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[[File:2016 Events Collage.png|right|Clockwise from top-left: bombed-out buildings in [[Ankara]] following the [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt|Turkish coup d'état attempt]]; the [[Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff|impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff]]; damaged houses during the [[2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict|Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]], which killed over 2,000 people; the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] whilst the [[Zika virus]] was [[2015–16 Zika virus epidemic|spreading]]; queues outside a bank to exchange demonetized banknotes during the [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation|Indian banknote demonetisation]]; the [[United Kingdom|UK]] votes to [[Brexit|leave]] the [[European Union|EU]]; the Girardet Bridge in [[Düsseldorf]] with its four [[Pokémon Go|Pokéstops]]; [[Donald Trump]] is elected [[2016 United States presidential election|U.S. president]].|300x300px|thumb]]
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2016 was designated as:
* [[International Year of Pulses]] by the [[sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|title=United Nations Observances: International Years|url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-years/index.html|publisher=[[United Nations]]|access-date=April 29, 2015|ref=United Nations Observances: International Years|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508170503/http://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-years/index.html|archive-date=May 8, 2015|date=January 6, 2015}}</ref>
* 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).<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 to be the International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU)|url=http://www.icsu.org/news-centre/news/top-news/2016-to-be-the-international-year-of-global-understanding-iygu|access-date=January 7, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105040359/http://www.icsu.org/news-centre/news/top-news/2016-to-be-the-international-year-of-global-understanding-iygu|archive-date=January 5, 2016}}</ref>

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== Events ==
=== January ===
* [[January 3]] &ndash; Following [[2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran|the fallout]] caused by the [[Nimr al-Nimr#Execution and reaction against|execution of Nimr al-Nimr]], [[Saudi Arabia]] and several other countries end their [[Iran–Saudi Arabia relations|diplomatic relations]] with [[Iran]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=AFP|author=AFP news agency|number=683742509407801346|date=January 3, 2016|title=#BREAKING Saudi Arabia severs ties with Iran, foreign minister says}}</ref>
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán|Joaquín Guzmán]], widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum-security prison in Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35275070|title='El Chapo': Sean Penn interviewed Guzman before recapture|date=2016-01-10|work=BBC News|access-date=2016-01-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110081340/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35275070|archive-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] &ndash; English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor [[David Bowie]] dies in his [[New York City]] apartment from [[liver cancer]].<ref name="Gallagher  2016">{{cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Paul |title=A friend of David Bowie says the singer died from liver cancer |website=The Independent |date=2016-01-14 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/david-bowie-died-from-liver-cancer-he-kept-secret-from-all-but-handful-of-people-friend-says-a6806596.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112001315/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/david-bowie-died-from-liver-cancer-he-kept-secret-from-all-but-handful-of-people-friend-says-a6806596.html |archive-date=2016-01-12 |url-status=live |access-date=2024-06-13}}</ref>
* [[January 12]] &ndash; Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in [[January 2016 Istanbul bombing|a bombing]] near the [[Blue Mosque, Istanbul|Blue Mosque]] in [[Istanbul]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-01-12 |title=Turkey: 'IS suicide bomber' kills 10 in Istanbul Sultanahmet district |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35290760 |access-date=2025-04-27 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] 
** The [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] announces that Iran has adequately dismantled [[Iran and weapons of mass destruction|its nuclear weapons program]], allowing the [[United Nations]] to lift sanctions immediately.<ref>{{cite news|title=Iran nuclear deal: 'New chapter' for Tehran as sanctions end|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35336707|date=2016-01-17|access-date=2016-01-17|work=BBC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117063353/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35336707|archive-date=January 17, 2016}}</ref>
** 30 people are killed and 56 injured in [[2016 Ouagadougou attacks|terrorist attacks]] in [[Ouagadougou]], [[Burkina Faso]], targeting a hotel and a nearby restaurant. A siege occurs and 176 hostages are released afterwards, by government forces.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hinshaw |first1=Drew |last2=Wonogo |first2=Zoumana |date=2016-01-16 |title=Al Qaeda Attacks in Burkina Faso Kill at Least 30 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/operation-ends-at-burkina-faso-hotel-seized-by-al-qaeda-1452936866 |access-date=2025-04-27 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
** In the [[2016 Taiwanese general election|general election of the Republic of China (Taiwan)]], the Democratic Progressive Party, led by [[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 [[Republic of China|Taiwan]], and also became the first female leader in China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/09/16/2003627834|title=Shih Ming-te fails to meet threshold, ends candidacy|work=taipeitimes.com|date=September 16, 2015|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-date=January 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115075857/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/09/16/2003627834|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 28]] &ndash; The [[World Health Organization]] announces an [[2015–16 Zika virus epidemic|outbreak]] of the [[Zika virus]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/28/health/zika-virus-global-response/index.html|title=Zika virus spreading explosively|last=Botelho|first=Greg|date=2016-01-28|access-date=2016-01-28|work=CNN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128131150/http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/28/health/zika-virus-global-response/index.html|archive-date=January 28, 2016}}</ref>

