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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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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 ...

Joachim Gauck Joachim Wilhelm Gauck (; born 24 January 1940) is a German politician and civil rights activist who served as President of Germany from 2012 to 2017. A former Lutheran pastor, he came to prominence as an anti-communist civil rights activist in E ...

Chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (; ; born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as Leader of the Oppo ...

Events

January

*January 1 –

New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

*January 30–31 -

2016 FIL World Luge Championships The 2016 FIL World Luge Championships took place under the auspices of the International Luge Federation at Königssee, Germany from 29 to 31 January 2016. Schedule Four events will be held. Medal summary Medal table Medalists References ...

Königssee The Königssee is a natural lake in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park. Description Situated within the Berchte ...

February

*February 9 -

Bad Aibling rail accident On 9 February 2016, two Meridian-branded passenger trains had a head-on collision at Bad Aibling, Germany. Of approximately 150 people on board the two trains, 12 people died and 85 others were injured, of which 24 seriously. Two months after ...

*February 3–7 -

2016 German Masters The 2016 German Masters (officially the 2016 BetWay German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3–7 February 2016 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2015/2016 seas ...

*February 11–21 -

66th Berlin International Film Festival The 66th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2016, with American actress Meryl Streep as the President of the Jury. The Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement was presented to German cinematographer Michael ...

*February 25:

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Ghost" written by Thomas Burchia, Anna Leyne and Conrad Hensel. The song was performed by Jamie-Lee. The German entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden was selected t ...

March

CeBIT CeBIT was the largest and most internationally representative computer expo. The trade fair was held each year on the Hanover fairground, the world's largest fairground, in Hanover, Germany. In its day, it was considered a barometer of cur ...

in Hanover *

ITB Berlin The ITB Berlin (Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin) is the world's largest tourism trade fair. The companies represented at the fair include hotels, tourist boards, tour operators, system providers, airlines and car rental companies. The ITB ...

in Berlin *

Leipzig Book Fair The Leipzig Book Fair (german: Leipziger Buchmesse) is the second largest book fair in Germany after the Frankfurt Book Fair. The fair takes place annually over four days at the Leipzig Trade Fairground in the northern part of Leipzig, Saxony. I ...

in Leipzig *

March 13 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 ...

Baden-Württemberg state election, 2016 Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

: Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 2016 *

: Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2016 *

Böhmermann affair The Böhmermann affair (also known as Erdogate) was a political affair following an experimental poem on German satirist Jan Böhmermann's satire show ''Neo Magazin Royale'' in late March 2016 that deliberately insulted Turkish president Rece ...

April

Hanover Messe The Hannover Messe (HM; "Hanover Fair") is one of the world's largest trade fairs, dedicated to the topic of industry development. It is organized by Deutsche Messe AG and held on the Hanover Fairground in Hanover, Germany. Typically, there are ...

in Hanover *

Deutscher Filmpreis The German Film Award (), also known as Lola after its prize statuette, is the national film award of Germany. It is presented at an annual ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the German film industry. Besides being the most important ...

in Berlin

May

10 May Events Pre-1600 *28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward ...

Munich knife attack The 2016 Munich knife attack took place on 10 May 2016 when a 27-year-old mentally disturbed man stabbed four men, one of them fatally at Grafing station in the Upper Bavarian town of Grafing, some from Munich, southern Germany. As the knifer ...

June

* Kiel Week in Kiel *

2016 Düsseldorf terrorism plot The 2016 Düsseldorf terrorism plot was a reported plot by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to carry out a series of bombings and shootings in multiple sections of the German city of Düsseldorf similar to those carried out in Pari ...

*9-12:

2016 Bilderberg Conference Since 1954 the Bilderberg Group has held a series of invitation-only meetings: *The 1976 Bilderberg conference was planned for April at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia, United States. Due to the ongoing Lockheed scandal involving Prince ...

in Dresden

July

*July 14–17 -

2016 Extreme Sailing Series The 2016 Extreme Sailing Series was the tenth edition of the sailing series and the sixth year of it being a fully global event. 2016 saw the series move away from the Extreme 40 catamaran, and into the GC32 foiling catamaran. Acts Act 1 ...

in Hamburg *

18 July Events Pre-1600 *477 BC – Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army. *387 BC – Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading ...

