16 facts for kids
This page is about the year 16 AD. For the actual number, see sixteen.
| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | AD 16 XVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 769 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4766 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −577 |
| Berber calendar | 966 |
| Buddhist calendar | 560 |
| Burmese calendar | −622 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5524–5525 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2712 or 2652 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2713 or 2653 |
| Coptic calendar | −268 – −267 |
| Discordian calendar | 1182 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 8–9 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3776–3777 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 72–73 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3116–3117 |
| Holocene calendar | 10016 |
| Iranian calendar | 606 BP – 605 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 625 BH – 624 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | AD 16 XVI |
| Korean calendar | 2349 |
| Minguo calendar | 1896 before ROC 民前1896年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1452 |
| Seleucid era | 327/328 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 558–559 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 142 or −239 or −1011 — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 143 or −238 or −1010 |
16 is a year in the 1st century. It was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Taurus and Libo
Events
- A Roman army of 90,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a victory at Idistaviso. They defeat the German war chief Arminius and capturing his wife Thusnelda.
- Noricans are defeated by Publius Silius, proconsul of Illyricum.
- Ovid's "Epistulae ex Ponto" appears.
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
Deaths
- Possibly Scribonia, Second wife of Caesar Augustus and mother of Julia the Elder
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