16

This page is about the year 16 AD. For the actual number, see sixteen.

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

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 other 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

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