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This article is about the year 2016.     For other uses, see [2016 (disambiguation)](/source/2016_(disambiguation)).

**2016**
- [January](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/January_2016)

- [February](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/February_2016)

- [March](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/March_2016)

- [April](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/April_2016)

- [May](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/May_2016)

- [June](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/June_2016)

- [July](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/July_2016)

- [August](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/August_2016)

- [September](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/September_2016)

- [October](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/October_2016)

- [November](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/November_2016)

- [December](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/December_2016)

 **Clockwise from top-left:**
 - Bombed-out buildings in [Ankara](/source/Ankara) following the [Turkish coup d'état attempt](/source/2016_Turkish_coup_d'%C3%A9tat_attempt);
 - The [impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff](/source/Impeachment_of_Dilma_Rousseff);
 - Damaged houses during the [Nagorno-Karabakh conflict](/source/2016_Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict), which killed over 2,000 people;
 - The [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) are held in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), [Brazil](/source/Brazil) whilst the [Zika virus](/source/Zika_virus) was [spreading](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epidemic);
 - Queues outside a bank to exchange demonetized banknotes during the [Indian banknote demonetisation](/source/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation);
 - The [UK](/source/United_Kingdom) [votes](/source/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum) to [leave](/source/Brexit) the [EU](/source/European_Union);
 - The Girardet Bridge in [Düsseldorf](/source/D%C3%BCsseldorf) with its four [Pokéstops](/source/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go);
 - [Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump) is elected [U.S. president](/source/2016_United_States_presidential_election);
 - tThe viral cultural phenomena of [Pokémon Go](/source/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go)
 - [Generation Alpha](/source/Generation_Alpha) turns 6 years old

Calendar year

Years Millennium 3rd millennium Centuries 20th century 21st century 22nd century Decades 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 v t e

2016 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 2016 MMXVI Ab urbe condita 2769 Armenian calendar 1465 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԵ Assyrian calendar 6766 Baháʼí calendar 172–173 Balinese saka calendar 1937–1938 Bengali calendar 1422–1423 Berber calendar 2966 British Regnal year 64 Eliz. 2 – 65 Eliz. 2 Buddhist calendar 2560 Burmese calendar 1378 Byzantine calendar 7524–7525 Chinese calendar 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4713 or 4506 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4714 or 4507 Coptic calendar 1732–1733 Discordian calendar 3182 Ethiopian calendar 2008–2009 Hebrew calendar 5776–5777 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 2072–2073 - Shaka Samvat 1937–1938 - Kali Yuga 5116–5117 Holocene calendar 12016 Igbo calendar 1016–1017 Iranian calendar 1394–1395 Islamic calendar 1437–1438 Japanese calendar Heisei 28 (平成２８年) Javanese calendar 1949–1950 Juche calendar 105 Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days Korean calendar 4349 Minguo calendar ROC 105 民國105年 Nanakshahi calendar 548 Thai solar calendar 2559 Tibetan calendar ཤིང་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Wood-Sheep) 2142 or 1761 or 989 — to — མེ་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Fire-Monkey) 2143 or 1762 or 990 Unix time 1451606400 – 1483228799

**2016** ([MMXVI](/source/Roman_numerals)) was a [leap year starting on Friday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Friday) of the [Gregorian calendar](/source/Gregorian_calendar), the 2016th year of the [Common Era](/source/Common_Era) (CE) and *[Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini)* (AD) designations, the 16th year of the [3rd millennium](/source/3rd_millennium) and the [21st century](/source/21st_century), and the 7th year of the [2010s](/source/2010s) decade.

Calendar year

2016 by topic Arts Animation Anime Architecture Comics Film Horror Literature Poetry Radio Science fiction Television Video games esports Music Albums By genre Classical Country Hip hop Jazz Latin Metal Rock By place Africa Asia China Japan Korea Philippines Australia Brazil Canada Europe Ireland Scandinavia Norway Sweden United Kingdom United States Politics and government Elections International leaders Organized crime Religion Religious leaders Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders Territorial governors Science and technology Archaeology Biotechnology Computing (AI) Palaeontology Quantum computing and communication Senescence research Sustainable energy research Environment Birding and ornithology Climate change Weather Tornadoes Tropical cyclones Transportation Aviation Rail transport Spaceflight Transportation technology Sports American football Association football Athletics (sport) Badminton Baseball Basketball Chess Combat sports Cricket Cycling Golf Ice hockey Pro wrestling Rugby union Swimming Tennis Volleyball By sovereign state Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan The Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Comoros Congo D.R. Congo Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Eswatini Equatorial Guinea Fiji Finland France Gabon The Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Marshall Islands Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nauru Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Somalia Somaliland South Africa Solomon Islands South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe By international organization European Union United Nations Categories Births Deaths Establishments Disestablishments Works Introductions Works entering the public domain v t e