=== February ===
* [[February 6]] &ndash; An [[2016 southern Taiwan earthquake|earthquake of magnitude 6.6]] strikes southern [[Taiwan]], killing 117 people.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lin |first1=Chih-Hao |last2=Chang |first2=Wei-Hung |last3=Wu |first3=Chen-Long |last4=Pan |first4=Shih-Tien |last5=Chi |first5=Chih-Hsien |date=2016-07-09 |title=Medical response to 2016 earthquake in Taiwan |url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)30978-3/fulltext |journal=The Lancet |language=English |volume=388 |issue=10040 |pages=129–130 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30978-3 |pmid=27411878 |issn=0140-6736|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[North Korea]] launches a [[reconnaissance satellite]] named [[Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4]] into space, it is condemned internationally as a long-range ballistic missile test.<ref>{{cite news |title=North Korea fires long-range rocket despite warnings |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35515207 |date=2016-02-07 |website=BBC News |access-date=2016-02-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210093850/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35515207 |archive-date=February 10, 2016}}</ref>
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Pope Francis]] and [[Patriarch Kirill]] sign an [[Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill|Ecumenical Declaration]] in the first such meeting between leaders of the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] and [[Russian Orthodox Church]]es since their [[East–West Schism|schism]] in 1054.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|date=2016-02-13 |title=Unity call as Pope Francis holds historic talks with Russian Orthodox Patriarch |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35565085 |newspaper=BBC |access-date=2016-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212224729/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35565085 |archive-date=2016-02-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== March ===
* [[March 14]] &ndash; The [[European Space Agency|ESA]] and [[Roscosmos State Corporation|Roscosmos]] launch the joint [[ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter]] on a mission to [[Mars]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ESA - Robotic Exploration of Mars: ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)|url=http://exploration.esa.int/mars/46475-trace-gas-orbiter/|access-date=2015-02-15|archive-date=March 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329062635/http://exploration.esa.int/mars/46475-trace-gas-orbiter/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 21]]
** The [[International Criminal Court]] finds former [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] Vice President [[Jean-Pierre Bemba]] guilty of [[war crime]]s and crimes against humanity, the first time the ICC convicted someone of sexual violence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/21/icc-finds-ex-congolese-vice-president-jean-pierre-bemba-guilty-of-war-crimes|title=Congo politician guilty in first ICC trial to focus on rape as a war crime|last=Bowcott|first=Owen|date=2016-03-21|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-03-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325092653/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/21/icc-finds-ex-congolese-vice-president-jean-pierre-bemba-guilty-of-war-crimes|archive-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> 
** [[Barack Obama]] visits [[Cuba]], marking the first time a sitting US president has visited the island nation since President [[Calvin Coolidge]] visited in 1928.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/happened-time-us-president-visited-cuba/story?id=27689730|title=The Last Time an American President Visited Cuba|date=2016-03-22|website=ABC News|access-date=2017-06-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703080356/https://abcnews.go.com/International/happened-time-us-president-visited-cuba/story?id=27689730|archive-date=July 3, 2017}}</ref>
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[2016 Brussels bombings]]: Suicide bombing attacks at Brussels' [[Zaventem airport]] and [[Maalbeek metro station]] kill 35 people and injure 300 more.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-15 |title=Brussels terrorist attack trial: Belgian court hands out sentences to eight men |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2023/09/15/brussels-terrorist-attack-trial-belgian-court-hands-out-sentences-to-eight-men_6136210_143.html#:~:text=The%20suicide%20bombings%20on%20March,by%20the%20Islamic%20State%20group. |access-date=2025-04-27 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; 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 news|title=Radovan Karadzic jailed for Bosnia war Srebrenica genocide|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35893804|date=2016-03-24|work=BBC News|access-date=2016-03-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324155208/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35893804|archive-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref>

=== April ===
* [[April 1]]&ndash;[[April 5|5]] &ndash; [[2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes]]: Clashes occur along the [[Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact]] with the [[Artsakh Defense Army]], backed by the [[Armenian Armed Forces]], on one side and the [[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 [[Bishkek Protocol|1994 ceasefire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/azerbaijan/nagorno-karabakh-conflict-situation-report-no-1-03-apr-2016 |title=Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Situation Report No. 1 (as of 03 Apr 2016) |publisher=[[ReliefWeb]] |date=2016-04-03 |access-date=2016-04-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404094513/http://reliefweb.int/report/azerbaijan/nagorno-karabakh-conflict-situation-report-no-1-03-apr-2016 |archive-date=2016-04-04}}</ref>
* [[April 3]] &ndash; The [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]] (ICIJ) and the German newspaper ''[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]'' publish the "[[Panama Papers]]", a set of 11.5 million confidential documents from the Panamanian corporate [[Mossack Fonseca]] that provides detailed information on more than 214,000 [[Offshore financial centre|offshore]] companies, including the identities of shareholders and directors [[List of people named in the Panama Papers|including noted personalities and heads of state]].<ref>{{cite news |title=News Group Claims Huge Trove of Data on Offshore Accounts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/03/world/europe/ap-panama-papers.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=2016-04-03 |access-date=2016-04-04 |issn=0362-4331 |first1=Natalya |last1=Vasilyeva |first2=Mae |last2=Anderson |archive-date=December 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226144741/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/03/world/europe/ap-panama-papers.html%20 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Pope Francis]]' [[apostolic exhortation]] ''[[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 of the Catholic Church|sacraments]] to Catholics who have divorced and contracted a civil remarriage.<ref>{{citation|work=[[L'Osservatore Romano]]|access-date=2017-11-29|url=http://www.osservatoreromano.va/en/news/accompanying-discerning-integrating-weakness|title=Accompanying, Discerning, Integrating Weakness|date=2017-11-21|first=Marc|last=Ouellet|author-link=Marc Ouellet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105200946/http://www.osservatoreromano.va/en/news/accompanying-discerning-integrating-weakness|archive-date=2019-01-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[April 16]] &ndash; An [[2016 Ecuador earthquake|earthquake of magnitude 7.8]] strikes northwestern [[Ecuador]] killing 676 people and injuring over 6,000. Widespread damage was caused across [[Manabí Province]], with structures hundreds of kilometres away from the epicenter collapsing.
* [[April 23]] &ndash; American singer-songwriter [[Beyoncé]] releases her sixth studio album ''[[Lemonade (Beyoncé album)|Lemonade]]''.

