India and Pakistan will be celebrating their 70th Independence Day in 2016.
In 2016, elections take place in the U.S., Russia, Taiwan, Peru and the
Democratic Republic of Congo. FIFA selects a new president to replace
Sepp Blatter, Japan and China host G7 and G20 summits, E.U. regulations
on e-cigarettes come into force, New Zealand holds a final referendum on
a new flag, and Indonesia witnesses a total solar eclipse. Rio de
Janeiro stages the Olympic Games and France hosts Euro 2016.
Anniversaries include the centenary of two of the bloodiest battles of
World War I, the 400th anniversary of the deaths of Miguel de Cervantes
and William Shakespeare, and the 70th anniversary of the independence of
India and Pakistan.