Information about 2016
| Centuries: | 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1980s 1990s 2000s - 2010s - 2020s 2030s 2040s |
| Years: | 2013 2014 2015 - 2016 - 2017 2018 2019 |
| 2016 by topic: |
| News by month |
| Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec |
| Arts |
| Architecture - Art - Literature - Music (Country, Metal, UK) - Film - Television - Home video |
| Politics |
| Elections - Int'l leaders - Politics - State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology - Aviation - Birding/Ornithology - - Rail transport - Science - Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| Sport - Australian Football League - Baseball - Football (soccer) - - - |
| By place |
| Argentina - Australia - Brazil - Canada - Denmark - France - India - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Italy - Japan - Luxembourg - Malaysia - - New Zealand - Philippines - Singapore - South Africa - Switzerland - United Kingdom - Wales - Zimbabwe |
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| Deaths - - Games - - Religious leaders - Video gaming |
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| Gregorian calendar | 2016 MMXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2769 |
| Armenian calendar | 1465 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԵ |
| Bah' calendar | 172 – 173 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2560 |
| Chinese calendar | 4652/4712-7-20 (乙未年七月二十日) — to — 4653/4713-6-29(丙申年六月廿九日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1732 – 1733 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2008 – 2009 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5776 – 5777 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2071 – 2072 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1938 – 1939 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5117 – 5118 |
| Holocene calendar | 12016 |
| Iranian calendar | 1394 – 1395 |
| Islamic calendar | 1437 – 1438 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 0 (平成0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2676 (皇紀2676年) |
| Julian calendar | 2061 |
| Korean calendar | 4349 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2559 |
Predicted events
- May 9 — Transit of Mercury
- July 9 — Argentina will celebrate its 200th year of independence.
- June — 2016 European Football Championship
- September 15 — The 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, in which the Tank saw its first combat use.
- November 8 — United States Presidential and Congressional elections
Unknown dates
- 2016 Summer Olympics — Host city to be chosen in 2009. Applicant cities are Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Madrid, Spain; Prague, Czech Republic; Tokyo,Japan; Baku, Azerbaijan; Doha, Qatar; and Chicago, USA.
- The right for the U.S. forces to use Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands as 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 of the Lunar Surface Access Module for future U.S. lunar landings.
- ITER, an international scientific experiment (2nd largest worldwide ever) into developing nuclear fusion as an energy source is set to boot up for the first time.
- Files concerning Rudolf Hess made open to the public
Speculations
- Sinn Féin predict this is when a United Ireland will come about.
- A satellite signal from Pluto, containing pictures of the dwarf planet, is received.
- Former President Gerald Ford Presidential Dollar Coin Program coin becomes issued.
- "A global tipping point will be reached in 10 years [2016] if levels of greenhouse gases like methane and CO2 are not reduced. Global warming at this point becomes unstoppable." — James Hansen
2016 in fiction
Computer and video games
- Games set in 2016:
- Metal Gear Acid (2004)
- (2005)
Film
- Ghostbusters II (1989): According to a guest on Peter Venkman's talk show, the end of the world will occur on February 14.
Literature
- by Greg Rucka (2005): On January 7, an influenza subtype H17N22 outbreak infects 23,442 Canadians.
- Tarragona 2016 http://tarragona2016.blogspot.com/
Media franchises
- .hack: The World R:2 game is released.
Television series
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996): The Third Impact occurs, killing all humanity except two survivors.
- In an episode of Phil of the Future, Phil states that chores were banned in the year 2016.
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twentieth century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 2000, according to the Gregorian calendar. Some historians consider the era from about 1914 to 1991 to be the Short Twentieth Century.
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21st Century is the present century of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 2001 and is due to end December 31, 2100. However, more modern methods of dating begin the century in the year 2000.
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Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull
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Ab Urbe condita (literally, "from the city, having been founded") is a monumental history of Rome, from its legendary founding (ab Urbe condita, dated to 753 BC by Varro and most modern scholars). The book was written by Titus Livius (around 59 BC–AD 17).
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Armenian calendar uses the Armenian numerals. It begins in AD 552 as the start of the Armenian era.
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Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Sri Lanka in several related forms. It is a lunisolar calendar having months that are alternately 29 and 30 days, with an intercalated day and a 30-day
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Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. In China today, the Gregorian calendar is used for most day to day activities, but the Chinese calendar is still used for marking traditional Chinese holidays such
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The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: 干支; Pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干;
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The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: 干支; Pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干;
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Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. This calendar is based on the ancient Egyptian calendar. To avoid the calendar creep of the latter, a reform of the ancient Egyptian calendar was introduced at the time of Ptolemy
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Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer), also called the
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Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הלוח העברי) or Jewish calendar is the calendar used by Jews for religious purposes.
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Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization, and today there are several regional Indian calendars, as well as an Indian national calendar. In Pakistan it is called 'desi' or native calendar.
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