2016 in Europe

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This is a list of events that took place in Europe in 2016.

==Incumbents== ===Albania=== {{Main|2016 in Albania}}

===Andorra=== {{Main|2016 in Andorra}}

===Azerbaijan=== {{Main|2016 in Azerbaijan}}

===Belarus=== {{Main|2016 in Belarus}}

===Belgium=== {{Main|2016 in Belgium}}

===Bosnia and Herzegovina=== {{Main|2016 in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

===Bulgaria=== {{Main|2016 in Bulgaria}}

===Croatia=== {{Main|2016 in Croatia}}

===Czech Republic=== {{Main|2016 in the Czech Republic}}

===Cyprus=== {{Main|2016 in Cyprus}}

===Denmark=== {{Main|2016 in Denmark}}

===Estonia=== {{Main|2016 in Estonia}}

===European Union=== *President of the European Commission: Jean-Claude Juncker *President of the Parliament: Martin Schulz *President of the European Council: Donald Tusk *Presidency of the Council of the EU: **Netherlands (January–July) **Slovakia (July–December)

===Finland=== {{Main|2016 in Finland}}

===France=== {{Main|2016 in France}}

===Germany=== {{Main|2016 in Germany}}

===Georgia=== {{Main|2016 in Georgia (country)}}

===Greece=== {{Main|2016 in Greece}}

===Hungary=== {{Main|2016 in Hungary}}

===Iceland=== {{Main|2016 in Iceland}}

===Ireland=== {{Main|2016 in Ireland}}

===Italy=== {{Main|2016 in Italy}}

===Latvia=== {{Main|2016 in Latvia}}

===Liechtenstein=== {{Main|2016 in Liechtenstein}}

===Lithuania=== {{Main|2016 in Lithuania}}

===Luxembourg=== {{Main|2016 in Luxembourg}}

===Malta=== {{Main|2016 in Malta}}

===Moldova=== {{Main|2016 in Moldova}}

===Monaco=== {{Main|2016 in Monaco}}

===Montenegro=== {{Main|2016 in Montenegro}}

===Netherlands=== {{Main|2016 in the Netherlands}}

===North Macedonia=== {{Main|2016 in North Macedonia}}

===Norway=== {{Main|2016 in Norway}}

===Poland=== {{Main|2016 in Poland}}

===Portugal=== {{Main|2016 in Portugal}}

===Romania=== {{Main|2016 in Romania}}

===Russia=== {{Main|2016 in Russia}}

===San Marino=== {{Main|2016 in San Marino}}

===Serbia=== {{Main|2016 in Serbia}}

===Slovakia=== {{Main|2016 in Slovakia}}

===Slovenia=== {{Main|2016 in Slovenia}}

===Spain=== {{Main|2016 in Spain}}

===Sweden=== {{Main|2016 in Sweden}}

===Switzerland=== {{Main|2016 in Switzerland}}

===Turkey=== {{Main|2016 in Turkey}}

===Ukraine=== {{Main|2016 in Ukraine}}

===United Kingdom=== {{Main|2016 in the United Kingdom}}

===Vatican City=== {{Main|2016 in Vatican City}}

== Events == === January === [[File:Köln gegen Rechts - Januar 2016-5914.jpg|thumb|200px|Protest in Cologne against New Year's Eve sexual assaults]] * 1 January ** The Netherlands takes over the rotating presidency of the EU Council from Luxembourg. ** San Sebastián (Spain)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dss2016.eu/en/?view=default |title=Donostia / San Sebastián 2016 European Capital of Culture |access-date=2016-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114055632/http://dss2016.eu/en/?view=default |archive-date=2016-01-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Wrocław (Poland)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wroclaw2016.pl/ |title=Wrocław - Europejska Stolica Kultury 2016 |access-date=2016-01-12 |archive-date=2017-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729175520/http://www.wroclaw2016.pl/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> are named European Capitals of Culture. * 8 January – 32 people, including 22 asylum seekers, are arrested in connection to a series of apparently co-ordinated sexual assaults and thefts in the German city of Cologne on New Year's Eve.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35241808 |title=Cologne sex attacks: Search for answers |work=BBC News |author =Jasmine Coleman |date=8 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-assaults-idUSKBN0UM0U420160108 |title=Asylum seekers among suspects in Cologne's New Year violence |work=Reuters |author1=Noah Barkin |author2=Paul Carrel |date=8 January 2016}}</ref> *9 January ** Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in cities around Poland to protest against a new law giving the government control of state media.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35272542 |title=Polish media laws: Nationwide protests are staged |work=BBC News |date=9 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afp.com/en/news/thousands-protest-against-polish-government-control-state-media |title=Thousands protest against Polish government control of state media |work=AFP |date=9 January 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ** 14 people are injured and the government building is set alight as opposition protests in Kosovo's capital Pristina turn violent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/kosovo-police-disperse-violent-protesters-1452366360 |title=Kosovo Police Disperse Violent Protesters |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=9 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35271907 |title=Kosovo opposition protests turn violent in Pristina |work=BBC News |date=9 January 2016}}</ref> * 12 January – A suspected suicide bombing kills at least 11 people and injures 14 in Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/jan/12/istanbul-explosion-several-reported-killed-in-tourist-area-live-updates |title=Istanbul blast: 10 dead in suspected suicide bombing are mostly foreigners – live updates |work=The Guardian |author =Matthew Weaver |date=12 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/13/world/europe/explosion-in-istanbul-tourist-district-kills-at-least-10.html?_r=0 |title=Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 10 in Istanbul District of Sultanahmet |work=The New York Times |author =Ceylan Yeginsu |date=12 January 2016}}</ref> * 24 January – Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is elected President of Portugal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/24/centre-right-candidate-wins-portugals-presidential-election |title=Centre-right candidate wins Portugal's presidential election |work=The Guardian |date=24 January 2016}}</ref> * 28 January – A boat carrying Iraqi Kurdish migrants sinks off the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 24 people, including several children, with 11 others missing.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/world/europe/refugees-migrants-kurds-greece.html?_r=0 |title=24 Die After Iraqi Kurdish Refugees’ Boat Sinks Off Greek Island |work=The New York Times |author =Sewell Chan |date=28 January 2016}}</ref> * 30 January – A massive pile-up involving 70 vehicles, including a bus and several lorries, kills four people and injures 30 on A1 motorway in western Slovenia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35452011 |title=Slovenia 50-car pile-up leaves four dead |work=BBC News |date=30 January 2016}}</ref>

