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 - Athletics (Track and Field) - Australian Football League - Baseball - Football (soccer) - Ice Hockey - Motorsport - Tennis National Rugby League
By place
Argentina - Australia - Canada - China -France - India - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Japan - Luxembourg - Malaysia - Mexico - New Zealand - Norway- Pakistan - Singapore - South Africa - United Kingdom - United States - 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 v • d • e

**2016 in other calendars**
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
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)
Korean calendar	4349
Thai solar calendar	2559
Unix time	1451606400 – 1483228799
v • d • e

2016 (MMXVI) will be a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.

1 Predicted events
2 Unknown dates
3 2016 in fiction

Predicted events

Unknown dates

European Capital Of Culture 2016 - European Union choose two European cities, from Poland (Lublin) and from Spain (Cordoba) to become the European Capitals Of Culture in this year.
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.
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 is set to boot up for the first time.
Files concerning Rudolf Hess made open to the public
The Centralia, Pennsylvania time capsule will open

2016 in fiction

Computer and video games

Games set in 2016:
- Metal Gear Acid (2004)
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2005)
- Body Harvest (1998)
- Rockman 2: The Power Fighters, Rockman Battle & Chase and Rockman & Forte: Challenger From the Future

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 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.