2016 Würzburg train attack Sixteen or 16 may refer to: *16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17 *one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016 Films * '' Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film * ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film di ...

22 July Events Pre-1600 * 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids. * 1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of ...

2016 Munich shooting On 22 July 2016, there was a mass shooting in the vicinity of the Olympia shopping mall in the Moosach district of Munich, Germany. An 18-year-old Iranian-German, David Sonboly, opened fire on fellow teenagers at a McDonald's restaurant before ...

24 July Events Pre-1600 *1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. *1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. *1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirli ...

2016 Ansbach bombing On 24 July 2016, fifteen people were injured, four seriously, in a suicide bombing outside a wine bar in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany. The bomber, identified by police as Mohammad Daleel, was a 27-year-old Syrian asylum seeker who had pledged allegi ...

, 2016 Reutlingen machete attack

August

Hanse Sail The Hanse Sail in Rostock is the largest maritime festival in Mecklenburg (Germany) and one of the largest in Europe. About 250 traditional sailing ships of all types and sizes from a vast variety of countries visit the coast of the city of Ro ...

in Rostock * Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin in Berlin

September

* ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin * Gamescom in Cologne * Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt * September - October – Oktoberfest in Munich * September 4: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2016 * September 18: Berlin state election, 2016 *

September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...

: Following a civil trial in Frankfurt, Claudia Dinkel is ordered to pay compensation to journalist and weather presenter Jörg Kachelmann for her

false rape accusations A false accusation of rape happens when a person states that they or another person have been raped when no rape has occurred. Although some studies attempt to characterize the prevalence of false accusation of rape, according to a 2013 book ...

against him in 2010. The court found Dinkel guilty of indirect deprivation of liberty through a knowingly untrue criminal complaint, establishing that her injuries had been self inflicted.

October

8 October Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories. * 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins. * 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger preve ...

: 2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot * Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt November * November 27: Nico Rosberg wins the Championship against his teammate Lewis Hamilton, in

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

. A week later, Rosberg announces his retirement, allowing Valtteri Bottas to take his seat for

next year "Next Year" is a song released as the last single from the third Foo Fighters' album ''There Is Nothing Left to Lose''. History A shorter version (running at just 3:21 compared to the original's 4:36) was released as a single in 2000 and wa ...

December

19 December Events Pre-1600 *1154 – Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey. *1187 – Pope Clement III is elected. *1490 – Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy. *1562 – T ...

2016 Berlin truck attack On 19 December 2016, a Vehicle-ramming attack, truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. One of the victims was t ...

Deaths

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* January 1: Helmut Koester, American-German scholar of the New Testament (born 1926) * January 4: ** Maja Maranow, German actress (born 1961) ** Achim Mentzel, German actor (born 1946) * January 9: Robert Naegele, German actor (born 1925) * January 10: Ulrich Hahnen, German politician (born 1952) * January 12:

Ruth Leuwerik Ruth Leuwerik (; 23 April 1924 – 12 January 2016) was a German film actress, one of the most popular stars of German film during the 1950s. She appeared in 34 films between 1950 and 1977. Leuwerik is probably best known for her portrayal of Mar ...

, German actress (born 1924) * January 27: Artur Fischer, German inventor (born 1919) * January 31:

Wolfgang Rademann Wolfgang Rademann (24 November 1934 – 31 January 2016) was a German television producer and journalist. Life Rademann was born in Neuenhagen bei Berlin on 24 November 1934. He worked as a journalist and then as a television producer in Germany ...

, German television producer (born 1934) * February 7: Roger Willemsen, German author, essayist and TV presenter (born 1955) * February 23:

Peter Lustig Peter Fritz Willi Lustig (; 27 October 1937 – 23 February 2016) was a German television presenter, voice actor and author of children's books who has become especially well known as leading actor in the weekly children's television show ''Lö ...