=== February === [[File:Bergung der verunglückten Meridian-Züge bei Kolbermoor, 2.jpg|thumb|200px|Rescue teams on the site of Bad Aibling rail accident]] * Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to send the millions of refugees in Turkey to EU member states,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://euobserver.com/migration/132233 |title=Erdogan to EU: 'We're not idiots', threatens to send refugees |website=EUobserver |date=11 February 2016 |access-date=30 April 2016 |archive-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602202248/https://euobserver.com/migration/132233 |url-status=live}}</ref> saying: "We can open the doors to Greece and Bulgaria anytime and we can put the refugees on buses ... So how will you deal with refugees if you don't get a deal? Kill the refugees?"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-eu-turkey-idUSKCN0VH1R0 |title=Turkey's Erdogan threatened to flood Europe with migrants: Greek website |work=Reuters |date=8 February 2016 |access-date=1 July 2017 |archive-date=26 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626000142/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-eu-turkey-idUSKCN0VH1R0 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 9 February – Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling, with 11 people killed and 82 injured.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/09/bavaria-train-crash-german-police-report-deaths-and-injuries |title=Bavaria train crash: at least eight dead in southern Germany |work=The Guardian |author =Kate Connolly |date=9 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-train-crash-passengers-seriously-injured-trains-collide-bavaria-a6862311.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-train-crash-passengers-seriously-injured-trains-collide-bavaria-a6862311.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Germany train crash: Eight dead and 150 injured as two trains collide near Bad Aibling in Bavaria |work=The Independent |author =Adam Withnall |date=9 February 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-train-crash-idUSKCN0VI0IJ |title=Eight dead, 150 hurt in train crash in Bavaria -police |author =Joern Poeltz |date=9 February 2016}}</ref> * 12 February – Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting since the East–West Schism in 1054. * 15 February – Bosnia and Herzegovina formally applies to join the European Union.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35577984 |title=Bosnia-Herzegovina applies to join European Union |work=BBC News |date=15 February 2016}}</ref> * 28 February – A total of 36 people are presumed dead following three explosions at a coal mine in Vorkuta, Russia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/28/europe/russia-mine-explosions-severnaya/ |title=Russian mine disaster death toll hits 36 after explosion during failed rescue effort |work=CNN |author1=Tim Hume |author2=Tina Burnside |author3=Radina Gigova |date=28 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35681242 |title=Russian mine accident leaves 36 dead |work=BBC News |date=28 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/total-of-36-feared-dead-after-russian-mine-explosions-1456662676 |title=Total of 36 Feared Dead After Russian Mine Explosions |work=The Wall Street Journal |author =Olga Razumovskaya |date=28 February 2016}}</ref>

=== March === [[File:Maelbeek metro entrance after March 2016 Brussels attacks 2016-03-24 --6.JPG|thumb|200px|Entrance of Maalbeek metro station, two days after Brussels bombings]] * 5 March – The party of Slovak prime minister Robert Fico wins the election but loses the parliamentary majority.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/06/slovakia-election-anti-immigration-pm-wins-but-loses-majority |title=Slovakia election: anti-immigration PM wins, but loses majority |work=The Guardian |date=6 March 2016}}</ref> * 13 March – At least 34 people are killed and 125 wounded in a suicide car bombing in the Turkish capital of Ankara.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ankara-explosion-several-reportedly-injured-after-big-explosion-in-turkish-capital-a6928926.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ankara-explosion-several-reportedly-injured-after-big-explosion-in-turkish-capital-a6928926.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Ankara explosion: At least 34 killed and over 100 wounded by 'car bomb' in Turkish capital |work=The Independent |author1=Samuel Osborne |author2=Adam Withnall |date=13 March 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/12192759/Ankara-explosion-Several-wounded-in-centre-of-Turkish-capital-Kizilay.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313184822/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/12192759/Ankara-explosion-Several-wounded-in-centre-of-Turkish-capital-Kizilay.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 March 2016 |title=Ankara explosion: At least 34 killed and 125 wounded after large blast in Turkish capital |work=The Telegraph |author =Raziye Akkoc |date=13 March 2016}}</ref> * 18 March – Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam is shot and arrested in a police raid in the Molenbeek area of Brussels after a four-month international manhunt.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/18/paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-wounded-in-brussels-terror-raid-reports |title=Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam shot and arrested in Brussels |work=The Guardian |author =Angelique Chrisafis |date=18 March 2016}}</ref> * 19 March – Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don Airport, Russia, killing all 62 people on board.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-crash-idUSKCN0WL036 |title=Plane crashes in Russia, all 62 people on board killed |work=Reuters |author1=Lidia Kelly |author2=William Maclean |date=19 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/18/europe/russia-plane-crash/ |title=Flydubai plane crashes in Russia; 62 aboard reported dead |work=CNN |author1=Matthew Chance |author2=Susannah Cullinane |author3=Greg Botelho |date=19 March 2016}}</ref> * 20 March – At least 14 people are killed after a coach carrying Erasmus exchange students crashes near Barcelona.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-bus-crash-coach-carrying-university-students-crashes-near-barcelona-a6942316.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-bus-crash-coach-carrying-university-students-crashes-near-barcelona-a6942316.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Spain bus crash: At least 14 dead as coach carrying Erasmus exchange students crashes near Barcelona |work=The Independent |author =Adam Withnall |date=20 March 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euronews.com/2016/03/20/at-least-14-dead-after-bus-carrying-students-crashes-in-spain/ |title=At least 14 dead after bus carrying Erasmus students crashes in Spain |work=Euronews |date=20 March 2016}}</ref> * 22 March – 32 people are killed and 316 injured in attacks at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro station.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35869254 |title=Brussels attacks: Zaventem and Maelbeek bombs kill many |work=BBC News |date=22 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/mar/22/brussels-airport-explosions-live-updates |title=Brussels: Islamic State launches attacks on airport and station – as it happened |work=The Guardian |author1=Matthew Weaver |author2=Haroon Siddique |author3=Raya Jalabi |author4=Claire Phipps |date=23 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/people-injured-after-explosion-at-brussels-airport-police-say-1458632527 |title=ISIS Claims Responsibility for Brussels Attacks; More Than 30 Dead |work=The Wall Street Journal |author1=Natalia Drozdiak |author2=Gabriele Steinhauser |author3=Matthias Verbergt |date=22 March 2016}}</ref> * 24 March – Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić is sentenced to 40 years in prison after being found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35893804 |title=Radovan Karadzic jailed for Bosnia war Srebrenica genocide |work=BBC News |date=24 March 2016}}</ref>

