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The following lists events that happened in 2016 in Croatia.

• President – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
• Prime Minister – Zoran Milanović (until 22 February), Tihomir Orešković (22 February – 19 October), Andrej Plenković (starting 19 October)

• Dragan Vasiljković, a former Serbian paramilitary commander, was charged with war crimes in Croatia on 8 January.^[1]

• June 1 - A large protest in support of education reform is held in Zagreb and other Croatian cities.^[2]

• August 5–21 - 41 athletes from Croatia will compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• January 23 – Josip Friščić, politician
• February 23 – Slobodan Lang, politician
• April 14 – Ilija Ivezić, actor
• June 18 – Sibe Mardešić, mathematician
• July 18 – Mladen Stilinović, artist
• July 25 – Slobodan Novak, writer
• August 7 – Anđelko Klobučar, composer
• September 10 – Jure Radić, engineer and politician
• October 1 – Jagoda Kaloper, actress
• October 3 – Ljupka Dimitrovska, singer

• 2016 in Croatian television