2016 was designated as:

- [International Year of Pulses](/source/International_Year_of_Pulses) by the [sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly](/source/Sixty-eighth_session_of_the_United_Nations_General_Assembly).[1]

- International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH).[2]

## Events

### January

- [January 3](/source/January_3) – Following [the fallout](/source/2016_attack_on_the_Saudi_diplomatic_missions_in_Iran) caused by the [execution of Nimr al-Nimr](/source/Nimr_al-Nimr#Execution_and_reaction_against), [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia) and several other countries end their [diplomatic relations](/source/Iran%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_relations) with [Iran](/source/Iran).[3]

- [January 8](/source/January_8) – [Joaquín Guzmán](/source/Joaqu%C3%ADn_%22El_Chapo%22_Guzm%C3%A1n), widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum-security prison in Mexico.[4]

- [January 12](/source/January_12) – Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in [a bombing](/source/January_2016_Istanbul_bombing) near the [Blue Mosque](/source/Blue_Mosque%2C_Istanbul) in [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul).[5]

- [January 16](/source/January_16) - The [International Atomic Energy Agency](/source/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency) announces that Iran has adequately dismantled [its nuclear weapons program](/source/Iran_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction), allowing the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations) to lift sanctions immediately.[6] - 30 people are killed and 56 injured in [terrorist attacks](/source/2016_Ouagadougou_attacks) in [Ouagadougou](/source/Ouagadougou), [Burkina Faso](/source/Burkina_Faso), targeting a hotel and a nearby restaurant. A siege occurs and 176 hostages are released afterwards, by government forces.[7] - In the [general election of the Republic of China (Taiwan)](/source/2016_Taiwanese_general_election), the Democratic Progressive Party, led by [Tsai Ing-wen](/source/Tsai_Ing-wen), secured a majority in the Legislative Yuan, resulting in the first majority by a non-KMT party and the first majority won by the DPP. Tsai became the 14th President for [Taiwan](/source/Republic_of_China), and also became the first female leader in China.[8]

- [January 28](/source/January_28) – The [World Health Organization](/source/World_Health_Organization) announces an [outbreak](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epidemic) of the [Zika virus](/source/Zika_virus).[9]

### February

- [February 6](/source/February_6) – An [earthquake of magnitude 6.6](/source/2016_southern_Taiwan_earthquake) strikes southern [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan), killing 117 people.[10]

- [February 7](/source/February_7) – [North Korea](/source/North_Korea) launches a [reconnaissance satellite](/source/Reconnaissance_satellite) named [Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4](/source/Kwangmy%C5%8Fngs%C5%8Fng-4) into space, it is condemned internationally as a long-range ballistic missile test.[11]

- [February 12](/source/February_12) – [Pope Francis](/source/Pope_Francis) and [Patriarch Kirill](/source/Patriarch_Kirill) sign an [Ecumenical Declaration](/source/Joint_Declaration_of_Pope_Francis_and_Patriarch_Kirill) in the first such meeting between leaders of the [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) and [Russian Orthodox Churches](/source/Russian_Orthodox_Church) since their [schism](/source/East%E2%80%93West_Schism) in 1054.[12]

### March

- [March 14](/source/March_14) – The [ESA](/source/European_Space_Agency) and [Roscosmos](/source/Roscosmos_State_Corporation) launch the joint [ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter](/source/ExoMars_Trace_Gas_Orbiter) on a mission to [Mars](/source/Mars).[13]

- [March 21](/source/March_21) - The [International Criminal Court](/source/International_Criminal_Court) finds former [Congolese](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) Vice President [Jean-Pierre Bemba](/source/Jean-Pierre_Bemba) guilty of [war crimes](/source/War_crime) and crimes against humanity, the first time the ICC convicted someone of sexual violence.[14] - [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama) visits [Cuba](/source/Cuba), marking the first time a sitting US president has visited the island nation since President [Calvin Coolidge](/source/Calvin_Coolidge) visited in 1928.[15]

