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2016
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| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
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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 |
| 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.
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[edit] Predicted events
- April 4 - Square root day.
- May 9 - Transit of Mercury
- June 11 – July 3 - 2016 European Football Championship
- June 29 - Analog shut-off in Brazil
- August - 2016 Olympics
- November 8 - United States Presidential and Congressional elections.
[edit] 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.
- 2016 Summer Olympics - Host city to be chosen in 2009. Candidate cities are Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Madrid, Spain; Tokyo, Japan; and Chicago, United States.
- 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 Giant Magellan Telescope will be completed.
[edit] 2016 in fiction
[edit] Computer and video games
- Games set in 2016:
[edit] Film
- Ghostbusters II (1989): According to a guest on Peter Venkman's talk show, the end of the world will occur on February 14.
[edit] 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.
| Preceded by 2015 |
Years 2016 |
Succeeded by 2017 |