List of Google Doodles in 2016

The Google Doodle is an artistic version of the Google logo. Google Doodles represent events like holidays, anniversaries, or current events. Some of the doodles were limited to Google's country specific home pages while others appeared globally.

January

January 1

Google celebrates New Year's Day with an animated birds and green egg display.[1]

January 7

Google rehosts its December 25, 2015 Doodle in locations where Christmas is mostly celebrated in accordance with the Julian calendar.[2]

January 9

Google marked the 41st anniversary of the discovery of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.[3]

Google also marked the Children's Day, shown in Thailand.[4]

January 11

Google's US page commemorated women's rights activist Alice Paul's 131st birthday.[5]

January 12

Google commemorated the 388th anniversary of Charles Perrault's birthday.[6]

January 16

Google marked the Teachers' Day, shown in Thailand.[7]

January 18

Google marked the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.[8]

January 19

Google commemorated the 127th anniversary of Sophie Taeuber-Arp's birthday.[9]

Google also commemorated the 90th anniversary of José Alfredo Jiménez's birthday.[10]

January 21

Google commemorated the 93rd anniversary of Lola Flores' birthday.[11]

Google also commemorated the 127th anniversary of Naguib el-Rihani's birthday.[12]

January 22

Google commemorated the 151st anniversary of Wilbur Scoville's birthday.[13]

January 26

Google marked the Australia Day.[14]

Google also marked the 90th anniversary of the first demonstration of the television.[15]

Google also marked the Republic Day, shown in India.[16]

January 27

Google commemorated the 75th anniversary of Beatrice Tinsley's birthday.[17]

January 28

Google commemorated the 130th anniversary of Hidetsugu Yagi's birthday.[18]

January 30

Google commemorated the 103rd anniversary of Amrita Sher-Gil's birthday.[19]

February

February 1

Google commemorated the 198th anniversary of Frederick Douglass.[20]

February 4

Google commemorated the 103rd anniversary of Yam Kim-fai's birthday.[21]

Google also marked the Weiberfastnacht.[22]

February 5

Google commemorated the 141st anniversary of Františka Plamínková's birthday.[23]

February 8

Google commemorated the 182nd anniversary of Dmitri Mendeleev's birthday.[24]

Google also marked the Chinese New Year. [25]

Google also marked the Vietnamese New Year.[26]

Notes

February 12

Google marked the 475th anniversary of the founding of Santiago.[27]

February 15

Google marked the Serbian National Day.[28]

February 16

Google marked the Lithuanian Independence Day.[29]

February 17

Google commemorated the 235th anniversary of René Laennec's birthday.[30]

February 22

Google commemorated the 132nd anniversary of Tamaki Miura's birthday.[31]

Google also marked the Lantern Festival.[32][33]

Google also commemorated the 161st anniversary of Draga Ljočić's birthday.[34]

Google also commemorated the 150th anniversary of Maria Erika Olofsdotter Kruukka's birthday.[35]

February 25

Google commemorated the 145th anniversary of Lesya Ukrainka's birthday.[36]

February 27

Google marked the Independence Day, shown in Dominican Republic.[37]

February 29

Google marked the Leap year.[38]

Google also commemorated the 112nd anniversary of Rukmini Devi Arundale's birthday.[39]

March

March 1

Google marked St. David's Day, shown in the United Kingdom.[40]

March 2

Google commemorated the 143rd anniversary of Marija Jurić Zagorka's birthday.[41]

March 3

Google marked the Hinamatsuri.[42]

March 4

Google marked the 42nd anniversary of the opening of the Rio–Niterói Bridge.[43]

March 6

Google marked Mother's Day, shown in Ireland, Nigeria and the United Kingdom.[44]

Google also marked the Independence Day, shown in Ghana.[45]

March 7

Google commemorated the 80th anniversary of Georges Perec's birthday.[46]

March 8

Google marked International Women's Day.[47]

March 9

Google commemorated the 105th anniversary of Clara Rockmore's birthday.[48]

Google also marked the total solar eclipse.[49]

March 11

Google commemorated the 85th anniversary of Ratchanee Sripaiwan's birthday.[50]

March 15

Google marked the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Kasprowy Wierch's cableway.[51]

March 16

Google commemorated the 266th anniversary of Caroline Herschel's birthday.[52]

March 17

Google marked Saint Patrick's Day.[53]

March 18

Google marked the 17th anniversary of Xiaoluren.[54]