, German television presenter and author of children's books (born 1937) * February 26:

Karl Dedecius Karl Dedecius (20 May 1921 in Łódź – 26 February 2016) was a Polish-born German translator of Polish and Russian literature.Hannes Löhr, German football player (born 1942) * March 18: Guido Westerwelle, German politician (born 1961) * March 24: Roger Cicero, German jazz and pop musician (born 1970) * March 31: Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician (born 1927) * April 7:

Hendrikje Fitz Hendrikje Fitz (15 September 1961 – 7 April 2016) was a German actress best known for her role as Pia Heilmann on the ARD soap opera ''In aller Freundschaft''. Films * 1989: ''Reise hinter den Spiegel'' * 1990: ''Das Haus am Watt'' * 1998: ' ...

, German actress (born 1961) * April 18:

Fritz Herkenrath Friedrich "Fritz" Herkenrath (9 September 1928 in Cologne – 18 April 2016) was a football goalkeeper for West Germany at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He earned 21 caps between 1954 and 1958. He took his club team Rot-Weiss Essen to the peak of i ...

, German football goalkeeper (born 1928) * April 19: Karl-Heinz von Hassel, German actor (born 1939) * April 21: Hans Koschnick, German politician (born 1929) * April 24: Klaus Siebert, German biathlete (born 1955) * April 28: Georg Kronawitter, German politician (born 1928) * April 30:

Uwe Friedrichsen Uwe Friedrichsen (27 May 1934, in Altona – 30 April 2016, in Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST ...

, German actor (born 1934) * May 6: Margot Honecker, German politician (born 1927) * May 6:

Klaus Ampler Klaus Ampler (15 November 1940 – 6 May 2016) was a German cyclist. His sporting career began with SC DHfK Leipzig. He competed for East Germany in the team time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He won the peace race in 1963. Ampler died ...

, German cyclist (born 1940) * May 9: Walther Leisler Kiep, German politician (born 1926) * May 11: Peter Behrens, German musician (born 1947) * May 15:

Erika Berger Erika Berger (August 13, 1939 – May 15, 2016) was a German television presenter and author. Life Berger worked as a television presenter on German television broadcaster RTL. As a writer she wrote several books on sexuality Human se ...

, German television moderator (born 1939) * May 18: Fritz Stern, German-American historian (born 1926) * May 31: Rupert Neudeck, German journalist (born 1939) * June 11: Rudi Altig, German cyclist (born 1937) * June 19: Götz George, German actor (born 1938) * July 7: Wolfram Siebeck, German author and journalist (born 1928) * July 12:

Miriam Pielhau Miriam Pielhau (12 May 1975 – 12 July 2016) was a German television and radio presenter, author and actress. Early life Pielhau was born to an Iranian father and a German mother, in Heidelberg. She moved with her parents to Bad Berleburg in 19 ...

, German actress and author (born 1975) * August 14: Hermann Kant, German author (born 1926) * August 24: Walter Scheel, German politician, former president (born 1919) * August 24:

Henning Voscherau Henning Voscherau (13 August 1941 – 24 August 2016) was a German politician who was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was the First Mayor of his home city of Hamburg from 1988 to 1997, serving as President of the Bundesra ...

, German politician (born 1941) * September 10: Jutta Limbach, German politician and jurist (born 1934) * September 14: Hilmar Thate, German actor (born 1931) * October 10: Tamme Hanken, German horse whisperer and animals bonesetter (born 1960) * October 21 : Manfred Krug, German actor (born 1937) * October 24 :

Reinhard Häfner Reinhard Häfner (2 February 1952 – 24 October 2016) was a German footballer and coach. Häfner played children's and youth football for his hometown club BSG Motor Sonneberg. As a junior player he was assigned to FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt before jo ...

, German footballer (born 1952) * November 26 : Peter Hintze, German politician (born

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

) * December 2 : Gisela May, German actress and singer (born

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

) * December 7: Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician (born

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

) * December 27: Hans Tietmeyer, German economist (born

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

)

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