- [March 22](/source/March_22) – [2016 Brussels bombings](/source/2016_Brussels_bombings): Suicide bombing attacks at Brussels' [Zaventem airport](/source/Zaventem_airport) and [Maalbeek metro station](/source/Maalbeek_metro_station) kill 35 people and injure 300 more.[16]

- [March 24](/source/March_24) – Ex-Bosnian Serb leader [Radovan Karadžić](/source/Radovan_Karad%C5%BEi%C4%87) is sentenced to 40 years in prison after being found guilty of [genocide](/source/Genocide) and [crimes against humanity](/source/Crimes_against_humanity) committed during the [Bosnian War](/source/Bosnian_War).[17]

### April

- [April 1](/source/April_1)–[5](/source/April_5) – [2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes](/source/2016_Nagorno-Karabakh_clashes): Clashes occur along the [Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact](/source/Nagorno-Karabakh_line_of_contact) with the [Artsakh Defense Army](/source/Artsakh_Defense_Army), backed by the [Armenian Armed Forces](/source/Armenian_Armed_Forces), on one side and the [Azerbaijani Armed Forces](/source/Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces) on the other. The US State Department estimates that a total of 350 people have been killed in the clashes, which have been defined as "the worst" since the [1994 ceasefire](/source/Bishkek_Protocol).[18]

- [April 3](/source/April_3) – The [International Consortium of Investigative Journalists](/source/International_Consortium_of_Investigative_Journalists) (ICIJ) and the German newspaper *[Süddeutsche Zeitung](/source/S%C3%BCddeutsche_Zeitung)* publish the "[Panama Papers](/source/Panama_Papers)", a set of 11.5 million confidential documents from the Panamanian corporate [Mossack Fonseca](/source/Mossack_Fonseca) that provides detailed information on more than 214,000 [offshore](/source/Offshore_financial_centre) companies, including the identities of shareholders and directors [including noted personalities and heads of state](/source/List_of_people_named_in_the_Panama_Papers).[19]

- [April 8](/source/April_8) – [Pope Francis](/source/Pope_Francis)' [apostolic exhortation](/source/Apostolic_exhortation) *[Amoris laetitia](/source/Amoris_laetitia)* (dated March 19) is published in the Vatican; it appears to amend the Roman Catholic Church's position on the availability of [sacraments](/source/Sacraments_of_the_Catholic_Church) to Catholics who have divorced and contracted a civil remarriage.[20]

- [April 16](/source/April_16) – An [earthquake of magnitude 7.8](/source/2016_Ecuador_earthquake) strikes northwestern [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador) killing 676 people and injuring over 6,000. Widespread damage was caused across [Manabí Province](/source/Manab%C3%AD_Province), with structures hundreds of kilometres away from the epicenter collapsing.

- [April 23](/source/April_23) – American singer-songwriter [Beyoncé](/source/Beyonc%C3%A9) releases her sixth studio album *[Lemonade](/source/Lemonade_(Beyonc%C3%A9_album))*.

### May

- [May 2](/source/May_2) – [Leicester City](/source/Leicester_City_F.C.) are officially confirmed [Premier League Champions](/source/Premier_League) against 5000:1 odds at the start of the season.

- [May 9](/source/May_9) – [Rodrigo Duterte](/source/Rodrigo_Duterte) is elected the [President of the Philippines](/source/President_of_the_Philippines).

- [May 10](/source/May_10)–[14](/source/May_14) – The [Eurovision Song Contest 2016](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2016) is held in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), [Sweden](/source/Sweden), and is won by [Ukrainian](/source/Ukraine_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest) entrant [Jamala](/source/Jamala) with the song "[1944](/source/1944_(song))".

- [May 19](/source/May_19) – [EgyptAir Flight 804](/source/EgyptAir_Flight_804) crashes into the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) en route from [Paris](/source/Paris) to [Cairo](/source/Cairo), killing all 66 people on board.[21]

- [May 20](/source/May_20) – [Tsai Ing-wen](/source/Tsai_Ing-wen) is sworn in as the President of the [Republic of China (Taiwan)](/source/Taiwan).[22]

- [May 28](/source/May_28) – [Harambe](/source/Harambe), a [western lowland gorilla](/source/Western_lowland_gorilla) at the [Cincinnati Zoo](/source/Cincinnati_Zoo_and_Botanical_Garden), is shot and killed after a three-year-old boy enters his enclosure.