=== May ===
* [[May 2]] – [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] are officially confirmed [[Premier League|Premier League Champions]] against 5000:1 odds at the start of the season. 
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[Rodrigo Duterte]] is elected the [[President of the Philippines]].
* [[May 10]]–[[May 14|14]] &ndash; The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2016]] is held in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], and is won by [[Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest|Ukrainian]] entrant [[Jamala]] with the song "[[1944 (song)|1944]]".
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[EgyptAir Flight 804]] crashes into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] en route from [[Paris]] to [[Cairo]], killing all 66 people on board.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36309492 |title=EgyptAir flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo crashed - Hollande |website=BBC News |date=2016-05-19 |access-date=2016-05-19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519041055/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36309492 |archive-date=May 19, 2016}}</ref>
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Tsai Ing-wen]] is sworn in as the President of the [[Taiwan|Republic of China (Taiwan)]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Taiwan gets first female President as DPP sweeps election |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/taiwan-gets-first-female/2432040.html |website=Channel NewsAsia |access-date=January 16, 2016 |archive-date=January 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116134410/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/taiwan-gets-first-female/2432040.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[Real Madrid]] wins The [[UEFA Champions League]] against [[Atlético de Madrid]] by penalties 5–3 in [[San Siro]] in [[Milan]], [[Italy]]
* [[May 29]] &ndash; The [[100th Indianapolis 500]] is held and is won by rookie [[Alexander Rossi]].
* [[May 30]] &ndash; Former [[List of heads of state of Chad|Chadian President]] [[Hissène Habré]] is sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity committed during his tenure from [[1982]] to [[1990]], the first time an [[African Union]]-backed court has convicted a former ruler of a country within its jurisdiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/30/chad-hissene-habre-guilty-crimes-against-humanity-senegal|title=Chad's Hissène Habré found guilty of crimes against humanity|last=Maclean|first=Ruth|date=2016-05-30|website=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-05-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531113908/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/30/chad-hissene-habre-guilty-crimes-against-humanity-senegal|archive-date=May 31, 2016}}</ref>

=== June ===
* [[June 1]] &ndash; The [[Gotthard Base Tunnel]], the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel, is opened following two decades of construction work.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36423250|title=Gotthard tunnel: World's longest and deepest rail tunnel opens in Switzerland|date=2016-06-01|website=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-06-01|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601050302/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36423250|archive-date=June 1, 2016}}</ref>
* [[June 10]]&ndash;[[July 10]] &ndash; [[France]] hosts the [[UEFA Euro 2016]] football tournament, which is won by [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/euro-2016-opening-ceremony-david-guetta-can-can-when-does-it-start-who-is-performing-how-can-i-watch-a7073971.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/euro-2016-opening-ceremony-david-guetta-can-can-when-does-it-start-who-is-performing-how-can-i-watch-a7073971.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Euro 2016 Begins |date=2016-06-10|website=The Independent|access-date=2018-06-04}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Omar Mateen|A gunman]] claiming allegiance to the Islamic State [[Pulse nightclub shooting|opens fire at a gay nightclub]] in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and injuring 53 others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2016/06/12/voices/worst-mass-shooting/85794356/|title=USA TODAY|website=USA TODAY|language=en|access-date=2018-06-15}}</ref>
* [[June 23]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]] votes [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|in a referendum]] to leave the [[European Union]], triggering the so-called [[Brexit]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/25/world/europe/britain-brexit-european-union-referendum.html|title=Britain Votes to Leave the European Union|last=Erlanger|first=Steven|date=2016-06-23|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-06-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624045559/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/25/world/europe/britain-brexit-european-union-referendum.html|archive-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref>
*[[June 28]] &ndash; [[2016 Atatürk Airport attack]]: [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]] is suspected to be responsible for attacking [[Istanbul Atatürk Airport|Atatürk Airport]] in [[Istanbul]], Turkey, killing 44 people and injuring over 230 others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36658187|title=Istanbul Ataturk airport attack: 41 dead and more than 230 hurt|date=2016-06-29|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-05-01|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518091409/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36658187|archive-date=May 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tuysuz |first=Ray Sanchez,Tim Lister,Matt Rivers,Gul |date=2016-06-30 |title=Istanbul terror attack: These are the victims |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/europe/istanbul-terror-attack-victims/index.html |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

