AD 16

AD 16 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	AD 16; XVI
Ab urbe condita	769
Assyrian calendar	4766
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−577
Berber calendar	966
Buddhist calendar	560
Burmese calendar	−622
Byzantine calendar	5524–5525
Chinese calendar	乙亥年 (Wood Pig); 2713 or 2506; — to —; 丙子年 (Fire Rat); 2714 or 2507
Coptic calendar	−268 – −267
Discordian calendar	1182
Ethiopian calendar	8–9
Hebrew calendar	3776–3777
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	72–73
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3116–3117
Holocene calendar	10016
Iranian calendar	606 BP – 605 BP
Islamic calendar	625 BH – 624 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 16; XVI
Korean calendar	2349
Minguo calendar	1896 before ROC; 民前1896年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1452
Seleucid era	327/328 AG
Thai solar calendar	558–559
Tibetan calendar	阴木猪年; (female Wood-Pig); 142 or −239 or −1011; — to —; 阳火鼠年; (male Fire-Rat); 143 or −238 or −1010

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

AD 16 (XVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Taurus and Libo (or, less frequently, year 769 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 16 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

A Roman army of 50,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a great victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius, and recovering the lost eagles of Varus' legions.^[1]
Germanicus employs the North Sea fleet to avoid dangerous rivers, embarking an army in the Rhine Delta, aboard circa 1,000 ships. He defeats the Germans at the Amisius river estuary and the Weser, but during its return, the Roman fleet is partially destroyed by storms.^[2]
Vonones, the beleaguered king of Armenia, is summoned to Syria, by Roman governor Creticus Silanus.^[3]