- [May 30](/source/May_30) – Former [Chadian President](/source/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Chad) [Hissène Habré](/source/Hiss%C3%A8ne_Habr%C3%A9) is sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity committed during his tenure from [1982](/source/1982) to [1990](/source/1990), the first time an [African Union](/source/African_Union)-backed court has convicted a former ruler of a country within its jurisdiction.[23]

### June

- [June 1](/source/June_1) – The [Gotthard Base Tunnel](/source/Gotthard_Base_Tunnel), the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel, is opened following two decades of construction work.[24]

- [June 10](/source/June_10)–[July 10](/source/July_10) – [France](/source/France) hosts the [UEFA Euro 2016](/source/UEFA_Euro_2016) football tournament, which is won by [Portugal](/source/Portugal_national_football_team).[25]

- [June 10](/source/June_10) – [Christina Grimmie](/source/Christina_Grimmie) is shot dead while signing autographs and taking pictures with her fans following a concert performance at [the Plaza Live](/source/The_Plaza_Live) in [Orlando, Florida](/source/Orlando%2C_Florida).

- [June 12](/source/June_12) – [A gunman](/source/Omar_Mateen) claiming allegiance to the Islamic State [opens fire at a gay nightclub](/source/Pulse_nightclub_shooting) in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and injuring 53 others.[26]

- [June 23](/source/June_23) – The [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) votes [in a referendum](/source/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum) to leave the [European Union](/source/European_Union), triggering the so-called [Brexit](/source/Brexit).[27]

- [June 28](/source/June_28) – [2016 Atatürk Airport attack](/source/2016_Atat%C3%BCrk_Airport_attack): [ISIL](/source/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant) is suspected to be responsible for attacking [Atatürk Airport](/source/Istanbul_Atat%C3%BCrk_Airport) in [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), Turkey, killing 44 people and injuring over 230 others.[28][29]

### July

- [July 1](/source/July_1) – [Latvia](/source/Latvia) becomes the 35th member of the [OECD](/source/Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development).[30]

- [July 2](/source/July_2) – [2016 Australian federal election](/source/2016_Australian_federal_election): [Malcolm Turnbull](/source/Malcolm_Turnbull)'s [Liberal/National Coalition Government](/source/Turnbull_government) is narrowly re-elected,[31] defeating the [Labor Party](/source/Australian_Labor_Party) led by [Bill Shorten](/source/Bill_Shorten).[32]

- [July 5](/source/July_5) – [NASA](/source/NASA)'s *[Juno](/source/Juno_(spacecraft))* spacecraft enters orbit around [Jupiter](/source/Jupiter) and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.[33]

- [July 6](/source/July_6) – The [augmented reality](/source/Augmented_reality) mobile game *[Pokémon Go](/source/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go)* is released, breaking numerous records in terms of sales and revenue.[34]

- [July 12](/source/July_12) – The [Philippines](/source/Philippines) wins the [arbitration case](/source/Philippines_v._China) they filed at the [Permanent Court of Arbitration](/source/Permanent_Court_of_Arbitration) regarding the legality of [China](/source/China)'s "[nine-dash line](/source/Nine-dash_line)" claim over the [South China Sea](/source/South_China_Sea) under the [United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea](/source/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea).[35][36]

- [July 14](/source/July_14) – [2016 Nice truck attack](/source/2016_Nice_truck_attack): 86 people are killed and more than 400 others injured in a truck attack in [Nice](/source/Nice), France, during [Bastille Day](/source/Bastille_Day) celebrations.[37]

- [July 15](/source/July_15)–[16](/source/July_16) – In [Turkey](/source/Turkey), a faction within the [Turkish Armed Forces](/source/Turkish_Armed_Forces) that organized themselves as the [Peace at Home Council](/source/Peace_at_Home_Council), [unsuccessfully stages a coup](/source/2016_Turkish_coup_d'%C3%A9tat_attempt) against the [state institutions](/source/Government_of_Turkey), resulting in the deaths of at least 240 people and triggering a series of unprecedented [purges](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_purges_in_Turkey) throughout the country.[38]

