| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| 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 – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television |
| Politics |
| Elections – Int'l leaders – Politics – State leaders – Sovereign states |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Rail transport – Science – Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| Sport – Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Football (soccer) – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Tennis – National Rugby League |
| By place |
| Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Canada – China – Denmark – European Union – France – Germany – India – Iraq – Ireland – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Philippines – Singapore – South Africa – Sri Lanka – United Kingdom – United States – Zimbabwe |
| Other topics |
| Awards – Games – Law – Religious leaders – Video gaming |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Works and introductions categories |
| Works – Introductions |
| Gregorian calendar | 2016 MMXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2769 |
| Armenian calendar | 1465 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 172 – 173 |
| Berber calendar | 2966 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2560 |
| Burmese calendar | 1378 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7524 – 7525 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年十一月廿二日 (4652/4712-11-22) — to —
丙申年十二月初三日(4653/4713-12-3) |
| 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 28 (平成28年) |
| Korean calendar | 4349 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2559 |
| Unix time | 1451606400 – 1483228799 |
2016 (MMXVI) will be a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
Contents |
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 in Brazil
- August 5 - 21 - 2016 Summer Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- November 8 – United States Presidential and Congressional elections.
Unknown dates
- European Capital Of Culture 2016 – European Union choose two European cities, from Poland and from Spain to become the European Capitals Of Culture in this year.
- 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 Altair for future U.S. lunar landings.
- ITER, an international scientific experiment (2nd largest worldwide ever) into developing nuclear fusion as an energy source will boot up for the first time.
- Files concerning Rudolf Hess made open to the public
- The Centralia, Pennsylvania time capsule will open
- NASA Juno, Jupiter orbiter
- The world's largest suspension bridge will be completed, connecting Sicily and main land Italy.
In fiction
Computer and video games
- Games set in 2016:
Film
- Ghostbusters II (1989): According to a guest on Peter Venkman's talk show, the end of the world will occur on February 14.
Television series
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996): The controversial completion of the top-secret Human Instrumentality Project brings about the apocalyptic Third Impact, merging all human individuals into a single consummate being.
- In an episode of Phil of the Future, Phil states that chores were banned in the year 2016.
In Books
- In J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the epilogue takes place in 2016.
| Preceded by 2015 |
Years 2016 |
Succeeded by 2017 |
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