2016 in the Czech Republic
This article lists events from the year 2016 in the Czech Republic.
Incumbents
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 of Thismia in Borneo.
In popular culture
- March 31, 2016, Tiger Theory, comedy film directed by Radek Bajgar, releases and premieres.
- 28 June – 3 July - The 2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were hosted in the town of Nové Město na Moravě.
- 1 July - Anthropoid, historical thriller film directed by Sean Ellis, premieres at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Deaths
- 22 January - Miloslav Ransdorf, politician
- 13 February - Bořek Šípek, architect
- 25 February -
- *Zdeněk Smetana, animator
- *Miloš Hájek, historian and politician
- 18 March - Jan Němec, filmmaker
- 2 April - Boris Hybner, actor
- 13 April - Věra Kubánková, actress
- 12 May - Bohumil Kubát, wrestler, Olympic bronze medallist
- 13 May - Jan Korger, politician
- 14 May - Jaroslav Malina, scenographer
- 22 May - Adolf Born, painter
- 23 May - Zdeněk Mézl, printmaker
- 27 May - František Jakubec, football player
- 16 June - Luděk Macela, football player
- 5 July - Zdeněk Neubauer, philosopher and biologist
- 12 July - Antonín Rükl, astronomer
- 24 July - Bohuslav Kokotek, Lutheran clergyman
- 26 August - Jiří Tichý, football player
- 30 August - Věra Čáslavská, gymnast, seven-time Olympic gold medallist
- 5 September - Jaroslav Jareš, football player
- 9 September - Zdeněk Měřínský, archaeologist
- 26 September - Karel Růžička, pianist
- 8 November - Zdeněk Altner, lawyer
- 4 December - Radim Hladík, guitarist
- 23 December - Luba Skořepová, actress
- 26 December - Petr Hájek, scientist