- [July 22](/source/July_22) – The final [videocassette recorder](/source/Videocassette_recorder) is manufactured by the Japanese company [Funai](/source/Funai).[39]

- [July 26](/source/July_26) – [Swiss](/source/Switzerland) *[Solar Impulse 2](/source/Solar_Impulse)* becomes the first [solar-powered aircraft](/source/Solar-powered_aircraft) to circumnavigate the Earth.[40]

### August

[VOA newscast for August 30, 2016](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VOA_International_Edition_(August_30,_2016),_1805_EDT.mp3)

[Voice of America](/source/Voice_of_America) newscast on August 30, 2016

*Problems playing this file? See [media help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Media).*

- [August 3](/source/August_3) – [Emirates Flight 521](/source/Emirates_Flight_521) crashes at [Dubai International Airport](/source/Dubai_International_Airport) in [Dubai](/source/Dubai), [United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates). 1 person was killed and 39 people were injured.[41]

- [August 5](/source/August_5)–[21](/source/August_21) – The [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) are held in [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro%2C_Brazil), the first time in South America.[42]

- [August 24](/source/August_24) – An [earthquake of magnitude 6.2](/source/August_2016_Central_Italy_earthquake) hits central Italy, killing 299 people.

- [August 31](/source/August_31) – The [Brazilian Senate](/source/Brazilian_Senate) votes (61–20) to [impeach](/source/Impeachment_of_Dilma_Rousseff) the [President of Brazil](/source/President_of_Brazil) [Dilma Rousseff](/source/Dilma_Rousseff). The [Vice President of Brazil](/source/Vice_President_of_Brazil), [Michel Temer](/source/Michel_Temer), who had assumed the presidential powers and duties as Acting President of [Brazil](/source/Brazil) during Rousseff's suspension, takes office for the remainder of her term.[43]

### September

- [September 1](/source/September_1) – An [annular solar eclipse](/source/Solar_eclipse_of_September_1%2C_2016) was visible from Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.

- [September 3](/source/September_3) – The US and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's [carbon emissions](/source/Greenhouse_gas), both formally join the [Paris global climate agreement](/source/Paris_Agreement).[44]

- [September 8](/source/September_8) – NASA launches [OSIRIS-REx](/source/OSIRIS-REx), its first [asteroid sample return mission](/source/Sample_return_mission). The probe visited [Bennu](/source/101955_Bennu) from [2018](/source/2018) to [2021](/source/2021) and would return samples to Earth on September 24, [2023](/source/2023).[45][46][47]

- [September 9](/source/September_9) – The government of [North Korea](/source/North_Korea) conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest [nuclear test](/source/September_2016_North_Korean_nuclear_test). World leaders condemn the act, with [South Korea](/source/South_Korea) calling it "maniacal recklessness".[48]

- [September 28](/source/September_28) - International investigators conclude that [Malaysia Airlines Flight 17](/source/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17) was shot down by a [Buk missile](/source/Buk_missile_system) that came from an area controlled by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.[49] - [Global CO2 levels](/source/Carbon_dioxide_in_Earth's_atmosphere) exceed 400 ppm at the time of year normally associated with minimum levels.[50] A 400 ppm level is believed to be higher than anything experienced in human history.[51]

- [September 30](/source/September_30) – Two paintings by [Vincent van Gogh](/source/Vincent_van_Gogh) with a combined value of $100 million, *[Seascape at Scheveningen](/source/Seascape_at_Scheveningen)* and *[Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen](/source/Congregation_Leaving_the_Reformed_Church_in_Nuenen)*, are recovered after having been stolen on December 7, 2002, from the [Van Gogh Museum](/source/Van_Gogh_Museum) in Amsterdam.[52]

### October

- [October 3](/source/October_3) – [Hurricane Matthew](/source/Hurricane_Matthew) makes landfall in Haiti as a category 4 hurricane, killing 842 and causing $2.8 billion in damages.[53]

- [October 7](/source/October_7) – Three events that will play a significant role in the [2016 United States presidential election](/source/2016_United_States_presidential_election) all take place on the same afternoon: (1) U.S. intelligence agencies publicly accuse the Russian government of [using computer hacking to interfere with](/source/Timeline_of_Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections_(July_2016_%E2%80%93_election_day)#November_2016) the U.S. election process; (2) *[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)* releases [a videotape](/source/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape) showing candidate Donald Trump privately bragging about sexual improprieties; (3) [WikiLeaks](/source/WikiLeaks) releases thousands of private emails from inside the political campaign of candidate Hillary Clinton.