=== July ===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Latvia]] becomes the 35th member of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oecd.org/latvia/latvia-accession-to-the-oecd.htm |publisher=[[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]]|title=Latvia's accession to the OECD|date=July 1, 2016|access-date=July 22, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721223018/http://www.oecd.org/latvia/latvia-accession-to-the-oecd.htm|archive-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref>
* [[July 2]] &ndash; [[2016 Australian federal election]]: [[Malcolm Turnbull]]'s [[Turnbull government|Liberal/National Coalition Government]] is narrowly re-elected,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-11/lnp-retains-capricornia-has-76-seats/7587578|title=Election 2016: LNP retains Capricornia, gives Coalition 76-seat majority government|date=July 11, 2016|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|location=Australia}}</ref> defeating the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[Bill Shorten]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2016|title=2016 Federal Election|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226152312/http://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2016|archive-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref> 
* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s ''[[Juno (spacecraft)|Juno]]'' spacecraft enters orbit around [[Jupiter]] and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36710768|title=Juno probe enters into orbit around Jupiter|last=Amos|first=Jonathan|date=2016-07-05|website=BBC News|access-date=2016-07-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705060153/http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36710768|archive-date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>
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* [[July 6]] &ndash; The [[augmented reality]] mobile game ''[[Pokémon Go]]'' is released, breaking numerous records in terms of sales and revenue.<ref>{{cite web|last=Swatman|first=Rachel|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/8/pokemon-go-catches-five-world-records-439327|title=Pokémon Go catches five new world records|date=2016-08-10|access-date=2018-01-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818035557/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/8/pokemon-go-catches-five-world-records-439327|archive-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] &ndash; The [[Philippines]] wins the [[Philippines v. China|arbitration case]] they filed at the [[Permanent Court of Arbitration]] regarding the legality of [[China]]'s "[[nine-dash line]]" claim over the [[South China Sea]] under the [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Tom|last2=Holmes|first2=Oliver|last3=Bowcott|first3=Owen|title=Beijing rejects tribunal's ruling in South China Sea case|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/12/philippines-wins-south-china-sea-case-against-china|access-date=2016-07-13|work=[[The Guardian]]|issn=0261-3077|date=2016-07-12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712220441/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/12/philippines-wins-south-china-sea-case-against-china|archive-date=July 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Perlez|first1=Jane|title=Tribunal Rejects Beijing's Claims in South China Sea|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/world/asia/south-china-sea-hague-ruling-philippines.html?_r=0|access-date=2016-07-13|work=[[The New York Times]]|issn=0362-4331|date=2016-07-12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712152027/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/world/asia/south-china-sea-hague-ruling-philippines.html?_r=0|archive-date=July 12, 2016}}</ref>
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[2016 Nice truck attack]]: 86 people are killed and more than 400 others injured in a truck attack in [[Nice]], France, during [[Bastille Day]] celebrations.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wesel|first=Barbara|url=http://www.dw.com/en/france-remembers-nice-terror-attack-victims-but-questions-remain/a-39682325|title=France remembers Nice terror attack victims but questions remain|publisher=DW|date=2017-07-03|access-date=2018-01-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120072418/http://www.dw.com/en/france-remembers-nice-terror-attack-victims-but-questions-remain/a-39682325|archive-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref>
* [[July 15]]&ndash;[[July 16|16]] &ndash; In [[Turkey]], a faction within the [[Turkish Armed Forces]] that organized themselves as the [[Peace at Home Council]], [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt|unsuccessfully stages a coup]] against the [[Government of Turkey|state institutions]], resulting in the deaths of at least 240 people and triggering a series of unprecedented [[2016–17 purges in Turkey|purges]] throughout the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/turkey-failed-coup-attempt-161217032345594.html|title=Turkey's failed coup attempt: All you need to know|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=2017-07-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816085400/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/turkey-failed-coup-attempt-161217032345594.html|archive-date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> 
* [[July 22]] &ndash; The final [[videocassette recorder]] is manufactured by the Japanese company [[Funai]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Overly |first=Steven|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/07/22/rip-to-the-vcr|title=The VCR is officially dead. Yes, it was still alive.|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2016-07-22|access-date=2016-09-25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017235013/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/07/22/rip-to-the-vcr|archive-date=October 17, 2016}}</ref>
* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Switzerland|Swiss]] ''[[Solar Impulse|Solar Impulse 2]]'' becomes the first [[solar-powered aircraft]] to circumnavigate the Earth.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36890563 |title=Solar Impulse completes historic round-the-world trip |date=2016-07-26 |work=BBC News |access-date=2016-07-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726020410/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36890563 |archive-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref>