=== April === * 3 April – A ceasefire is announced after at least 193 soldiers are killed in clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/1671723/ceasefire-after-dozens-killed-in-caucasus |title='Ceasefire' After Dozens Killed In Caucasus |work=Sky News |date=3 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/18-ethnic-armenian-soldiers-killed-karabakh-clashes-armenian-165041355.html |title=Dozens dead in Nagorny Karabakh clashes |work=Yahoo! News |author1=Mariam Harutyunyan |author2=Emil Guliyev |date=3 April 2016}}</ref> * 4 April – Thousands of people protest in Reykjavík, asking for the resignation of Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, after Panama Papers investigation revealed that he had hidden investments in tax havens.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/05/iceland-prime-minister-resigns-over-panama-papers-revelations |title=Iceland PM steps aside after protests over Panama Papers revelations |last=Henley |first=Jon |date=April 5, 2016 |website=The Guardian |publisher= |access-date=May 4, 2021 |quote=}}</ref> * 18 April – More than 400 migrants and refugees drown in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to cross by boat from Egypt to Italy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/18/400-migrants-feared-dead-after-boat-capsizes-in-mediterranean/ |title=400 migrants feared dead after boat capsizes in Mediterranean |work=The Telegraph |author =Nick Squires |date=18 April 2016}}</ref> * 21 April – The Bulgarian parliament approves the introduction of compulsory voting.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-21/bulgaria-imposes-compulsory-voting-to-increase-turnout |title=Bulgaria Imposes Compulsory Voting to Increase Turnout |work=Bloomberg |author =Slav Okov |date=21 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.novinite.com/articles/174144/Bulgarian+Parliament+Approves+Introduction+of+Compulsory+Voting |title=Bulgarian Parliament Approves Introduction of Compulsory Voting |work=novinite.com |date=21 April 2016}}</ref> * 29 April – A helicopter ferrying passengers from a Norwegian oil platform crashes in the North Sea, killing all 13 people on board.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36169929 |title=Norway helicopter crash: 13 killed near Bergen |work=BBC News |date=29 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/29/no-sign-of-survivors-after-helicopter-carrying-13-people-crashes/ |title=13 dead including one Briton after helicopter crashes in Norway |work=The Telegraph |author1=James Rothwell |author2=Peter Foster |date=29 April 2016}}</ref>

=== May === [[File:Boulevard diderot, paris, day 62 - 26555428280.jpg|thumb|200px|Violence during Paris anti-labor reform protests, 1 May]] [[File:ESC2016 winner's press conference 01.jpg|thumb|200px|Jamala, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016]] * 11 May – Italy becomes the last Western European country to legalize same-sex civil unions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/world/europe/italy-gay-same-sex-unions.html |title=Italy Approves Same-Sex Civil Unions |author=Elisabetta Povoledo |work=The New York Times |date=11 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/11/italian-parliament-gives-gay-marriages-the-green-light/ |title=Italian parliament gives gay unions the green light |work=The Telegraph |author=Nick Squires |date=11 May 2016}}</ref> * 14 May – Jamala, representing Ukraine with the song "1944", wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden. * 19 May – EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes off the Greek island of Karpathos, killing all 66 people on board.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/may/19/egyptair-plane-cairo-paris-live-updates |title=EgyptAir flight MS804: 'We cannot exclude anything,' says Egypt PM – live updates |work=The Guardian |author=Claire Phipps, Matthew Weaver |date=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/19/egyptair-flight-from-paris-to-cairo-disappears-from-radar/ |title=EgyptAir flight MS804 Paris-Cairo 'crashes' with one Briton on board - aviation experts say terror attack 'most likely scenario' |work=The Telegraph |author=James Rothwell, Chiara Palazzo |date=19 May 2016}}</ref> * 22 May ** A gunman fires shots into a small crowd attending an open air concert in Nenzing, Austria, killing two people and wounding 11 others before shooting himself to death.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/austria-shooting-nenzing-gunman-kills-two-at-concert-before-turning-gun-on-himself-police-say-a7041896.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/austria-shooting-nenzing-gunman-kills-two-at-concert-before-turning-gun-on-himself-police-say-a7041896.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Austria shooting: Gunman kills two at concert before turning weapon on himself, police say |work=The Independent |date=22 May 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ** Independent Green Alexander Van der Bellen is narrowly elected President of Austria. * 29 May – 17 people die in a fire at a building housing elderly people in a village near Ukraine's capital Kyiv.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36407736 |title=Ukraine fire kills 17 in care home near Kiev |work=BBC News |date=29 May 2016}}</ref>

