AD 16
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 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 |
AD 16 (medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
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- Germanicus employs the North Sea fleet to avoid dangerous rivers, embarking an army in the Amisius river estuary and the Weser, but during its return, the Roman fleet is partially destroyed by storms.[2]
- Creticus Silanus.[3]
By topic
Arts and sciences
- Ovid's "Epistulae ex Ponto" appears.
Births
- September 16 – Julia Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. AD 38)
- Claudius Drusus, son of Claudius and Plautia Urgulanilla(approximate date)
- Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus, Roman consul (d. AD 64)
Deaths
- Marcus Scribonius Libo, Roman senator (forced to commit suicide)
- Clemens, Roman slave and impostor (executed by Tiberius) [4]
- Caesar Augustus(approximate date)