=== August ===
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* [[August 3]] – [[Emirates Flight 521]] crashed at [[Dubai International Airport]] in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. 1 person was killed and 39 people were injured.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plane catches fire at Dubai airport; Emirates confirms 'incident'|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/plane-catches-fire-at-dubai-airport-emirates-confirms-incident-1.146723/}}</ref>
* [[August 5]]&ndash;[[August 21|21]] &ndash; The [[2016 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]], the first time in South America.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rio 2016 Olympic Games |url=http://www.rio2016.com/en|access-date=2015-02-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224233603/http://www.rio2016.com/en|archive-date=2015-02-24}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; An [[August 2016 Central Italy earthquake|earthquake of magnitude 6.2]] hits central Italy, killing 299 people.
* [[August 31]] &ndash; The [[Brazilian Senate]] votes (61–20) to [[Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff|impeach]] the [[President of Brazil]] [[Dilma Rousseff]]. The [[Vice President of Brazil]], [[Michel Temer]], who had assumed the presidential powers and duties as Acting President of [[Brazil]] during Rousseff's suspension, takes office for the remainder of her term.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brazil impeachment: Key questions|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36028117|access-date=2016-09-05|work=BBC News|date=2016-08-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831195954/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36028117|archive-date=August 31, 2016}}</ref>

=== September ===
* [[September 1]] &ndash; An [[Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016|annular solar eclipse]] was visible from Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.
* [[September 3]] &ndash; The US and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's [[Greenhouse gas|carbon emissions]], both formally join the [[Paris Agreement|Paris global climate agreement]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-37265541|title=Paris climate deal: US and China announce ratification|work=BBC News|date=2016-09-03|access-date=2016-09-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903040316/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-37265541|archive-date=September 3, 2016}}</ref>
* [[September 8]] &ndash; NASA launches [[OSIRIS-REx]], its first [[Sample return mission|asteroid sample return mission]]. The probe visited [[101955 Bennu|Bennu]] from [[2018]] to [[2021]] and would return samples to Earth on September 24, [[2023]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-speeds-toward-asteroid-rendezvous|title=NASA's OSIRIS-REx Speeds Toward Asteroid Rendezvous|publisher=NASA|date=2016-09-08|access-date=2016-09-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909150637/http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-speeds-toward-asteroid-rendezvous/|archive-date=September 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37309903|title=Asteroid probe begins seven-year quest|last=Amos|first=Jonathan|work=BBC News|date=2016-09-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909020147/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37309903|archive-date=September 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://science.nasa.gov/mission/osiris-rex/|title=OSIRIS-REx|publisher=NASA|date=2024-01-08|access-date=2024-01-17}}</ref>
* [[September 9]] &ndash; The government of [[North Korea]] conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest [[September 2016 North Korean nuclear test|nuclear test]]. World leaders condemn the act, with [[South Korea]] calling it "maniacal recklessness".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/08/asia/north-korea-seismic-activity/|title=North Korea claims successful test of nuclear warhead|last1=Hunt|first1=Katie|last2=Kwon|first2=K.J.|last3=Hanna|first3=Jason|publisher=CNN|date=2016-09-09|access-date=2016-09-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909142815/http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/08/asia/north-korea-seismic-activity|archive-date=September 9, 2016}}</ref>
* [[September 28]]
** International investigators conclude that [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] was shot down by a [[Buk missile system|Buk missile]] that came from an area controlled by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.om.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/@96068/jit-flight-mh17-shot/|title=JIT: Flight MH17 was shot down by a BUK missile from a farmland near Pervomaiskyi|publisher=[[Openbaar Ministerie]]|date=2016-09-28|access-date=2016-10-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014061625/https://www.om.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/@96068/jit-flight-mh17-shot/|archive-date=October 14, 2016}}</ref>
** [[Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere|Global {{CO2}} levels]] exceed 400 ppm at the time of year normally associated with minimum levels.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/28/the-world-passes-400ppm-carbon-dioxide-threshold-permanently|title=The world passes 400ppm carbon dioxide threshold. Permanently|work=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077|last=Kahn|first=Brian|date=2016-09-28|access-date=2016-10-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023211558/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/28/the-world-passes-400ppm-carbon-dioxide-threshold-permanently|archive-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref> A 400 ppm level is believed to be higher than anything experienced in human history.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://phys.org/news/2013-05-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-historic-high.html|title=Greenhouse gas level highest in two million years, NOAA reports|work=Phys.org|date=2013-05-10|access-date=2016-11-01|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104000518/http://phys.org/news/2013-05-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-historic-high.html|archive-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref>
* [[September 30]] &ndash; Two paintings by [[Vincent van Gogh]] with a combined value of $100&nbsp;million, ''[[Seascape at Scheveningen]]'' and ''[[Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen]]'', are recovered after having been stolen on December 7, 2002, from the [[Van Gogh Museum]] in Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37516164|title=Van Gogh paintings stolen from Amsterdam found in Italy|date=2016-09-30|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-05-01|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707152846/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37516164|archive-date=July 7, 2017}}</ref>