=== June === [[File:Gotthard 2016.jpg|thumb|200px|Inauguration of the Gotthard Base Tunnel]] [[File:United Kingdom EU referendum 2016 area results 2-tone.svg|upright=1.1|thumb|200px|Of the 382 voting areas in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar a total of 270 returned majority votes in favour of "Leave" whereas 129 returned majority votes in favour of "Remain" in the referendum including all 32 areas in Scotland. {{legend|#0069b5|Leave}} {{legend|#ffc010|Remain}}]] [[File:Uefa Euro 2016 Opening Ceremony.jpg|thumb|200px|UEFA Euro 2016 opening ceremony]] [[File:David Cameron announces resignation.jpg|thumb|200px|David Cameron announces his resignation as Prime Minister in the wake of the UK vote on EU membership.]] * 1 June – Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest and deepest traffic tunnel, opens in Switzerland. It is the first flat route through the Alps.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/01/europe/switzerland-longest-tunnel-gotthard/ |title=World's longest tunnel opens deep beneath Swiss Alps |work=CNN |author=Tim Hume |date=1 June 2016}}</ref> * 3 June – Heavy rains cause severe flooding in parts of France as well as Belgium and Germany, with reports of at least 11 people dead.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/02/deaths-as-flash-floods-hit-france-germany-and-austria |title=Europe floods: Seine could peak at six metres as Louvre closes doors |work=The Guardian |author=Angelique Chrisafis |date=3 June 2016}}</ref> * 6 June ** Three people are killed and 36 injured in a train crash in eastern Belgium.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/06/belgium-train-crash-dead-injured-passenger-freight |title=Train crash in Belgium leaves three dead and nine injured |work=The Guardian |date=6 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/06/three-dead-in-belgian-train-crash1/ |title=Three dead in Belgian train crash |work=The Telegraph |date=6 June 2016}}</ref> ** A bus carrying school children, teachers and parents plunges into an irrigation canal in southern Turkey, killing 14 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/06/turkey-school-bus-canal-crash-deaths |title=14 dead after Turkish school bus veers into canal |work=The Guardian |date=6 June 2016}}</ref> * 7 June – A car bomb attack targeting a police bus kills 11 people and injures 36 in central Istanbul.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/07/europe/istanbul-car-bomb/ |title=4 detained after car bomb kills 11 in Istanbul |work=CNN |author1=Gul Tuysuz |author2=Euan McKirdy |author3=Tim Hume |date=7 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36466744 |title=Istanbul bomb attack on police bus kills 11 |work=BBC News |date=7 June 2016}}</ref> * 14 June ** UEFA fines the Russian Football Union €150,000 and imposes a suspended disqualification on their team for violence at UEFA Euro 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36528403 |title=Euro 2016: Russia given suspended disqualification |work=BBC News |date=14 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/14/russia-handed-suspended-euro-2016-disqualification-fined-150000-uefa |title=Russia handed suspended Euro 2016 disqualification and lash out at England |work=The Guardian |author=Owen Gibson |date=14 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/euro-2016-russia-suspended-disqualification-thrown-out-fan-violence-marseille-a7081286.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/euro-2016-russia-suspended-disqualification-thrown-out-fan-violence-marseille-a7081286.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Euro 2016: Russia handed suspended disqualification and will be thrown out if similar incidents happen in stadium |work=The Independent |author=Jack de Menezes |date=15 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ** At least 40 people are injured in violence during street protests in Paris against French labor reform.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/06/14/paris-protests-labor-reform/85865998/ |title=Violence erupts during Paris protests over labor reform |work=USA TODAY |author=Jessica Durando |date=14 June 2016}}</ref> * 19 June - Baku hosts the European Grand Prix which is won by Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg * 23 June – The United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-32810887 |title=The UK's EU referendum: All you need to know |work=BBC News |author=Brian Wheeler, Alex Hunt |date=24 June 2016}}</ref> * 25 June – Guðni Jóhannesson wins Iceland's presidential election.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/26/world/iceland-president-gudni-johannesson/ |title=Iceland elects first new president in 20 years |work=CNN |author=Azadeh Ansari, Tim Hume |date=26 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/26/history-professor-gudni-johannesson-wins-iceland-presidential-election |title=Guðni Jóhannesson wins Iceland’s presidential election |work=The Guardian |date=26 June 2016}}</ref> * 26 June – Conservative People's Party, led by Mariano Rajoy, gains the most seats in the Spanish repeat election but remains short of a majority.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36632276 |title=Spanish election: PP wins most seats but deadlock remains |work=BBC News |date=27 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euronews.com/2016/06/26/no-clear-winner-likely-in-spanish-election/ |title=Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s conservative People’s Party wins Spanish general election |work=Euronews |date=26 June 2016}}</ref> * 28 June – An armed attack at Istanbul Atatürk Airport leaves at least 41 people dead and 239 others injured.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/29/istanbul-ataturk-airport-attack-36-dead-and-150-injured-in-hideo/ |title=Istanbul Ataturk airport attack: 41 dead and 239 injured in 'hideous' suicide bombings in Turkey |work=The Telegraph |author=Chiara Palazzo, Jessica Winch |date=29 June 2016}}</ref>

