What Happened in 2016
80 historical events, 0 notable births, and 35 notable deaths in 2016.
Major Events
January 2016
2016 — year
2016 Summer Olympics — Games of the XXXI Olympiad, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
UEFA Euro 2016 — 15th European association football championship
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 — 61st Eurovision Song Contest
2016 Summer Olympics medal table — Wikimedia list article
Copa América Centenario — 2016 edition of the Copa América association football competition
2016 Formula One World Championship — 67th season of Formula One motor racing
January 2016 — month of 2016
football at the 2016 Summer Olympics — association football played during the 2016 Olympic Summer Games
swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics — Swimming on summer Olympic games 2016
2016–17 UEFA Europa League — 46th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics — 2016 Summer Olympics Athletics
archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics — competitive sport at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games
judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics — judo competition
1944 — song written and composed by Art Antonyan and Jamala, originally performed by Jamala at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest
tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics — Tennis competition at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games
badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics — badminton championships
basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics — basketball played during the 2016 Summer Olympics
jubilee — special year of remission of sins in the Catholic Church
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 — 14th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest
handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics — handball played during the 2016 Olympic Summer Games
wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics — competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics
weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics — competitive sport at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games
deaths in 2016 — Wikimedia list article
triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics — triathlon events at the Olympics
boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics — Boxing competitions
diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics — diving events at the Olympics
2016 FIFA Club World Cup — 2016 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup
India at the 2016 Summer Olympics — Participation of India in the 2016 Summer Olympics
table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics — table tennis events at the Olympics
golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics — overview of the golf competitions during the 2016 Summer Olympics
cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics — Competitive sport at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games
fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics — fencing events at the Olympics
taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics — taekwondo competition
2016 in film — overview of the events of 2016 in film
shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics — shooting events at the Olympics
field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics — Field hockey played during the 2016 Summer Olympics
rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics — rugby sevens played during the 2016 Summer Olympics
gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics — Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics
water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics — Water polo played during the 2016 Summer Olympics
volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics — volleyball and beach volleyball played during the 2016 Summer Olympics
UEFA Euro 2016 squads — Wikimedia list article
rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics — rowing regatta
canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics — canoeing events at the Olympics
Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation
November 2016
2016 United States presidential election — 58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
November 2016 — month of 2016
LaMia Flight 2933 — commercial airline flight
March 2016
2016 Brussels bombings — attacks of 22 March 2016
March 2016 — month of 2016
Flydubai Flight 981 — 2016 air crash in Rostov-on-Don, Russia
2016 Lahore suicide bombing — suicide bombing which occurred on 27 March 2016
July 2016
2016 Nice attack — islamist terrorist attack in France on 14 July 2016
2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt — July 2016 attempted military junta coup in Turkey
2016 Munich shooting — mass shooting on 22 July 2016, in Munich, Germany
July 2016 — month of 2016
UEFA Euro 2016 finals: Portugal v France — final game of the UEFA Euro 2016
June 2016
2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum — referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union which took place on 23 June 2016
Orlando nightclub shooting — mass shooting at gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida
2016 Istanbul airport attack — terrorist attack in Turkey
June 2016 — month of 2016
September 2016
2016 Summer Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
September 2016 — month of 2016
February 2016
88th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 2015
February 2016 — month of 2016
2016 Winter Youth Olympics — 2016 edition of the Winter Youth Olympics
Trans-Pacific Partnership — 2016 proposed trade agreement
December 2016
2016 Berlin attack — attack at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin on 19 December 2016
December 2016 — month of 2016
assassination of Andrei Karlov — 2016 murder of the Russian ambassador to Turkey
2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash — aviation accident
May 2016
May 2016 — month of 2016
EgyptAir Flight 804 — aircraft that crashed into Mediterranean sea on 19 May 2016
Google I/O — computer software and hardware developer conference hosted by Google
2016 UEFA Champions League Final — final of the 2015–16 edition of the UEFA Champions League
October 2016
October 2016 — month of 2016
August 2016
August 2016 Central Italy earthquake — 6.1 or 6.2 magnitude earthquake on 24 August 2016 in the central parts of Italy
August 2016 — month of 2016
April 2016
April 2016 — month of 2016
2016 Kumamoto earthquakes — natural disaster in Japan