=== October ===
* [[October 3]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Matthew]] makes landfall in Haiti as a category 4 hurricane, killing 842 and causing $2.8 billion in damages.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Sam |last2=Holpuch |first2=Amanda |date=2016-10-07 |title=Haiti death toll rises to 842 after Hurricane Matthew, reports say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/06/hurricane-matthew-haiti-rescuers-battle-reach-remote-areas |access-date=2025-02-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[October 7]] &ndash; Three events that will play a significant role in the [[2016 United States presidential election]] all take place on the same afternoon: (1) U.S. intelligence agencies publicly accuse the Russian government of [[Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)#November 2016|using computer hacking to interfere with]] the U.S. election process; (2) ''[[The Washington Post]]'' releases [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|a videotape]] showing candidate Donald Trump privately bragging about sexual improprieties; (3) [[WikiLeaks]] releases thousands of private emails from inside the political campaign of candidate Hillary Clinton.
* [[October 13]] &ndash; The [[Maldives]] announces its decision to withdraw from the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreign.gov.mv/v2/en/media-center/news/article/1999|title=The Maldives decides to leave the Commonwealth; commits to continue with its international engagement|publisher=Maldivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=2016-10-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014060506/http://www.foreign.gov.mv/v2/en/media-center/news/article/1999|archive-date=October 14, 2016}}</ref>
* [[October 14]] &ndash; American missionary and aid worker Jeff Woodke is kidnapped in [[Abalak|Abalak, Niger]] by militants. He would not be freed for six years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.axios.com/2023/03/20/hostage-jeff-woodke-niger-released | title=U.S. Aid worker kidnapped in Niger released after more than 6 years | date=March 20, 2023 | access-date=March 20, 2023 | archive-date=March 20, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320233229/https://www.axios.com/2023/03/20/hostage-jeff-woodke-niger-released | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bringjeffhome.com/|title=Bring Jeffery Woodke Home|date=March 27, 2023|website=bringjeffhome.com/|access-date=2 April 2023|archive-date=March 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320233231/https://www.bringjeffhome.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 15]] &ndash; 150 nations meet at the [[United Nations Environment Programme]] (UNEP) summit in Rwanda and agree to phase out [[hydrofluorocarbon]]s (HFCs) as an amendment to the [[Montreal Protocol]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37665529|title=Climate change: 'Monumental' deal to cut HFCs, fastest growing greenhouse gases|last=McGrath|first=Matt|work=BBC News|date=2016-10-15|access-date=2016-10-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015060712/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37665529|archive-date=October 15, 2016}}</ref>