=== July === [[File:Lieu de l'attentat du 14 juillet 2016 à Nice cropped.jpg|thumb|200px|The scene of Nice attack on 15 July]] * 1 July – Latvia becomes the 35th member of the OECD.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oecd.org/latvia/latvia-accession-to-the-oecd.htm |title=Latvia's accession to the OECD |work=OECD |date=1 July 2016}}</ref> * 2 July – A gunman shoots five people dead and wounds 22 more after opening fire in a café in Žitište, Serbia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/serbia-shooting-five-dead-20-8331797 |title=Serbia shooting: Five dead and 20 wounded after gunman opens fire in crowded cafe |work=Daily Mirror |author=Ben Russell |date=2 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/serbia-cafe-shooting-killed-injured-jealous-gunman-man-kills-wife-rampage-zitiste-a7115366.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/serbia-cafe-shooting-killed-injured-jealous-gunman-man-kills-wife-rampage-zitiste-a7115366.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Serbia cafe shooting: Five killed and 22 injured after ‘jealous’ gunman kills wife and goes on rampage |work=The Independent |author=Lizzie Dearden |date=2 July 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 8–9 July – Leaders of NATO member states meet at the two-day summit in the Polish capital of Warsaw. * 12 July – 27 people are killed and dozens more injured in a head-on collision involving two passenger trains in the Apulia region of Italy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36774059 |title=Italy train crash: 'Twelve killed' near Bari |work=BBC News |date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italy-train-crash-puglia-collision-bari-passengers-dead-injured-latest-news-updates-a7132491.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italy-train-crash-puglia-collision-bari-passengers-dead-injured-latest-news-updates-a7132491.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Italy train crash: At least 12 dead and dozens injured after two trains collide |work=The Independent |author=Samuel Osborne |date=12 July 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/12/at-least-10-dead-dozens-injured-in-train-crash-in-southern-italy/ |title=Italy train crash: At least 12 dead, dozens injured as PM Renzi says 'this is a moment for tears' |work=The Telegraph |author=Josephine McKenna |date=12 July 2016}}</ref> * 13 July – Theresa May replaces David Cameron as leader of the Conservative Party and becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36772359 |title=Theresa May to become PM: What's on her to-do list? |work=BBC News |date=13 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/brexit-referendum/theresa-may-bloody-difficult-woman-be-u-k-prime-minister-n608001 |title=Theresa May: 'Bloody Difficult Woman' to Be U.K. Prime Minister |work=NBC News |author=Alastair Jamieson, Kelly Cobiella |date=13 July 2016}}</ref> * 14 July – At least 86 people are killed after a truck is deliberately driven into a Bastille Day crowd in Nice, France.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36800730 |title=Nice attack: At least 84 killed during Bastille Day celebrations |work=BBC News |date=15 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/15/nice-terror-attack-driver-who-killed-84-on-french-riviera-was-cr/ |title=Nice terror attack: Lorry driver who killed 84 during rampage at Bastille Day celebrations was criminal well known to police |work=The Telegraph |author1=Danny Boyle |author2=Peter Allen |author3=Barney Henderson |date=15 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/jul/14/nice-bastille-day-france-attack-promenade-des-anglais-vehicle |title=Nice truck attack: France mourns again after 84 killed in Bastille day atrocity – live |work=The Guardian |author1=Matthew Weaver |author2=Bonnie Malkin |author3=Kevin Rawlinson |date=15 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/14/truck-plows-into-crowd-in-nice-france-sending-pedestrians-fleeing.html |title=At least 84 killed in 'monstrous' terror attack on holiday crowd in Nice, France |work=CNBC |date=15 July 2016}}</ref> * 15–16 July – At least 265 people are killed and more than 3,000 members of Turkey's armed forces arrested after an attempted military coup.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-primeminister-idUSKCN0ZV2HK |title=Turkish coup bid crumbles as crowds answer call to streets, Erdogan returns |work=Reuters |author=Nick Tattersall, Ece Toksabay |date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/15/asia/turkey-military-action/ |title=Turkish President declares coup attempt over; 754 people arrested |work=CNN |author=Euan McKirdy, Steve Almasy |date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/turkey-coup-attempt-leaves-194-8432382 |title=Turkey coup attempt leaves 194 dead and 1,110 wounded after military try to take control |work=Daily Mirror |author=Anthony Bond |date=16 July 2016}}</ref> * 21 July – Rioting erupts in the Armenian capital of Yerevan as protesters clash with police over the government's handling of a four-day hostage crisis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/armenia-protesters-police-clash-hostage-crisis-160721052049006.html |title=Armenia protesters, police clash over hostage crisis |work=Al Jazeera |date=21 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/21/rioting-in-armenian-capital-as-hostage-crisis-enters-fifth-day/ |title=Rioting in Armenian capital Yerevan as hostage crisis enters fifth day |work=The Telegraph |author=Roland Oliphant |date=21 July 2016}}</ref> * 22 July – A gunman opens fire near a shopping mall in Munich, Germany, killing 9 people and injuring 27.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/22/europe/germany-munich-shooting/ |title=Munich shooting: 9 victims, gunman dead, police say |work=CNN |author1=Catherine E. Shoichet |author2=Ralph Ellis |author3=Jason Hanna |date=23 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/world/europe/munich-mall.html |title=Gunman in Munich Kills 9, Then Himself, the Police Say |work=The New York Times |author1=Rukmini Callimachi |author2=Melissa Eddy |author3=Andrew Jacobs |date=22 July 2016}}</ref>

=== August === [[File:2016 Amatrice earthquake.jpg|thumb|200px|Amatrice destroyed by 24 August earthquake]] * 6 August – An accidental explosion and fire kill at least 13 people in a bar in the French city of Rouen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36995155 |title=France Rouen: Fire kills 13 at birthday party in bar |work=BBC News |date=6 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/06/rouen-explosion-at-least-13-dead-after-blast-and-fire-at-bar-in-french-city-reports |title=Rouen fire: at least 13 dead in birthday disaster at bar in French city |work=The Guardian |author=Kim Willsher, Warren Murray |date=6 August 2016}}</ref> * 7 August – At least 21 people are dead and six are missing after torrential rains and flooding affect Macedonia's capital of Skopje.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37002364 |title=Macedonia storm: Deadly freak floods hit Skopje |work=BBC News |date=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://weather.com/news/news/macedonia-skopje-torrential-heavy-deadly-rain-flooding-impacts |title=Torrential Rains Leave At Least 21 Dead, 6 Missing in Macedonia; State of Emergency Declared |work=Weather.com |author=Ada Carr |date=7 August 2016}}</ref> * 10 August ** Three people are killed and hundreds left critically injured as major wildfires sweep across the Portuguese island of Madeira.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-portugal-wildfires-idUSKCN10L0W7?il=0 |title=Wildfires kill three people on Portugal's Madeira, 1,000 evacuated |work=Reuters |date=10 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/madeira-fires-portugal-woman-dies-forest-wildfires-latest-a7182221.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/madeira-fires-portugal-woman-dies-forest-wildfires-latest-a7182221.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Three people die as major forest fires sweep across Madeira and mainland Portugal |work=The Independent |author=Gabriel Samuels |date=10 August 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ** A wave of Kurdish rebel attacks targeting police and soldiers in southeast Turkey kill at least 12 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/at-least-12-killed-in-bombing-attacks-in-turkey-1.2752075 |title=At least 12 killed in bombing attacks in Turkey |work=The Irish Times |date=10 August 2016}}</ref> * 20 August – At least 51 people are killed and scores more wounded in a suicide attack at a wedding ceremony in Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/injured-blast-hits-wedding-hall-gaziantep-160820204150494.html |title=More than 50 dead in attack on wedding party in Turkey |work=Al Jazeera |date=21 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-blast-idUSKCN10V0TG |title=Turkey's Erdogan blames child suicide bomber for wedding attack that killed 51 |work=Reuters |author=Osman Orsal |date=21 August 2016}}</ref> * 24 August – A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits central Italy, killing at least 290 people. * 26 August ** Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, the world's tallest suspension bridge, opens to traffic across the Bosphorus. ** Kurdish militants attack a police checkpoint in southeast Turkey with an explosives-laden truck, killing at least 11 police officers and wounding 78 other people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/08/26/several-reported-wounded-in-car-bombing-in-turkey.html |title=At least 11 police officers dead, 78 injured in Turkey car bomb attack |work=Fox News |date=26 August 2016}}</ref> * 27 August – At least 17 migrant workers die after a fire breaks out at a Moscow warehouse.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/27/at-least-17-dead-in-moscow-warehouse-fire-russian-ministry |title=At least 17 dead in Moscow warehouse fire: Russian ministry |work=Euronews |date=27 August 2016}}</ref>

