16 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	40s BC  30s BC  20s BC  – 10s BC –  0s BC  0s  10s
Years:	19 BC 18 BC 17 BC – 16 BC – 15 BC 14 BC 13 BC

16 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	16 BC XV BC
Ab urbe condita	738
Ancient Greek era	191st Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4735
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−608
Berber calendar	935
Buddhist calendar	529
Burmese calendar	−653
Byzantine calendar	5493–5494
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2681 or 2621     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2682 or 2622
Coptic calendar	−299 – −298
Discordian calendar	1151
Ethiopian calendar	−23 – −22
Hebrew calendar	3745–3746
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	41–42
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3085–3086
Holocene calendar	9985
Iranian calendar	637 BP – 636 BP
Islamic calendar	657 BH – 656 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	16 BC XV BC
Korean calendar	2318
Minguo calendar	1927 before ROC 民前1927年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1483
Seleucid era	296/297 AG
Thai solar calendar	527–528
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 111 or −270 or −1042     — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 112 or −269 or −1041

Year 16 BC was either a common year starting on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday or a leap year starting on Monday or Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ahenobarbus and Scipio.

Events

• Noricum is added the Roman Empire
• Caesar Augustus makes Trier the capital of German provinces

Deaths

• Cornelia Scipio, daughter of Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito and Scribonia (b. c. 46 BC)
• Empress Wang