- [October 13](/source/October_13) – The [Maldives](/source/Maldives) announces its decision to withdraw from the [Commonwealth of Nations](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations).[54]

- [October 14](/source/October_14) – American missionary and aid worker Jeff Woodke is kidnapped in [Abalak, Niger](/source/Abalak) by militants. He would not be freed for six years.[55][56]

- [October 15](/source/October_15) – 150 nations meet at the [United Nations Environment Programme](/source/United_Nations_Environment_Programme) (UNEP) summit in Rwanda and agree to phase out [hydrofluorocarbons](/source/Hydrofluorocarbon) (HFCs) as an amendment to the [Montreal Protocol](/source/Montreal_Protocol).[57]

### November

- [November 1](/source/November_1) – The number of people globally using mobile devices to access the internet overtakes those using desktop computers for the first time, having been preceded by the U.S. two years prior.[58][59][60][61][62]

- [November 2](/source/November_2) – The [Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) [win](/source/2016_World_Series) the [World Series](/source/World_Series) for the first time since 1908, ending the longest championship drought in North American sports history.[63]

- [November 8](/source/November_8) - [2016 United States presidential election](/source/2016_United_States_presidential_election): Businessman and television personality [Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump) is [elected](/source/2016_United_States_presidential_election) the 45th [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States) in a surprise victory against his opponent, former [Secretary of State](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_State) and [First Lady](/source/First_lady) [Hillary Clinton](/source/Hillary_Clinton).[64] - The [government of India](/source/Government_of_India) announces the [demonetisation of certain banknotes](/source/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation), causing prolonged cash shortages in the weeks that follow and significant disruption throughout the economy.[65]

- [November 17](/source/November_17) – [Međimurska trikotaža Čakovec](/source/Me%C4%91imurska_trikota%C5%BEa_%C4%8Cakovec), a large Croatian knitwear company based in [Čakovec](/source/%C4%8Cakovec), ceased to exist

- [November 18](/source/November_18) – The remains of Philippine dictator [Ferdinand Marcos](/source/Ferdinand_Marcos) [are buried](/source/Burial_of_Ferdinand_Marcos) in a private ceremony at the [Libingan ng mga Bayani](/source/Libingan_ng_mga_Bayani) prompting [protests](/source/Burial_of_Ferdinand_Marcos#Protests) throughout the [Philippines](/source/Philippines).[66][67]

- [November 24](/source/November_24) – The [Colombian government](/source/Government_of_Colombia) and the [Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army](/source/FARC) sign a [revised peace deal](/source/Colombian_peace_process), slowing the [Colombian conflict](/source/Colombian_conflict).[68]

- [November 28](/source/November_28) – [LaMia Flight 2933](/source/LaMia_Flight_2933) crashes into a mountain near [Medellín](/source/Medell%C3%ADn), Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian [Chapecoense football squad](/source/Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Chapecoense_de_Futebol).

### December

- [December 1](/source/December_1) – Following a mourning period of seven weeks after the [death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej](/source/Death_and_funeral_of_Bhumibol_Adulyadej), [Vajiralongkorn](/source/Vajiralongkorn) formally succeeds his late father as the new [King](/source/Monarchy_of_Thailand) of [Thailand](/source/Thailand).[69]

- [December 4](/source/December_4) – A [constitutional referendum](/source/2016_Italian_constitutional_referendum) is held in [Italy](/source/Italy), resulting in the resignation of Prime Minister [Matteo Renzi](/source/Matteo_Renzi).

- [December 9](/source/December_9) – [South Korean](/source/South_Korea) [President](/source/President_of_South_Korea) [Park Geun-hye](/source/Park_Geun-hye) is suspended after MPs vote to [impeach](/source/Impeachment_of_Park_Geun-hye) her, following a [political scandal](/source/2016_South_Korean_political_scandal).