=== September === * 18 September – Russia's parliamentary elections bring a landslide win for President Vladimir Putin's United Russia and its allies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/19/494549560/putins-united-russia-party-wins-big-in-election-some-ballot-stuffing-seen |title=Putin's United Russia Party Wins Big In Election; Some Ballot-Stuffing Seen |work=NPR |date=19 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/president-vladimir-putins-united-russia-party-wins-parliamentary-election/a-19560614 |title=President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party wins parliamentary election |work=Deutsche Welle |date=19 September 2016}}</ref>

=== October === * 2 October – 2016 Hungarian migrant quota referendum: 3,362,224 or 98.36% of valid votes reject EU's mandatory migrant quotas. * 9 October – A car bomb attack outside the Durak gendarmerie station in southeastern Turkey leaves 10 soldiers and eight civilians dead and scores of others injured.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-explosion-pkk-car-bomb-attack-kills-17-hakkari-terrorism-a7352666.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-explosion-pkk-car-bomb-attack-kills-17-hakkari-terrorism-a7352666.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Turkey explosion: At least 17 killed in PKK car bomb attack in southeastern Hakkari province |work=The Independent |author=Cinar Kiper |date=9 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/10/09/8-soldiers-killed-in-pkk-car-bomb-in-southeast-turkey.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009140032/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/10/09/8-soldiers-killed-in-pkk-car-bomb-in-southeast-turkey.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |title=At least 18 reported dead, including 10 soldiers, after Turkey car bombing |work=Fox News |date=9 October 2016}}</ref> * 10 October – Kersti Kaljulaid becomes the first female President of Estonia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-estonia-vote-president-idUSKCN12319Z?il=0 |title=Estonia's parliament elects country's first female president |work=Reuters |date=3 October 2016}}</ref> * 26 October – Powerful earthquakes rock central Italy, causing buildings to crumble, knocking power out and sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-quake-idUSKCN12Q2FR |title=Strong earthquakes hit central Italy; no deaths reported |work=Reuters |date=27 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/26/italy-rocked-by-two-earthquakes-leaving-town-of-ussita-finished/ |title='Apocalyptic': Italy rocked by two earthquakes leaving town of Ussita 'finished' and strong tremors in Rome |work=The Telegraph |author=Nick Squires |date=26 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37782320 |title=Italy earthquakes: Strong tremors shake central region |work=BBC News |date=27 October 2016}}</ref>

=== November === * 9 November – A derailment on the Tramlink in Croydon, London, kills seven people and injures more than 50 others.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/09/europe/uk-london-croydon-tram-crash/ |title=London tram crash: 7 dead, dozens injured in Croydon |work=CNN |author=Laura Smith-Spark |date=9 November 2016}}</ref> * 13 November – Pro-Russian candidate Igor Dodon wins the second round of Moldova's presidential election.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.rfi.fr/europe/20161114-igor-dodon-wins-moldova-presidential-election |title=Igor Dodon wins Moldova presidential election |work=RFI |author=Filip Warwick |date=14 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37970155 |title=Pro-Moscow figure Igor Dodon claims Moldova presidency |work=BBC News |date=14 November 2016}}</ref> * 14 November – Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov submits his resignation to the National Assembly after opposition-backed Rumen Radev wins the presidential runoff.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bulgaria-election-government-idUSKBN1390WE |title=Bulgarian PM Borisov resigns, snap parliamentary poll likely |work=Reuters |author=Angel Krasimirov, Tsvetelia Tsolova |date=14 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/bulgarian-pm-resigns-after-presidential-candidates-defeat-to-rumen-radev/a-36378966 |title=Bulgarian PM resigns after presidential candidate's defeat to Rumen Radev |work=Deutsche Welle |date=14 November 2016}}</ref> * 16 November – Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a decree for Russia to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://themoscowtimes.com/news/putin-issues-decree-to-withdraw-from-the-international-criminal-court-56170 |title=Russia to Withdraw From the International Criminal Court |work=The Moscow Times |date=16 November 2016}}</ref>

=== December === * 4 December – Alexander Van der Bellen wins the Austrian presidential election in a re-run of the second round.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/austrias-green-backed-van-der-bellen-wins-presidential-election/a-36635159 |title=Austria's Green-backed Van der Bellen wins presidential election |work=Deutsche Welle |author=Kate Brady |date=4 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-04/austrian-freedom-party-defeated-in-presidential-vote-orf-says |title=Austrian Freedom Party Loses Presidential Vote to Van der Bellen |work=Bloomberg |author1=Jonathan Tirone |author2=Boris Groendahl |author3=Alexander Weber |date=4 December 2016}}</ref> * 5 December – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigns after Italy votes no in a referendum on constitutional reform.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/04/matteo-renzis-future-in-the-balance-amid-high-turnout-in-italy-referendum |title=Italian PM Matteo Renzi resigns after referendum defeat |work=The Guardian |author=Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Angela Giuffrida |date=5 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italian-pm-matteo-renzi-resigns-after-crushing-defeat-in-constitutional-referendum-a7455726.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italian-pm-matteo-renzi-resigns-after-crushing-defeat-in-constitutional-referendum-a7455726.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Matteo Renzi resigns: Italy's PM stands down after crushing 20-point defeat in referendum |work=The Independent |author=Alexandra Sims, Debora Aru |date=5 December 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 9 December – The European Union grants visa-free travel for Georgia and Ukraine. * 10 December – A cargo train carrying propane-butane derails and explodes in a northeastern Bulgarian village, killing five people and injuring at least 27.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/10/europe/bulgaria-train-explosion/index.html |title=Bulgaria: 5 killed after train carrying gas derails, explodes |work=CNN |author=Radina Gigova |date=10 December 2016}}</ref> * 17 December – A suspected suicide car bomb in central Turkey kills 13 soldiers aboard a bus and wounds 55 more.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38350662 |title=Turkish bus attack: 13 off-duty soldiers killed by car bomb |work=BBC News |date=17 December 2016}}</ref> * 19 December ** The Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, is assassinated in Ankara. ** At least 13 people are killed and more than 40 others are injured as a truck rams into a packed Christmas market in Berlin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-truck-idUSKBN148287 |title=Truck plows into crowd at Berlin Christmas market, nine dead |work=Reuters |author=Michael Nienaber |date=19 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/19/europe/berlin-christmas-market-truck/ |title=Berlin Christmas market: 9 dead, at least 50 injured in truck crash |work=CNN |author1=Darran Simon |author2=Ralph Ellis |author3=Frederik Pleitgen |date=19 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/19/berlin-truck-crashes-into-christmas-market |title=Berlin: suspect arrested, nine dead after truck crashes into Christmas market |work=The Guardian |author1=Kevin Rawlinson |author2=Kate Connolly |author3=Philip Oltermann |date=19 December 2016}}</ref><ref name=BBC.Dies>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59048891|title=Berlin attack: First aider dies 5 years after Christmas market murders|work=BBC|date=26 October 2021|accessdate=October 26, 2021}}</ref> ** At least 75 people die from poisoning after consuming a bath lotion containing alcohol in the Siberian city of Irkutsk.{{cn|date=May 2021}} * 23 December – An Afriqiyah Airways flight originating from Sabha, Libya, is hijacked and forced to make an emergency landing in Malta.

