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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 16 XVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 768 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1828 – -1827 |
| Bengali calendar | -577 |
| 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 | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 72 – 73 |
| - 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.
- Germanicus employs North Sea fleet to avoid dangerous rivers, embarking a army in the Rhine delta aboard circa 1,000 ships. He defeats the Germans at Amisius river estuary and the Weser, but during its return the Roman fleet is partially destroyed by storms.
- 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, 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)