=== November ===
*[[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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/02/28/technology/mobile/mobile-apps-internet | title=Mobile apps overtake monthly Internet usage on PCS for the first time | date=February 28, 2014 | access-date=January 11, 2023 | archive-date=January 11, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111135617/https://money.cnn.com/2014/02/28/technology/mobile/mobile-apps-internet | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/01/mobile-internet-use-passes-desktop-for-the-first-time-study-finds/ | title=Mobile internet use passes desktop for the first time, study finds | date=November 2016 | access-date=January 11, 2023 | archive-date=January 11, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111135612/https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/01/mobile-internet-use-passes-desktop-for-the-first-time-study-finds/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.phocuswire.com/Pivotal-moments-in-2014-when-mobile-overtook-desktop | title=Pivotal moments in 2014: When mobile overtook desktop | access-date=January 11, 2023 | archive-date=January 11, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111135610/https://www.phocuswire.com/Pivotal-moments-in-2014-when-mobile-overtook-desktop | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.searchenginewatch.com/2014/07/08/mobile-now-exceeds-pc-the-biggest-shift-since-the-internet-began/ | title=Mobile Now Exceeds PC: The Biggest Shift Since the Internet Began | date=July 8, 2014 | access-date=January 11, 2023 | archive-date=January 11, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111135610/https://www.searchenginewatch.com/2014/07/08/mobile-now-exceeds-pc-the-biggest-shift-since-the-internet-began/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://gs.statcounter.com/press/mobile-and-tablet-internet-usage-exceeds-desktop-for-first-time-worldwide | title=Mobile and tablet internet usage exceeds desktop for first time worldwide | access-date=January 11, 2023 | archive-date=July 29, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729035802/http://gs.statcounter.com/press/mobile-and-tablet-internet-usage-exceeds-desktop-for-first-time-worldwide | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 2]] – The [[Chicago Cubs]] [[2016 World Series|win]] the [[World Series]] for the first time since 1908, ending the longest championship drought in North American sports history.<ref name="Cubs">{{Cite news |last=Witz |first=Billy |date=November 3, 2016 |title=Cubs End 108-Year Wait for World Series Title, After a Little More Torment |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/sports/baseball/chicago-cubs-beat-cleveland-indians-world-series-game-7.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007205825/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/sports/baseball/chicago-cubs-beat-cleveland-indians-world-series-game-7.html |archive-date=October 7, 2017 |access-date=October 24, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
* [[November 6]] &ndash; The [[government of India]] announces the [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation|demonetisation of certain banknotes]], causing prolonged cash shortages in the weeks that follow and significant disruption throughout the economy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/parliament-live-congress-pm-modi-raincoat-dr-manmohan-singh-opposition/1/878509.html |title=Demonetisation debate in Parliament: Disaster, says Chidambaram; high cash economy corrupt, counters Jaitley : India, News – India Today |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=9 February 2017 |access-date=26 June 2017 |archive-date=January 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103133254/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/parliament-live-congress-pm-modi-raincoat-dr-manmohan-singh-opposition/1/878509.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/demonetisation-oppostion-parties-countrywide-protest-bandh-call-november-28-4391208/|title=Demonetisation: Opposition calls for countrywide protest on November 28|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=23 November 2016|date=23 November 2016|archive-date=January 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103133254/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/demonetisation-oppostion-parties-countrywide-protest-bandh-call-november-28-4391208/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[2016 United States presidential election]]: Businessman and television personality [[Donald Trump]] is [[2016 United States presidential election|elected]] the 45th [[President of the United States]] in a surprise victory against his opponent, former Secretary of State and First Lady [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref name="Donald Trump">{{cite news|last1=Flegenheimer|first1=Matt|last2=Barbaro|first2=Michael|title=Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-president.html|access-date=October 13, 2017|work=N.Y. Times|date=2016-11-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121005319/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-president.html|archive-date=January 21, 2017}}</ref>
* [[November 18]] &ndash; The remains of Philippine dictator [[Ferdinand Marcos]] [[Burial of Ferdinand Marcos|are buried]] in a private ceremony at the [[Libingan ng mga Bayani]] prompting [[Burial of Ferdinand Marcos#Protests|protests]] throughout the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2016 |title=Protesters take to streets to denounce Marcos 'Libingan' burial |url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/11/19/Protesters-Marcos-burial.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225044427/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/11/19/Protesters-Marcos-burial.html |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |access-date=February 24, 2021 |website=CNN - Philippines}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/11/18/16/afp-we-only-followed-marcoses-wish-to-keep-burial-secret|title=AFP: We only followed Marcoses' wish to keep burial secret|first=Kimberly Jane|last=Tan|date=November 18, 2016|website=ABS-CBN News|access-date=February 24, 2021|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117045451/https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/18/16/afp-we-only-followed-marcoses-wish-to-keep-burial-secret|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 24]] &ndash; The [[Government of Colombia|Colombian government]] and the [[FARC|Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army]] sign a [[Colombian peace process|revised peace deal]], slowing the [[Colombian conflict]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38096179|title=Colombia signs new peace deal with Farc|date=2016-11-24|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228195756/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38096179|archive-date=December 28, 2016}}</ref>
* [[November 28]] &ndash; [[LaMia Flight 2933]] crashes into a mountain near [[Medellín]], Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian [[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense football squad]].

