2016 in the Czech Republic
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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.[1]
In popular culture
- 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 (born 1953)
- 13 February – Bořek Šípek, architect (born 1949)
- 25 February –
- Zdeněk Smetana, animator (born 1925)
- Miloš Hájek, historian and politician (born 1921)
- 18 March – Jan Němec, filmmaker (born 1936)
- 2 April – Boris Hybner, actor (born 1941)
- 13 April – Věra Kubánková, actress (born 1924)
- 12 May – Bohumil Kubát, wrestler, Olympic bronze medallist (born 1935)
- 13 May – Jan Korger, politician (born 1937)
- 14 May – Jaroslav Malina, scenographer (born 1937)
- 22 May – Adolf Born, painter (born 1930)
- 23 May – Zdeněk Mézl, printmaker (born 1934)
- 27 May – František Jakubec, football player (born 1956)
- 16 June – Luděk Macela, football player (born 1950)
- 5 July – Zdeněk Neubauer, philosopher and biologist (born 1942)
- 12 July – Antonín Rükl, astronomer (born 1932)
- 24 July – Bohuslav Kokotek, Lutheran clergyman (born 1949)
- 26 August – Jiří Tichý, football player (born 1933)
- 30 August – Věra Čáslavská, gymnast, seven-time Olympic gold medallist (born 1942)
- 5 September – Jaroslav Jareš, football player (born 1930)
- 9 September – Zdeněk Měřínský, archaeologist (born 1948)
- 26 September – Karel Růžička, pianist (born 1940)
- 8 November – Zdeněk Altner, lawyer (born 1947)
- 4 December – Radim Hladík, guitarist (born 1946)
- 23 December – Luba Skořepová, actress (born 1923)
- 26 December – Petr Hájek, scientist (born 1940)
References
- ^ "Čeští vědci náhodou objevili nový druh rostlin. Dostaly jméno hvězdnatky". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
