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2016

2016 (MMXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.

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- Kali Yuga
5116–5117
- Shaka Samvat
1937–1938
- Vikram Samvat
2072–2073
Ab urbe condita
2769
Armenian calendar
1465 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԵ
Assyrian calendar
6766

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Edges375
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Avg. degree1.99
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related to December · 50
2016 → Afghanistan, Alexandrov Ensemble, All, An, Ankara, Berlin, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Black Sea, Breitscheidplatz, Christmas, Council, December, Ebola, Finland, Following, Geun-hye, Israeli, Italy, Jari Aarnio, June
related to July · 31
2016 → Arbitration, Australian, Bastille Day, Bill Shorten, China's, Earth, France, Funai, Government, Home Council, In Turkey, Japanese, July, Jupiter, Labor Party, Latvia, Law, Malcolm Turnbull's Liberal/National Coalition, NASA's Juno, Nice
related to April · 29
2016 → American, Amoris, An, April, Armenian Armed Forces, Artsakh Defense Army, Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Beyoncé, Catholics, Clashes, Ecuador, German, ICIJ, Investigative Journalists, Japan, Lemonade, Manabí Province, March, Mossack Fonseca, Nagorno-Karabakh
related to November · 28
2016 → Bayani, Brazilian Chapecoense, Businessman, Colombia, Colombian, Croatian, Donald Trump, Ferdinand Marcos, First Lady Hillary Clinton, India, LaMia Flight, Libingan, Medellín, Međimurska, North American, November, People's Army, Philippine, Philippines, President
related to May · 24
2016 → African Union-backed, Cairo, China, Cincinnati Zoo, EgyptAir Flight, Former Chadian President Hissène, Habré, Harambe, Jamala, Leicester City, May, Mediterranean Sea, Paris, Philippines, Premier League Champions, President, Republic, Rodrigo Duterte, Stockholm, Sweden
related to October · 23
2016 → Abalak, American, Commonwealth, Donald Trump, Haiti, He, HFCs, Hillary Clinton, Hurricane Matthew, Jeff Woodke, Montreal Protocol, Nations, Niger, October, Russian, Rwanda, The Maldives, The Washington Post, Three, UNEP
related to August · 20
2016 → Acting President, An, August, Brazil, Brazil Dilma Rousseff, Dubai, Dubai International Airport, Emirates Flight, Italy, Janeiro, Michel Temer, President, Rio, Rousseff's, South America, Summer Olympics, The, The Brazilian Senate, The Vice President, United Arab Emirates
related to March · 20
2016 → Barack Obama, Bemba, Bosnian War, Brussels, Brussels' Zaventem, Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre, Cuba, Ex-Bosnian Serb, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, ICC, International Criminal Court, Maalbeek, March, Mars, President Calvin Coolidge, Radovan Karadžić, Roscosmos, Suicide, The ESA, US
related to June · 18
2016 → Atatürk Airport, Brexit, Christina Grimmie, European Union, Florida, France, ISIL, Islamic State, Istanbul, July, June, Orlando, Plaza Live, Portugal, The Gotthard Base Tunnel, The United Kingdom, Turkey, UEFA Euro
- Kali Yuga · 1
2016 → 5116–5117

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2016- Kali Yuga5116–51171.00infobox
2016- Shaka Samvat1937–19381.00infobox
2016- Vikram Samvat2072–20731.00infobox
2016Ab urbe condita27691.00infobox
2016Armenian calendar1465 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԵ1.00infobox
2016Assyrian calendar67661.00infobox
2016Baháʼí calendar172–1731.00infobox
2016Balinese saka calendar1937–19381.00infobox
2016Bengali calendar1422–14231.00infobox
2016Berber calendar29661.00infobox
2016British Regnal year64 Eliz. 2 – 65 Eliz. 21.00infobox
2016Buddhist calendar25601.00infobox
2016Burmese calendar13781.00infobox
2016Byzantine calendar7524–75251.00infobox
2016Chinese calendar乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4713 or 4506 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4714 or 45071.00infobox
2016Coptic calendar1732–17331.00infobox
2016Discordian calendar31821.00infobox
2016Ethiopian calendar2008–20091.00infobox
2016Gregorian calendar2016 MMXVI1.00infobox
2016Hebrew calendar5776–57771.00infobox
2016Holocene calendar120161.00infobox
2016Igbo calendar1016–10171.00infobox
2016Iranian calendar1394–13951.00infobox
2016Islamic calendar1437–14381.00infobox
2016Japanese calendarHeisei 28 (平成28年)1.00infobox
2016Javanese calendar1949–19501.00infobox
2016Juche calendar1051.00infobox
2016Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days1.00infobox
2016Korean calendar43491.00infobox
2016Minguo calendarROC 105 民國105年1.00infobox

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