2016 in Colombia
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Incumbents
Events
- 2 October – the Colombian peace agreement referendum failed with 50.2% voting against it and 49.8% voting in favor.
- 7 October – the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos.[1]
- 28 November – the LaMia Flight 2933 crashed, killing 71 people.
- 30 November – the Congress ratified a revised peace accord with the FARC.[2]
Sport
- 5-21 August – Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 147 competitors in 23 sports (3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze medals)
Deaths
- 16 February – Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1919).[3]
- 5 March – Eliseo Herrera, singer and songwriter (b. 1925)[4]
- 22 March – Javier de Nicoló, salesian priest (b. 1928).[5]
- 23 March – Gloria Galeano Garcés, botanist and agronomist (b. 1958).
- 31 March – Aníbal Alzate, footballer (b. 1933).[6]
- 3 April – Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus, criminal (b. 1937)
- 11 April – Édgar Perea, politician and football commentator (b. 1934)
- 17 April – Luis Horacio Gomez González, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1958)
- 2 May – Fernando Soto Aparicio, poet, storyteller, playwright, novelist, librettist, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- 20 June – Julio Rojas Buendía, accordionist (b. 1958)[7]
- 16 August – Jorge García Isaza, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1928)
- 27 October – Nelson Pinedo, singer (b. 1928)
- 18 December – Gustavo Quintero, singer-songwriter (b. 1939)