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| 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) |
| 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. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The 22nd century of the Common Era will span the years 2101&ndash2200 of the Gregorian calendar. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The 2010s Decade is a period of 10 years that will begin on January 1, 2010 and will end on December 31, 2019. The 2020s is the 3rd decade of the 21st century of the Anno Domini ( common) era The 2030s will begin on January 1, 2030 and end on December 31, 2039. The decade will begin on 1st January 2040 and will end on 31st December 2049 This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century 2013 ( MMXIII) will be a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 2014 ( MMXIV) will be a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 2017 ( MMXVII) will be a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 2018 ( MMXVIII) will be a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. 2019 ( MMXIX) will be a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events Unknown date events &ndash Downtown MRT Line Phrase 3 scheduled to open The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays is the current era name in Japan. The Heisei era started on January 8, 1989, just one day after the death of the reigning Emperor Hirohito The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Unix time, or POSIX time, is a system for describing points in Time, defined as the number of seconds elapsed since Midnight Coordinated Universal Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Leap year starting on Friday ( Dominical letter CB) such as 1988. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today
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April
- April 4 — The date of a Square root day. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Square root day is a humorous Holiday celebrated on dates where the day and the month are both the Square root of the last two digits in the current year
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November
- November 8 — United States Presidential and Congressional elections. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Transit of Mercury Closeup - Nov 8 2006jpg|right|thumb|300px|Close-up of Mercury during the Nov The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, or Euro 2016 for short will be the 15th quadrennial top-level European football event Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses
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- European Capital Of Culture 2016 - European Union choose two European cities, from Poland (Lublin) and from Spain (Córdoba) to become the European Capitals Of Culture in this year. The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one Calendar year during which it is given a chance to showcase its The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Lublin is the largest city in eastern Poland and the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 355954 Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. ||-||-||} Córdoba ( Cordova in English is a City in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba.
- 2016 Summer Olympics — Host city to be chosen in 2009. This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. Applicant cities are Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Madrid, Spain; Tokyo, Japan; and Chicago, United States. Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
- 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. Diego Garcia is the largest Atoll, in terms of land area in Chagos Archipelago, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Chagos Archipelago (formerly Oil Islands) is a group of seven Atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical Islands roughly in the centre of
- Start of unmanned test flights of Altair for future U. Name On December 13, 2007, NASA's Lunar Surface Access Module was retitled "Altair" after the 12th brightest star in the northern hemisphere's night 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. ITER is an international Tokamak ( Magnetic confinement fusion) research/engineering proposal for an experimental project that will help to make the transition from Fusion power is power generated by Nuclear fusion reactions In this kind of reaction two light atomic nuclei fuse
- Files concerning Rudolf Hess made open to the public
- The Centralia, Pennsylvania time capsule will open
- NASA Juno, Jupiter orbiter
2016 in fiction
Computer and video games
- Games set in 2016:
Film
- Ghostbusters II (1989): According to a guest on Peter Venkman's talk show, the end of the world will occur on February 14. Rudolf Walter Richard Hess ( Heß in German) (26 April 1894 &ndash 17 August 1987 was a prominent figure in Nazi Germany, acting as Adolf Hitler Centralia is a borough in Columbia County Pennsylvania, United States. A time capsule is a historic cache of goods and/or information usually intended as a method of Communication with people in the future The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Juno is a NASA mission to Jupiter, slated to cost about USD $700 million (FY03 and scheduled to launch in August 2011 For other meanings see Orbiter (disambiguation. An orbiter is a Space probe that Orbits a Planet or Natural Metal Gear Acid (promoted as Metal Gear Ac!d) is a turn-based collectible card Video game developed by Konami Computer Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, released in Japan as, is a Visual novel -type adventure Video game published and developed by Capcom Body Harvest is a Video game for the Nintendo 64 Video game console. Mega Man 2 The Power Fighters, known in Japan as Rockman 2 The Power Fighters is an arcade Video game, released in Japan is a PlayStation Racing game based on the original Mega Man series from Capcom. is a title in the Mega Man series of Video games It was only released in Japan on the WonderSwan handheld system Ghostbusters II is the 1989 Sequel to Ghostbusters (1984 produced and directed by Ivan Reitman. Peter Venkman, PhD is a fictional Scientist and member of the Ghostbusters appearing in the films Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German
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. The Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise is a multi-billion dollar umbrella of Japanese media properties generally owned by the anime studio Gainax. In the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise, the is the goal of the secret society Seele.
- In an episode of Phil of the Future, Phil states that chores were banned in the year 2016. Phil of the Future is an American Comedy Children's television series that was produced by 2121 Productions (a part of Brookwell
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