2016 in the Czech Republic

Events from the year 2016 in the Czech Republic

Incumbents

 * President – Miloš Zeman
 * Prime Minister – Bohuslav Sobotka

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.

Sports

 * 28 June – 3 July – The 2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were hosted in the town of Nové Město na Moravě.

Film

 * 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)