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2016

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Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries: 20th century21st century22nd century
Decades: 1980s  1990s  2000s  – 2010s –  2020s  2030s  2040s
Years: 2013 2014 201520162017 2018 2019
2016 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar2016
MMXVI
Ab urbe condita2769
Armenian calendar1465
ԹՎ ՌՆԿԵ
Assyrian calendar6766
Bahá'í calendar172–173
Balinese saka calendar1937–1938
Bengali calendar1423
Berber calendar2966
British Regnal year64 Eliz. 2 – 65 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2560
Burmese calendar1378
Byzantine calendar7524–7525
Chinese calendar乙未(Wood Goat)
4712 or 4652
    — to —
丙申年 (Fire Monkey)
4713 or 4653
Coptic calendar1732–1733
Discordian calendar3182
Ethiopian calendar2008–2009
Hebrew calendar5776–5777
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2072–2073
 - Shaka Samvat1937–1938
 - Kali Yuga5116–5117
Holocene calendar12016
Igbo calendar1016–1017
Iranian calendar1394–1395
Islamic calendar1437–1438
Japanese calendarHeisei 28
(平成28年)
Javanese calendar1949–1950
Juche calendar105
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4349
Minguo calendarROC 105
民國105年
Nanakshahi calendar548
Thai solar calendar2559
Tibetan calendar阴木羊年
(female Wood-Goat)
2142 or 1761 or 989
    — to —
阳火猴年
(male Fire-Monkey)
2143 or 1762 or 990
Unix time1451606400 – 1483228799

2016 (MMXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium, the 16th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade

February

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  • July 10 – Brum released after 1991, 1994, 2001 and 2002.
  • July 15 – BabyBus released on YouTube.
  • October 13Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, dies aged 88 after more than 70 years on the throne. He was the world's longest-serving head of state at the time of his death.

November

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December

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  • December 31 – The last United States troops withdrew from Afghanistan, bringing the War in Afghanistan to an end.

Predicted events

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Unknown dates

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In fiction

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Computer and video games

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Television series

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Preceded by
2015
Years
2016
Succeeded by
2017

References

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  1. "Agence France-Presse on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  2. "'El Chapo': Sean Penn interviewed Guzman before recapture". BBC News. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. "Iran nuclear deal: 'New chapter' for Tehran as sanctions end". BBC. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. "'Zika virus spreading explosively'". CNN. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

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