Events in the year 2016 in

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Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Evo Morales Juan Evo Morales Ayma (; born 26 October 1959) is a Bolivian politician, trade union organizer, and former cocalero activist who served as the 65th president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. Widely regarded as the country's first president to co ...

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

Álvaro García Linera Álvaro Marcelo García Linera (; born 19 October 1962) is a Bolivian politician, sociologist, Theoretician (Marxism), marxist theoretician, and former Guerrilla warfare, guerilla who served as the 38th Vice President of Bolivia, vice preside ...

Events

21 February Events Pre-1600 * 452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. *1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. * 1440 – The Prus ...

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constitutional referendum A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative. This may result in the adoption of a ...

results in a majority against allowing president

to run for a fourth term.

Sport

*Continuing from 2015 – the

2015–16 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season The 2015–16 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian female given name * Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or ''Liga'', Italian rock singer-songwriter Sports * Liga ACB, ...

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14 June Events Pre-1600 *1158 – The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. *1216 – First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France takes the city of Winchester, abandoned by John, King of England, and soo ...

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Bolivia national football team The Bolivia national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Bolivia), also known as ''La Verde'', has represented Bolivia in international football since 1926. Organized by the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF), it is one of the ten memb ...

took part in the

Copa América Centenario Group D Group D of the Copa América Centenario consisted of Argentina national football team, Argentina, defending champions Chile national football team, Chile, Panama national football team, Panama, and Bolivia national football team, Bolivia. Matches b ...

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21 August Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ...

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Bolivia at the 2016 Summer Olympics Bolivia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 1936. Bolivian Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico B ...

: 12 competitors in 5 sports *Continuing into 2017 – the

2016–17 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season The 2016–17 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season was the 40th season of Bolivia's top-flight football league and the last season under the LFPB name. This season comprised three tournaments (''Apertura 2016'', ''Apertura 2017'' and ''Cla ...

Deaths

18 January Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chines ...

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Armando Loaiza Armando Loaiza Mariaca (8 December 1943 – 18 January 2016) served as the Foreign Minister of Bolivia 13 March Events Pre-1600 *624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. *1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War. *1591 – At the Battle of Tond ...

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Beatriz Canedo Patiño Beatriz Canedo Patiño (1950–2016) was a Bolivian people, Bolivian fashion designer described as the "Queen of Alpaca" due to her use of textiles from camelids such as the vicuña, alpaca, and llama. ''The New York Times'' described her in 2006 a ...

, fashion designer (b. 1950). *17 June –

Angel Gelmi Bertocchi Angel Gelmi Bertocchi (24 April 1938 – 17 June 2016) was an Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1968, Gelmi Bertocchi served as the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cochabamba, Boliv ...

, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1938). *

25 August Events Pre-1600 * 19 – The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to ...

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Rodolfo Illanes Rodolfo J. Illanes Alvarado (18 August 1958 – 25 August 2016) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs from 14 March 2016 to 25 August 2016, during the third cabinet of President Evo Morales. Biog ...

, lawyer and politician (b. 1958; murdered) *

25 September Events Pre-1600 * 275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus. * 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt ag ...

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David Padilla David Padilla Arancibia (13 August 1927 – 25 September 2016) was a Bolivian general who served as the 53rd president of Bolivia from 1978 to 1979. A native of Sucre, Padilla was born on 13 August 1927. Joining the armed forces, he rose t ...

, military officer and politician (b. 1927) *

27 September Events Pre-1600 *1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England. *1331 – The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutoni ...

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Luis Ossio Luis Ossio Sanjinés (1930 – September 27, 2016) served as the 34th vice president of Bolivia from 1989 to 1993, during the presidency of Jaime Paz Zamora. He belonged to the Christian Democratic Party (in Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Item ...

, politician (b. 1930) *

5 December Events Pre-1600 *63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. * 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. * 1033 – The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple ...

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Julia Elena Fortún Julia Elena Fortún Melgarejo (9 October 1929 – 5 December 2016) was a Bolivian historian, anthropologist, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist, pioneer in this last field in her country. She was born in the city of Sucre but lived in La Paz ...

, historian, anthropologist, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist (b. 1929)

References

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