2016_in_the_Czech_Republic Knowpia

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See also:	Other events of 2016; History of the Czech lands • Years

Events from the year 2016 in the Czech Republic

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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]

1 July – Anthropoid, historical thriller film directed by Sean Ellis, premieres at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Věra Čáslavská (1942–2016) in 1967

Radim Hladík (1946–2016) in 2007

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)

^ "Čeští vědci náhodou objevili nový druh rostlin. Dostaly jméno hvězdnatky". Česká televize (in Czech). 10 October 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.