Events from the year 2016 in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

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 ...

– Miloš Zeman *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

– Bohuslav Sobotka

Events

*14 April – The Czech Republic's political leadership agreed to make Czechia the official short name in English. *2 May – Czechia was approved by the Czech cabinet. *5 July – Czechia was published in the United Nations UNTERM and UNGEGN country name databases. * 10 October – Czech botanists announce the discovery of a

new species A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have be ...

of ''

Thismia ''Thismia'' is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1845. It is native to East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Americas. ; Species * '' Thismia abei'' Hatu ...

'' in Borneo.

In popular culture

Sports

*28 June – 3 July – The

2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships The 2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships was the 27th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. Unlike in previous years, the world championships for the various disciplines were held at two different locations. ...

were hosted in the town of Nové Město na Moravě.

Film

*1 July – ''

Anthropoid Anthropoid means 'ape/human feature' and may refer to: * Simian, monkeys and apes (anthropoids, or suborder Anthropoidea, in earlier classifications) *Anthropoid apes - apes that are closely related to humans (e.g., former family Pongidae and some ...

'', historical thriller film directed by

Sean Ellis Sean Ellis (born 1970) is a British film director, writer, producer and fashion photographer. He is best known for his films '' Cashback'' (2004), '' The Broken'' (2008), ''Metro Manila'' (2013), in the Tagalog language, and ''Anthropoid'' (2016 ...

, premieres at the

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become ...

Deaths

*22 January –

Miloslav Ransdorf Miloslav Ransdorf (15 February 1953 – 22 January 2016) was a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the Eu ...

, politician (born 1953) *13 February –

Bořek Šípek Bořek Šípek (14 June 1949 – 13 February 2016) was a Czech architect and designer. Biography Born in Prague, he was renowned for his individual, unusual, colorful, and rich style. He experimented with unexpected and often opulent shapes. ...

, architect (born 1949) *25 February – **

Zdeněk Smetana Zdeněk Smetana (26 July 1925 – 25 February 2016) was a Czechoslovak-born Czech animator and graphic artist who created more than 400 animated cartoons, including full-length feature films. He became known for a series of Czechoslovak animated ...

, animator (born 1925) **

Miloš Hájek Miloš Hájek (12 May 1921 – 25 February 2016) was a Czech historian, politician and Czechoslovak resistance fighter during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945). Hájek, who signed the Charter 77 human rights manifesto in 1977, b ...

, historian and politician (born 1921) *18 March –

Jan Němec Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave." Biography Němec's career as a fil ...

, filmmaker (born 1936) *2 April –

Boris Hybner Boris Hybner (5 August, 1941 – 2 April, 2016) was a Czech actor, director, and mime Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is an Internet standard that extends the format of email messages to support text in character sets other than A ...

, actor (born 1941) *13 April –

Věra Kubánková Věra Kubánková (22 July 1924 – 13 April 2016) was a Czech actress. At the 2006 Thalia Awards she was honoured in the lifetime achievement in theatre category. She worked at the Divadlo za branou during the 1960s and 1970s. Kubánková also to ...

, actress (born 1924) *12 May –

Bohumil Kubát Bohumil Kubát (14 February 1935 – 12 May 2016) was a wrestler who competed for Czechoslovakia. He won an Olympic bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1960. He competed at the 1964 Olympics, where he placed fourth in Freestyle wrestling ...

, wrestler, Olympic bronze medallist (born 1935) *13 May – Jan Korger, politician (born 1937) *14 May – Jaroslav Malina, scenographer (born 1937) *22 May –

Adolf Born Adolf Born (12 June 1930 – 22 May 2016) was a Czech painter, illustrator, filmmaker and caricaturist, "known for his murkily-tinted pictures of bizarre fauna, and Victorian gentlemen in top hats and top coats". Schmadel, L. D., ''Dictionary of M ...

, painter (born 1930) *23 May – Zdeněk Mézl, printmaker (born 1934) *27 May –

František Jakubec František Jakubec (12 April 1956 – 27 May 2016) was a Czech football player. Jakubec played for Bohemians Prague for most of his career. He also had a spell with Veria in the Greek Super League. He played for Czechoslovakia national footba ...

, football player (born 1956) *16 June –

Luděk Macela Luděk Macela (3 October 1950 – 16 June 2016) was a Czech football player. He played eight matches for the Czechoslovakia national football team. He was a participant in the 1980 Olympic Games, where Czechoslovakia won the gold medal. M ...

, football player (born 1950) *5 July –

Zdeněk Neubauer Zdeněk Neubauer (30 May 1942 – 5 July 2016) was a Czech philosopher and biologist, remarkable especially for original interpretations in science history and epistemology. Biography Born in Brno to family of the Brno normative legal school r ...

, philosopher and biologist (born 1942) *12 July –

Antonín Rükl Antonín Rükl (September 22, 1932 – July 12, 2016) was a Czech astronomer, cartographer, and author. He was born in Čáslav, Czechoslovakia. As a student he developed what was to be a lifelong interest in astronomy. He graduated from the Czec ...

, astronomer (born 1932) *24 July – Bohuslav Kokotek, Lutheran clergyman (born 1949) *26 August – Jiří Tichý, football player (born 1933) *30 August –

Věra Čáslavská en, the love of Tokyo ja, 「オリンピックの名花」 en, darling of the Olympic Games , country = Czechoslovakia , formercountry = , birth_date = , birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia ( occupied by Germany 1939– ...

, gymnast, seven-time Olympic gold medallist (born 1942) *5 September –

Jaroslav Jareš Jaroslav Jareš (21 March 1930 – 5 September 2016) was a Czech football (soccer), football player and manager. During his Czechoslovak First League, Czechoslovakian first division career, Jareš played for SK Slavia Prague, Slavia Prague and ...

, football player (born 1930) *9 September –

Zdeněk Měřínský Zdeněk Měřínský (16 January 1948 in Jihlava – 9 September 2016 in Panská Lhota) was a Czech archeologist and historian specializing in medieval archaeology, Czech and Austrian medieval history, casteollogy (building and function of castles) ...

, archaeologist (born 1948) *26 September – Karel Růžička, pianist (born 1940) *8 November –

Zdeněk Altner Zdeněk Altner (3 October 1947 – 7 November 2016) was a Czech lawyer and advocate. Career Altner is known for filing a suit against the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) regarding their non-payment of fees owed for services rendered in a di ...

, lawyer (born 1947) *4 December – Radim Hladík, guitarist (born 1946) *23 December –

Luba Skořepová Luba Skořepová (21 September 1923 – 23 December 2016) was a Czech actress.Zemř ...

, actress (born 1923) *26 December –

Petr Hájek Petr Hájek (; 6 February 1940 – 26 December 2016) was a Czech scientist in the area of mathematical logic and a professor of mathematics. Born in Prague, he worked at the Institute of Computer Science at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Repu ...

, scientist (born 1940)

References

Years of the 21st century in the Czech Republic

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