- [December 19](/source/December_19) - [Andrei Karlov](/source/Andrei_Karlov), the Russian ambassador to Turkey, is [assassinated](/source/Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov) by an off-duty Turkish police officer at an art exhibition in [Ankara](/source/Ankara).[70] - [Berlin truck attack](/source/2016_Berlin_truck_attack): A [truck is deliberately driven into](/source/Vehicle-ramming_attack) the [Christmas market](/source/Christmas_market) next to the [Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church](/source/Kaiser_Wilhelm_Memorial_Church) at [Breitscheidplatz](/source/Breitscheidplatz) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin), leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured.

- [December 22](/source/December_22) – A study finds the [VSV-EBOV](/source/VSV-EBOV) vaccine against the [Ebola virus](/source/Ebola_virus) between 70 and 100% effective, thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.[71]

- [December 23](/source/December_23) – The [United Nations Security Council](/source/United_Nations_Security_Council) adopts [Resolution 2334](/source/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2334) condemning "[Israeli settlements](/source/Israeli_settlement) in [Palestinian territories occupied since 1967](/source/Palestinian_territories)".[72]

- [December 25](/source/December_25) – [2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash](/source/2016_Russian_Defence_Ministry_Tupolev_Tu-154_crash): A [Tupolev Tu-154](/source/Tupolev_Tu-154) jetliner of the [Russian Defence Ministry](/source/Russian_Defence_Ministry) crashes into the [Black Sea](/source/Black_Sea) shortly after taking off from [Sochi International Airport](/source/Sochi_International_Airport), Russia, while en route to [Khmeimim Air Base](/source/Khmeimim_Air_Base), Syria. All 92 people on board, including 64 members of the [Alexandrov Ensemble](/source/Alexandrov_Ensemble) choir of the [Russian Armed Forces](/source/Russian_Armed_Forces), are killed.[73]

- [December 28](/source/December_28) – The [chemical elements](/source/Chemical_element) 113, 115, 117 and 118 are officially named [Nihonium](/source/Nihonium), [Moscovium](/source/Moscovium), [Tennessine](/source/Tennessine) and [Oganesson](/source/Oganesson).[74][75]

- [December 29](/source/December_29) – The Helsinki District Court gives [Jari Aarnio](/source/Jari_Aarnio), the former head of anti-drugs police, to ten-year prison sentence for [drug crimes](/source/Drug-related_crime) as part of a rare [police corruption scandal in Finland](/source/Police_corruption_in_Finland).[76]

- [December 31](/source/December_31) - [Withdrawal of the majority of U.S. troops from Afghanistan](/source/Withdrawal_of_U.S._troops_from_Afghanistan_(2011-2016)) after 15 years of war.[77] - An extra [leap second](/source/Leap_second) (23:59:60) is added to end of the year. The last time this occurred was in June [2015](/source/2015).[78]

### General

- [Pemon conflict](/source/Pemon_conflict) in Venezuela.[79][80][81]

- Beginning of the [famine in Yemen](/source/Famine_in_Yemen_(2016%E2%80%93present)).[82]

## Births and deaths

Main pages: [Category:2016 births](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2016_births) and [Deaths in 2016](/source/Deaths_in_2016)

## Nobel Prizes

Nobel medal

- [Chemistry](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) – [Ben Feringa](/source/Ben_Feringa), [Jean-Pierre Sauvage](/source/Jean-Pierre_Sauvage), [Fraser Stoddart](/source/Fraser_Stoddart)

- [Economics](/source/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences) – [Oliver Hart](/source/Oliver_Hart_(economist)), [Bengt R. Holmström](/source/Bengt_R._Holmstr%C3%B6m)

- [Literature](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature) – [Bob Dylan](/source/Bob_Dylan)

- [Peace](/source/Nobel_Peace_Prize) – [Juan Manuel Santos](/source/Juan_Manuel_Santos)

- [Physics](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) – [John M. Kosterlitz](/source/John_M._Kosterlitz), [Duncan Haldane](/source/Duncan_Haldane), [David J. Thouless](/source/David_J._Thouless)

- [Physiology or Medicine](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) – [Yoshinori Ohsumi](/source/Yoshinori_Ohsumi)

## New English words

- *[dark kitchen](/source/Virtual_restaurant)*

- *[moscovium](/source/Moscovium)*

- *[nihonium](/source/Nihonium)*

- *[oganesson](/source/Oganesson)*

- *[tennessine](/source/Tennessine)*

## See also

- [2010s political history](/source/2010s_in_politics)

- [List of international years](/source/International_observance#2010s)

- [2010s portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:2010s)

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