2016
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| 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 (Poetry) - 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 - Meteorology - Rail transport - Science - Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| Sport - Australian Football League - Baseball - Football (soccer) - Ice Hockey - Motor Racing - Tennis |
| By place |
| Argentina - Australia - Brazil - Canada - Chad - Denmark - France - India - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Italy - Japan - Luxembourg - Malaysia - Mexico - New Zealand - Philippines - Singapore - South Africa - Switzerland - United Kingdom - United States - Wales - Zimbabwe |
| Other topics |
| Deaths - 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 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2560 |
| Chinese calendar | 4652/4712-11-22 (乙未年十一月廿二日) — to —
4653/4713-12-3(丙申年十二月初三日) |
| 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 28 (平成28年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2676 (皇紀2676年) |
| Julian calendar | 2061 |
| Korean calendar | 4349 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2559 |
2016 (MMXVI) will be a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
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)
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (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
- Perfect Dark: Initial Vector 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.
| Preceded by 2015 |
Years 2016 |
Succeeded by 2017 |
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