=== December ===

* [[December 1]] &ndash; Following a mourning period of seven weeks after the [[death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej]], [[Vajiralongkorn]] formally succeeds his late father as the new [[Monarchy of Thailand|King]] of [[Thailand]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1149219/crown-prince-becomes-king |title=Crown Prince becomes King |work=Bangkok Post|date=December 2016 |access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[December 4]] &ndash; A [[2016 Italian constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]] is held in [[Italy]], resulting in the resignation of Prime Minister [[Matteo Renzi]].
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[South Korea]]n [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Park Geun-hye]] is suspended after MPs vote to [[Impeachment of Park Geun-hye|impeach]] her, following a [[2016 South Korean political scandal|political scandal]].
* [[December 19]] 
** [[Andrei Karlov]], the Russian ambassador to Turkey, is [[Assassination of Andrei Karlov|assassinated]] by an off-duty Turkish police officer at an art exhibition in [[Ankara]].<ref name="BBC-Turkey">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38369962|title=Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov shot dead in Ankara|date=2016-12-19|work=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20161221214823/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38369962|archive-date=December 21, 2016}}</ref>
** [[2016 Berlin truck attack|Berlin truck attack]]: A [[Vehicle-ramming attack|truck is deliberately driven into]] the [[Christmas market]] next to the [[Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church]] at [[Breitscheidplatz]] in [[Berlin]], leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured.
* [[December 22]] &ndash; A study finds the [[VSV-EBOV]] vaccine against the [[Ebola virus]] between 70 and 100% effective, thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.<ref>{{cite web|last=Berlinger|first=Joshua|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/22/health/ebola-vaccine-study/index.html|title=Ebola vaccine gives 100% protection, study finds|publisher=CNN|date=2016-12-23|access-date=2017-01-02|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227084931/http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/22/health/ebola-vaccine-study/index.html|archive-date=December 27, 2016}}</ref>
* [[December 23]] &ndash; The [[United Nations Security Council]] adopts [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334|Resolution 2334]] condemning "[[Israeli settlement]]s in [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian territories occupied since 1967]]".<ref name="BBC1">{{cite news|title=Israeli settlements: UN Security Council calls for an end|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38421026|access-date=2016-12-27|work=BBC News|date=2016-12-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226190109/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38421026|archive-date=December 26, 2016}}</ref>
* [[December 25]] &ndash; [[2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash]]: A [[Tupolev Tu-154]] jetliner of the [[Russian Defence Ministry]] crashes into the [[Black Sea]] shortly after taking off from [[Sochi International Airport]], Russia, while en route to [[Khmeimim Air Base]], Syria. All 92 people on board, including 64 members of the [[Alexandrov Ensemble]] choir of the [[Russian Armed Forces]], are killed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38430164 |title=Russian military plane crashes in Black Sea near Sochi |work=BBC News |date=December 25, 2016 |access-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-date=June 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611195945/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38430164 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 28]] &ndash; The [[chemical element]]s 113, 115, 117 and 118 are officially named [[Nihonium]], [[Moscovium]], [[Tennessine]] and [[Oganesson]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Periodic Table's 4 New Elements |url=https://www.westlab.com/blog/the-4-new-elements-on-the-periodic-table |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=www.westlab.com |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012145258/https://www.westlab.com/blog/the-4-new-elements-on-the-periodic-table |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Öhrström |first1=Lars |last2=Reedijk |first2=Jan |date=2016-12-28 |title=Names and symbols of the elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118 (IUPAC Recommendations 2016) |journal=Pure and Applied Chemistry |volume=88 |issue=12 |pages=1225–1229 |doi=10.1515/pac-2016-0501 |issn=0033-4545 |eissn=1365-3075 |s2cid=99429711 |hdl-access=free |hdl=1887/47427}}</ref>
* [[December 29]] &ndash; The Helsinki District Court gives [[Jari Aarnio]], the former head of anti-drugs police, to ten-year prison sentence for [[Drug-related crime|drug crimes]] as part of a rare [[Police corruption in Finland|police corruption scandal in Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38458583|title=Finland jails police chief Aarnio for drug-smuggling|work=[[BBC News]]|date=29 December 2016|access-date=3 July 2025}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] &ndash; [[Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan (2011-2016)|Withdrawal of the majority of U.S. troops from Afghanistan]] after 15 years of war.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sennott |first=Charles M. |date=May 5, 2015 |title=The First Battle of the 21st Century |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/05/war-afghanistan-spann-qala-i-jangi/392402/ |newspaper=The Atlantic |access-date=May 15, 2015 |quote=Even after 14 years of war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military has not fully succeeded in restoring security to the country or defeating the Taliban. Now, at the request of the new Afghan government, the United States has delayed the completion of its troop withdrawal from the country until 2016 at the earliest. |archive-date=July 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730101144/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/05/war-afghanistan-spann-qala-i-jangi/392402/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== General ===

* [[Pemon conflict]] in Venezuela.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ebus|first=Bram|date=8 June 2019|title=Venezuela's mining arc: a legal veneer for armed groups to plunder|language=en|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/08/venezuela-gold-mines-rival-armed-groups-gangs|access-date=14 October 2020|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019195924/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/08/venezuela-gold-mines-rival-armed-groups-gangs|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=13 December 2018|title=Pemones responden a Maduro: Fuera de aquí porque eres colombiano|language=es|work=[[NTN24]]|url=https://www.ntn24.com/america-latina/venezuela/pemones-responden-maduro-fuera-de-aqui-porque-eres-colombiano-101806|access-date=27 November 2019|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629161252/https://www.ntn24.com/america-latina/venezuela/pemones-responden-maduro-fuera-de-aqui-porque-eres-colombiano-101806|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":35">{{Cite web|date=22 February 2019|title=As tensions over aid rise, Venezuelan troops fire on villagers, kill two|url=http://news.trust.org/item/20190222215031-a8xxv/|access-date=23 February 2019|website=[[Thomson Reuters Foundation]]|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110011428/https://news.trust.org/item/20190222215031-a8xxv/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Beginning of the [[Famine in Yemen (2016–present)|famine in Yemen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/04/yemen-famine-feared-as-starving-children-fight-for-lives-in-hospital|title=Yemen famine feared as starving children fight for lives in hospital|first1=Emma|last1=Graham-Harrison|last2=agencies|date=4 October 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=13 December 2017|archive-date=4 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004232919/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/04/yemen-famine-feared-as-starving-children-fight-for-lives-in-hospital|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Births and deaths ==
{{Main|Category:2016 births|Deaths in 2016}}

== Nobel Prizes ==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|120px|Nobel medal]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] &ndash; [[Ben Feringa]], [[Jean-Pierre Sauvage]], [[Fraser Stoddart]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] &ndash; [[Oliver Hart (economist)|Oliver Hart]], [[Bengt R. Holmström]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] &ndash; [[Bob Dylan]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] &ndash; [[Juan Manuel Santos]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] &ndash; [[John M. Kosterlitz]], [[Duncan Haldane]], [[David J. Thouless]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] &ndash; [[Yoshinori Ohsumi]]

== New English words ==
*''[[Virtual restaurant|dark kitchen]]''
*''[[moscovium]]''
*''[[nihonium]]''
*''[[oganesson]]''
*''[[tennessine]]''

== See also ==
* [[2010s in politics|2010s political history]]
* [[International observance#2010s|List of international years]]
* {{portal-inline|2010s}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Events by month links}}
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