== Sports == *2016 European Grand Prix *Euro 2016

== Arts and entertainment == {{main|2016 in art}}

== Deaths ==

=== January === [[File:David Bowie at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|thumb|100px|David Bowie]] [[File:Alan Rickman after Seminar (3).jpg|thumb|100px|Alan Rickman]] * 1 January – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1930) * 2 January – Michel Delpech, French singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1946) * 3 January – Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist (b. 1928) * 4 January – Michel Galabru, French actor (b. 1922) * 5 January – Pierre Boulez, French composer, conductor, writer and pianist (b. 1925) * 6 January – Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress and director (b. 1925) * 7 January – André Courrèges, French fashion designer (b. 1923) * 8 January – Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver (b. 1926) * 10 January – David Bowie, English singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947) * 14 January – Alan Rickman, English actor and director (b. 1946) * 18 January – Michel Tournier, French writer (b. 1924) * 19 January – Ettore Scola, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1931) * 26 January – Black, English singer-songwriter (b. 1962) * 29 January – Jacques Rivette, French film director and film critic (b. 1928) * 30 January – Frank Finlay, English stage, film and television actor (b. 1926) * 31 January – Terry Wogan, Irish-British radio and television broadcaster (b. 1938)

=== February === [[File:Umberto Eco 04.jpg|thumb|100px|Umberto Eco]] * 13 February ** Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1965) ** Slobodan Santrač, Serbian football manager and player (b. 1946) * 15 February – George Gaynes, Finnish-born American actor (b. 1917) * 17 February – Andrzej Żuławski, Polish film director and writer (b. 1940) * 19 February – Umberto Eco, Italian novelist, essayist, literary critic, philosopher and semiotician (b. 1932) * 22 February – Douglas Slocombe, English cinematographer (b. 1913) * 29 February ** Hannes Löhr, German football player and manager (b. 1942) ** José Parra Martínez, Spanish football defender (b. 1925)

=== March === [[File:Johan Cruyff 1974c.jpg|thumb|100px|Johan Cruyff]] [[File:Oliver Mark - Imre Kertész, Berlin 2005.jpg|thumb|100px|Imre Kertész]] * 5 March – Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (b. 1929) * 8 March – George Martin, English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician (b. 1926) * 10 March – Keith Emerson, English keyboardist and composer (b. 1944) * 11 March ** Iolanda Balaș, Romanian Olympic high jumper (b. 1936) ** Dragan Nikolić, Serbian actor (b. 1943) * 14 March – Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (b. 1934) * 18 March ** Lothar Späth, German politician (b. 1937) ** Guido Westerwelle, Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany (b. 1961) * 20 March – Anker Jørgensen, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Denmark (b. 1922) * 21 March – Andrew Grove, Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer, author and science pioneer (b. 1936) * 24 March ** Roger Cicero, German jazz and pop musician (b. 1970) ** Johan Cruyff, Dutch professional football player and coach (b. 1947) * 31 March ** Georges Cottier, Swiss Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1922) ** Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Vice Chancellor, Foreign Minister and Interior Minister of Germany (b. 1927) ** Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-born British architect (b. 1950) ** Imre Kertész, Hungarian author (b. 1929)

=== April === * 3 April – Cesare Maldini, Italian football manager and player (b. 1932) * 4 April – Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (b. 1930) * 12 April – Arnold Wesker, English dramatist (b. 1932) * 16 April – Louis Pilot, Luxembourgian football player and manager (b. 1940) * 19 April – Walter Kohn, Austrian-born American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist (b. 1923) * 20 April – Guy Hamilton, English film director (b. 1922) * 24 April – Klaus Siebert, German biathlete (b. 1955) * 25 April – Martin Gray, Polish writer (b. 1922) * 27 April – Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess Grandmaster (b. 1957) * 30 April – Harry Kroto, English Nobel chemist (b. 1939)

=== May === [[File:CorryBrokken1961.jpg|thumb|100px|Corry Brokken]] * 5 May – Siné, French political cartoonist (b. 1928) * 6 May – Margot Honecker, East German politician (b. 1927) * 16 May – Giovanni Coppa, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1925) * 19 May ** Alexandre Astruc, French film critic and film director (b. 1923) ** Marco Pannella, Italian politician (b. 1930) ** Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919) * 21 May ** Sándor Tarics, Hungarian Olympic water polo player (b. 1913) ** Nick Menza, German-born American drummer (b. 1964) * 22 May – Bata Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (b. 1933) * 26 May ** Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal (b. 1915) ** Arturo Pomar, Spanish chess grandmaster (b. 1931) * 28 May ** Giorgio Albertazzi, Italian actor and film director (b. 1923) ** David Cañada, Spanish professional road racing cyclist (b. 1975) * 31 May – Corry Brokken, Dutch singer (b. 1932)

=== June === [[File:Anton Yelchin Deauville 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|Anton Yelchin]] [[File:Bud Spencer 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|Bud Spencer]] * 2 June – Tom Kibble, British theoretical physicist (b. 1932) * 3 June – Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer (b. 1991) * 6 June ** Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1926) ** Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess grandmaster and author (b. 1931) * 8 June – Pierre Aubert, Swiss politician and lawyer (b. 1927) * 11 June – Rudi Altig, German professional track and road racing cyclist (b. 1937) * 18 June – Vittorio Merloni, Italian entrepreneur and industrialist (b. 1933) * 19 June ** Victor Stănculescu, Romanian general (b. 1928) ** Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (b. 1989) * 20 June – Edgard Pisani, French statesman, philosopher, and writer (b. 1918) * 25 June – Maurice G. Dantec, French science fiction writer and musician (b. 1959) * 27 June – Bud Spencer, Italian actor, filmmaker, and professional swimmer (b. 1929) * 28 June – André Guelfi, French racing driver (b. 1919)

