnited StatesPresidentialelection whileRepublicansretain control ofCongress.
• November 25- FormerPresidentofCubaFidel Castrodies aged 90.

December

• December 31– The last United States troops withdrew fromAfghanistan,bringing the War in Afghanistan to an end.

Predicted events

• April 4–Square root day.
• May 9–Transit of Mercury
• June 11–July 3–2016 European Football Championship(Host scheduled to be picked in May 2010)
• June 29– Analog shut-off inBrazil

Unknown dates

• European Capital Of Culture2016 –European Unionchoose twoEuropeancities, fromPolandand fromSpainto become the European Capitals Of Culture in this year.
• The right for the U.S. forces to useDiego Garciain theChagos Islandsas a military base will end at this year, but there will be a provision for an automatic extension for another 20 years for the US forces to remain stationed on the island.
• Start of unmanned test flights ofAltairfor future U.S. lunar landings.
• ITER,an international scientific experiment (2nd largest worldwide ever) into developingnuclear fusion as an energy sourcewill boot up for the first time.
• Files concerningRudolf Hessmade open to the public
• TheCentralia, Pennsylvaniatime capsulewill open
• NASAJuno,Jupiterorbiter
• The world's largest suspension bridge will be completed, connecting Sicily and main land Italy.

Deaths

See the main article:Deaths in 2016

In fiction

Computer and video games

• Games set in 2016:
  • Body Harvest(1998)
  • Metal Gear Acid(2004)
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney(2005)
  • Terminator Salvation (video game)(2009)
  • Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2(2009)
  • Ace Combat 6(2008)

Movies

• Ghostbusters II(1989): According to a guest onPeter Venkman's talk show, the end of the world will occur onFebruary 14.

Television series

• Neon Genesis Evangelion(1995–1996): The controversial completion of the top-secretHuman Instrumentality Projectbrings about the apocalyptic Third Impact, merging all human individuals into a single consummate being.
• In an episode ofPhil of the Future,Phil states that chores were banned in the year 2016.
• The Vampire Dairies Elena/Nina Dobrevwill come back!

Preceded by 2015

Years 2016

Succeeded by 2017

Other websites

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