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.

  In popular culture

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
• 13 February - Bořek Šípek, architect
• 25 February -
• *Zdeněk Smetana, animator
• *Miloš Hájek, historian and politician
• 18 March - Jan Němec, filmmaker
• 2 April - Boris Hybner, actor
• 13 April - Věra Kubánková, actress
• 12 May - Bohumil Kubát, wrestler, Olympic bronze medallist
• 13 May - Jan Korger, politician
• 14 May - Jaroslav Malina, scenographer
• 22 May - Adolf Born, painter
• 23 May - Zdeněk Mézl, printmaker
• 27 May - František Jakubec, football player
• 16 June - Luděk Macela, football player
• 5 July - Zdeněk Neubauer, philosopher and biologist
• 12 July - Antonín Rükl, astronomer
• 24 July - Bohuslav Kokotek, Lutheran clergyman
• 26 August - Jiří Tichý, football player
• 30 August - Věra Čáslavská, gymnast, seven-time Olympic gold medallist
• 5 September - Jaroslav Jareš, football player
• 9 September - Zdeněk Měřínský, archaeologist
• 26 September - Karel Růžička, pianist
• 8 November - Zdeněk Altner, lawyer
• 4 December - Radim Hladík, guitarist
• 23 December - Luba Skořepová, actress
• 26 December - Petr Hájek, scientist