2016 in the Czech Republic

2016
in
the Czech Republic

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

This article lists events from the year 2016 in the Czech Republic.

Incumbents

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Events

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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]
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Deaths

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Věra Čáslavská (1942–2016) in 1967
Radim Hladík (1946–2016) in 2007

References

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  1. ^ "Čeští vědci náhodou objevili nový druh rostlin. Dostaly jméno hvězdnatky". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.