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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century |
| Decades: | 10s BC 0s BC 0s - 10s - 20s 30s 40s |
| Years: | 13 14 15 - 16 - 17 18 19 |
This article is about the year 16. For the number, see 16 (number). For other uses, see 16 (disambiguation).
| 16 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 16 XVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 769 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1828 – -1827 |
| Berber calendar | 966 |
| Buddhist calendar | 560 |
| Burmese calendar | -622 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5524 – 5525 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年正月初三日 (2652/2712-1-3) — to —
丙子年十二月十四日(2653/2713-12-14) |
| Coptic calendar | -268 – -267 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 8 – 9 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3776 – 3777 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 71 – 72 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3117 – 3118 |
| Holocene calendar | 10016 |
| Iranian calendar | 606 BP – 605 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 625 BH – 624 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2349 |
| Thai solar calendar | 559 |
Year 16 (XVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Roman Empire
- A Roman army of 50,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a great victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and capturing his wife Thusnelda, and recovering the lost eagles of Varus' legions.
- Noricans having joined with the Pannonians in invading Histria, are defeated by Publius Silius, proconsul of Illyricum.
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Arts and Sciences
- Ovid's "Epistulae ex Ponto" appears.
[edit] Births
- September 16 — Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38).
- September 16 — Samual Yare, druid of Brittany, assistant to the Roman Emperor 100–126.
- Agrippina the Younger, Roman Empress.
[edit] Deaths
- Possibly Scribonia, Second wife of Caesar Augustus and mother of Julia the Elder
- Clemens (impostor)
