This article is about the year 2016. 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 – Comics – 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 – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Science – Spaceflight Sports Sport – Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Tennis – Rugby league By place Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Brazil – Canada – People's Republic of China – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – European Union – France – Germany – India – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Russia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – United Arab Emirates – 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 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 Bengali calendar 1423 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  - Bikram Samwat 2072 – 2073  - 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 v · d · e Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 2016

2016 (MMXVI) will be a leap year starting on a Friday in the Gregorian calendar. It will be the 2016th year of Common Era (or Anno Domini), the 16th of the 3rd millennium and 21st century, and the 7th of the 2010s. Predicted and scheduled events May 9 – Transit of Mercury August – NASA Juno, Jupiter orbiter August 5–August 21 – 2016 Summer Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 7–September 18 – 2016 Summer Paralympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Date unknown 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. ITER, an international scientific experiment (2nd largest worldwide ever) into developing nuclear fusion as an energy source will boot up for the first time. Orbital Technologies, a Russian company, will launch a space hotel for wealthy tourists.1 The world's largest suspension bridge – the Strait of Messina Bridge – will be completed, connecting Sicily and mainland Italy. In fiction 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. Day 8 of the TV series 24 takes place in the year 2016. In the FlashForward episode, "The Garden of Forking Paths", Mark Benford discovers on Dyson Frost's chalkboard that December 12, 2016 was ambiguously labeled, "The End". References ^ "'Space hotel' plan unveiled in Russia". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11440701.