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

AD 16 in various calendars
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.

Possibly Scribonia, Second wife of Caesar Augustus and mother of Julia the Elder