=== July === [[File:Michel Rocard MEDEF.jpg|thumb|100px|Michel Rocard]] [[File:Elie Wiesel.jpg|thumb|100px|Elie Wiesel]] * 1 July – Yves Bonnefoy, French poet and art historian (b. 1923) * 2 July ** Rudolf E. Kálmán, Hungarian-born American electrical engineer, mathematician, and inventor (b. 1930) ** Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France (b. 1930) ** Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Holocaust survivor, and Nobel laureate (b. 1928) * 6 July – Turgay Şeren, Turkish footballer (b. 1932) * 9 July – Silvano Piovanelli, Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1924) * 12 July ** Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician and alleged war criminal (b. 1958) ** Zygmunt Zimowski, Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1949) * 13 July – Bernardo Provenzano, member of the Sicilian Mafia (b. 1933) * 14 July – Péter Esterházy, Hungarian writer (b. 1950) * 20 July – Radu Beligan, Romanian actor, director, and essayist (b. 1918) * 23 July – Thorbjörn Fälldin, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1926) * 25 July – Halil İnalcık, Turkish historian (b. 1916) * 27 July ** Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (b. 1928) ** Piet de Jong, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1915)

=== August === [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-047-20, Walter Scheel.jpg|thumb|100px|Walter Scheel]] [[File:Sonia Rykiel.jpg|thumb|100px|Sonia Rykiel]] * 1 August – Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923) * 2 August – Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1927) * 5 August – Alphons Egli, Swiss politician (b. 1924) * 9 August – Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (b. 1951) * 13 August ** Kenny Baker, English actor and musician (b. 1934) ** Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian author (b. 1930) * 14 August – Hermann Kant, German writer (b. 1926) * 15 August ** Dalian Atkinson, English footballer (b. 1968) ** Stefan Henze, German slalom canoeist (b. 1981) * 18 August – Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher (b. 1923) * 19 August – Nina Ponomaryova, Russian discus thrower (b. 1929) * 22 August – Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician (b. 1922) * 24 August ** Michel Butor, French writer (b. 1926) ** Walter Scheel, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (b. 1919) * 25 August – Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer and writer (b. 1930) * 26 August – Harald Grønningen, Norwegian cross country skier (b. 1934) * 30 August ** Věra Čáslavská, Czech artistic gymnast (b. 1942) ** Marc Riboud, French photographer (b. 1923)

=== September === [[File:Ciampi ritratto.jpg|thumb|100px|Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]] * 2 September – Daniel Willems, Belgian road bicycle racer (b. 1956) * 3 September – Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, French mathematician (b. 1957) * 12 September – Sándor Csoóri, Hungarian poet, essayist, writer and politician (b. 1930) * 13 September – Jonathan Riley-Smith, English medieval historian (b. 1938) * 16 September ** Gabriele Amorth, Italian Roman Catholic priest and an exorcist (b. 1925) ** Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 10th President and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920) * 17 September – Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (b. 1930) * 23 September – Marcel Artelesa, French footballer (b. 1938)

=== October === [[File:2008.06.22. Andrzej Wajda Fot M Kubik 01.JPG|thumb|100px|Andrzej Wajda]] [[File:Dario Fo in Venice Film Festival 02.jpg|thumb|100px|Dario Fo]] * 1 October – David Herd, Scottish footballer (b. 1934) * 2 October – Neville Marriner, English conductor (b. 1924) * 4 October – Brigitte Hamann, German-Austrian author and historian (b. 1940) * 5 October – Michal Kováč, 1st President of Slovakia (b. 1930) * 8 October – Stylianos Pattakos, Greek military officer (b. 1912) * 9 October – Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (b. 1926) * 13 October – Dario Fo, Italian actor, Nobel playwright and comedian (b. 1926) * 14 October – Klim Churyumov, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1937) * 16 October – Viktor Zubkov, Russian basketball player (b. 1937) * 23 October – Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter and television personality (b. 1959) * 24 October ** Benjamin Creme, Scottish artist, author and esotericist (b. 1922) ** Reinhard Häfner, German footballer and coach (b. 1952) * 29 October – Roland Dyens, French classical guitarist, composer and arranger (b. 1955) * 31 October – Silvio Gazzaniga, Italian sculptor (b. 1921)

=== November === [[File:Konstantinos Stefanopoulos 2000.jpg|thumb|100px|Konstantinos Stefanopoulos]] [[File:Rita Barberá 2015 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|Rita Barberá]] * 2 November – Oleg Popov, Russian clown and circus artist (b. 1930) * 5 November – Marek Svatoš, Slovak professional ice hockey winger (b. 1982) * 6 November – Zoltán Kocsis, Hungarian virtuoso pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1952) * 9 November - La Veneno, Spanish transsexual vedette, singer and actress (b. 1964) * 11 November ** Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer (b. 1921) ** Željko Čajkovski, Croatian football player and coach (b. 1925) * 13 November – Enzo Maiorca, Italian free diver (b. 1931) * 16 November – Daniel Prodan, Romanian footballer (b. 1972) * 20 November ** Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, 5th President of Greece (b. 1926) ** William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer (b. 1928) * 23 November ** Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (b. 1930) ** Rita Barberá, Spanish senator and Mayoress of Valencia (1991-2015) (b. 1948) * 25 November – David Hamilton, English photographer and film director (b. 1933) * 27 November – Ioannis Grivas, 176th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1923) * 28 November – Mark Taimanov, Russian chess Grandmaster and concert pianist (b. 1926)

=== December === [[File:Bernard Fox Werner Klemperer Hogan's Heroes 1968 (cropped).JPG|thumb|100px|Bernard Fox]] * 4 December – Gotlib, French comic artist (b. 1934) * 5 December – Geydar Dzhemal, Russian Islamic revolutionist, philosopher, poet, political and social activist (b. 1947) * 14 December - Bernard Fox, Welsh actor (b. 1927)

== See also == {{Portal|Europe|2010s}} * 2016 in the European Union * {{section link|List of state leaders in 2016|Europe}}

== References == {{Reflist|2}}

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