719 notable events from 2016. Page 1 of 8.
- Sherri Papini kidnapping hoax
Nov 2, 2016–Nov 24, 2016 · United States
- Nicholas Tartaglione
Apr 11, 2016 · —
- Pulse nightclub shooting
Jun 12, 2016 · United States
- Sagamihara stabbings
Jul 26, 2016 · Japan
- Proud Boys
from 2016 · United States
- 2016 Nice truck attack
Jul 14, 2016 · France
- Omar Mateen
Jun 12, 2016 · United States
- LaMia Flight 2933
Nov 28, 2016 · Colombia
- Rohingya genocide
from Oct 9, 2016 · Myanmar
- Karuizawa ski bus accident
Jan 15, 2016 · Japan
- 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
from Jul 15, 2016 · Türkiye
- Pam Hupp
Aug 16, 2016 · —
- Killing of Victoria Martens
Aug 24, 2016 · United States
- Killing of Giulio Regeni
Jan 25, 2016 · Egypt
- Philippine drug war
from Jul 1, 2016 · Philippines
- Oguchi Hospital Inpatient Murders
Jul 2016–Sep 2016 · Japan
- 2016 Brussels bombings
Mar 22, 2016 · Belgium
- Killing of Niklas Pöhler
May 7, 2016 · Germany
- Murder of Emilie Meng
Jul 2016 · Denmark
- EgyptAir Flight 804
May 19, 2016 · Greece
- Death of David Bowie
Jan 10, 2016 · United States
- Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)
Oct 16, 2016–Jul 20, 2017 · Iraq
- 2016 clown sightings
2016 · Canada
- 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
Apr 14, 2016–Apr 16, 2016 · Japan
- Murder of Paige Doherty
Mar 19, 2016 · United Kingdom
- Emirates Flight 521
Aug 3, 2016 · United Arab Emirates
- 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash
Dec 25, 2016 · Russian Federation
- July 2016 Dhaka attack
Jul 1, 2016 · Bangladesh
- Murder of Emma Walker
Nov 21, 2016 · United States
- Break-up of SMAP
2016 · —
- Murder of Anastasiya Meshcheryakova
Feb 29, 2016 · Russian Federation
- 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
Jul 7, 2016 · United States
- 2016 Berlin truck attack
Dec 19, 2016 · Germany
- Shooting of Daniel Shaver
Jan 18, 2016 · United States
- Flydubai Flight 981
Mar 19, 2016 · Russian Federation
- Murder of Jo Cox
Jun 16, 2016 · United Kingdom
- Murder of Sierah Joughin
Jul 19, 2016 · United States
- Killing of Missy Bevers
Apr 18, 2016 · United States
- Pike County shootings
Apr 22, 2016 · United States
- 2016 Munich shooting
Jul 22, 2016 · Germany
- Murder committed by Kajetan Poznański
Feb 3, 2016 · Poland
- Murder of Yangjie Li
May 13, 2016 · Ireland
- Npm left-pad incident
Mar 22, 2016 · —
- 2016 Uri attack
Sep 18, 2016 · India
- Stabbing of Mayu Tomita
May 21, 2016 · Japan
- 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire
May 1, 2016–Aug 2, 2017 · Canada
- Hurricane Matthew
Sep 28, 2016–Oct 10, 2016 · United States
- Death and state funeral of Fidel Castro
until Dec 4, 2016 · Cuba
- Piedad Córdoba
Nov 25, 2016 · —
- Murder of Karina Vetrano
Aug 2, 2016 · United States
- Daallo Airlines Flight 159
Feb 2, 2016 · Somalia
- Murder of Maria Ladenburger
Oct 16, 2016 · Germany
- Dakota Access Pipeline protests
Apr 2016–Feb 2017 · United States
- Killing of Philando Castile
Jul 6, 2016 · United States
- Murder of Seth Rich
Jul 10, 2016 · United States
- EgyptAir Flight 181
Mar 29, 2016 · Cyprus
- Billy Chemirmir
May 1, 2016–Mar 1, 2018 · United States
- La Manada rape case
Jul 7, 2016 · Spain
- Killing of Tony Timpa
Aug 10, 2016 · United States
- 2016 South Korean political scandal
2016 · South Korea
- Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Jan 2, 2016–Jan 26, 2016 · United States
- Death of Corrie McKeague
Sep 24, 2016 · United Kingdom
- Micah Xavier Johnson
Jul 7, 2016 · —
- Death of Adama Traoré
Jul 19, 2016 · France
- Assassination of Andrei Karlov
Dec 19, 2016 · Türkiye
- Ghost Ship warehouse fire
Dec 2, 2016 · United States
- Odebrecht case
Dec 21, 2016 · Mexico
- Murders of Joel and Lisa Guy
Nov 26, 2016 · United States
- Luca Varani
Mar 5, 2016 · Italy
- Disappearance of Mekayla Bali
Apr 12, 2016 · Canada
- Murder of Diana Quer
Aug 22, 2016 · Spain
- Hyperinflation in Venezuela
2016–2022 · Venezuela
- 2016 Pathankot attack
Jan 2, 2016–Jan 4, 2016 · India
- Murder of Wayan Mirna Salihin
Jan 2016 · Indonesia
- Turkish occupation of northern Syria
from Aug 1, 2016 · Türkiye
- United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal
2016 · United Kingdom
- Pskov standoff and double suicide
Nov 14, 2016 · Russian Federation
- Killing of David Byrne
Feb 5, 2016 · Ireland
- Murder of Kaylee Sawyer
Jul 24, 2016 · United States
- 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires
Nov 28, 2016–Dec 9, 2016 · United States
- August 2016 Central Italy earthquake
Aug 24, 2016 · Italy
- Valérie Bacot case
Mar 13, 2016 · France
- 2016 Ecuador earthquake
Apr 16, 2016 · Ecuador
- Road sinking in front of Hakata Station
Nov 8, 2016 · Japan
- West Air Sweden Flight 294
Jan 8, 2016 · Norway
- 2016 Scottish Cup final
May 21, 2016 · United Kingdom
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661
Dec 7, 2016 · Pakistan
- American Airlines Flight 383 (2016)
Oct 28, 2016 · United States
- Disappearance of Logan Schiendelman
May 19, 2016 · United States
- 2016 Atatürk Airport attack
Jun 28, 2016 · Türkiye
- Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)
Nov 6, 2016 · Syrian Arab Republic
- 2016 Okinawa rape-murder incident
Apr 28, 2016 · Japan
- Death of Igor Stachowiak
May 15, 2016 · Poland
- 2016 Seocho-dong public-toilet murder case
May 17, 2016 · South Korea
- 2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident
Jun 18, 2016 · United States
- Insurgency in Chad (2016–present)
from 2016 · Chad
- 2016 Normandy church attack
Jul 26, 2016 · France
- Operation Euphrates Shield
Aug 24, 2016–Mar 29, 2017 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Aerosucre Flight 157
Dec 20, 2016 · Colombia
- Third Battle of Fallujah
May 22, 2016–Jun 26, 2016 · Iraq