| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
| Decades: | 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC – 10s BC – 0s BC 0s 10s |
| Years: | 19 BC 18 BC 17 BC – 16 BC – 15 BC 14 BC 13 BC |
| 16 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 16 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 738 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1859 – -1858 |
| Bengali calendar | -608 |
| Berber calendar | 935 |
| Buddhist calendar | 529 |
| Burmese calendar | -653 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5493 – 5494 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲辰年 (2621/2681) — to —
乙巳年(2622/2682) |
| Coptic calendar | -299 – -298 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -23 – -22 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3745 – 3746 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 41 – 42 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3086 – 3087 |
| Holocene calendar | 9985 |
| Iranian calendar | 637 BP – 636 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 657 BH – 656 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2318 |
| Thai solar calendar | 528 |
Year 16 BC was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.