March 19

Google marked Father's Day. shown in Bolivia, Honduras, Mozambique, Croatia, Italy, Portugal and Spain.[55]

March 20

Google marked the first day of the spring, shown in many countries.[56]

Google also marked the Tunisian Independence Day.[57]

Google also marked the first day of the autumn, shown in Brazil.[58]

March 21

Google marked Nowruz, shown in Iran, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Slovenia and Uzbekistan.[59]

Google also commemorated the 93rd anniversary of Nizar Qabbani's birthday.[60]

Google also commemorated the 85th anniversary of Alda Merini's birthday.[61]

March 22

Google marked Nowruz, shown in Kazakhstan.[62]

Google also marked Holi, shown in Nepal.[63]

March 24

Google marked Holi, shown in Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Estonia, Germany, India, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.[64]

Google also commemorated the 110th anniversary of Klavdiya Shulzhenko's birthday.[65]

Google also commemorated the 182nd anniversary of William Morris' birthday.[66]

March 26

Google marked the Independence Day, shown in Bangladesh.[67]

March 28

Google marked the 240th anniversary of the Bolshoi Theatre Foundation.[68]

Google also commemorated the 121st anniversary of Ángela Ruiz Robles' birthday.[69]

April

April 3

Google marked the 100th Tour of Flanders.[70]

April 4

Google commemorated the 58th anniversary of Cazuza's birthday.[71]

April 6

Google commemorated the 120th anniversary of the first modern Olympics.[72]

April 7

Google commemorated the 96th anniversary of Ravi Shankar's birthday.[73]

April 13

Google marked the Songkran Festival, shown in Thailand.[74]

April 15

Google commemorated the 85th anniversary of Samaun Samadikun's birthday.[75]

April 20

Google commemorated the 87th anniversary of Mohammed Ghani Hikmat's birthday.[76]

April 21

Google commemorated the 137th anniversary of Kartini's birthday.[77]

Google also had a "Purple Rain" doodle to commemorate Prince, shown in the United States.[78]

April 22

Google marked Earth Day.[79]

April 23

Google commemorated the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare.[80]

Google also marked the National Sovereignty and Children's Day, shown in Turkey.[81]

Google also marked the Saint George's Day, featured William Shakespeare's doodle.[82]

April 27

Google commemorated the 150th anniversary of Pencho Slaveykov's birthday.[83]

Google also marked the Freedom Day, shown in South Africa.[84]

Google also marked the Koningsdag, shown in the Netherlands.[85]

April 28

Google commemorated the 162nd anniversary of Hertha Marks Ayrton's birthday.[86]

April 29

Google marked the 48th anniversary of the first broadcasting of Les Shadoks.[87]

April 30

Google commemorated the 100th anniversary of Claude Shannon's birthday.[88]

May

May 1

Google marked the International Workers' Day.[89]

May 2

Google commemorated the 90th anniversary of Mario Miranda's birthday.[90]

May 3

Google's US page marked National Teachers' Day.[91]

May 4

Google commemorated the 100th anniversary of Jane Jacobs' birthday.[92]

May 6

Google commemorated the 160th anniversary of Sigmund Freud's birthday.[93]

Google also marked the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[94]

References

  1. ↑ "New Year's Day 2016". Google.com. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  2. ↑ "Holidays 2016 (Eastern Europe)". Google.com. 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. ↑ "41st Anniversary of the Discovery of the Mountain of the Butterflies". Google.com. 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  4. ↑ "Children's Day 2016 (Thailand)". Google.com. 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  5. ↑ January 11, 2016 (2016-01-11). "Alice Paul’s 131st Birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  6. ↑ "Charles Perrault’s 388th Birthday". Google.com. 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  7. ↑ "Teacher's Day 2016 (Thailand)". Google.com. 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  8. ↑ "Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2016". Google.com. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  9. ↑ "Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s 127th Birthday". Google.com. 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  10. ↑ "José Alfredo Jiménez’s 90th Birthday". Google.com. 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  11. ↑ "Lola Flores’ 93rd Birthday". Google.com. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  12. ↑ "Naguib El Rihani’s 127th Birthday". Google.com. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  13. ↑ "Wilbur Scoville’s 151st Birthday". Google.com. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  14. ↑
  15. ↑ "90th Anniversary of the first demonstration of Television". Google.com. 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  16. ↑ "India Republic Day 2016". Google.com. 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  17. ↑ "Beatrice Tinsley’s 75th Birthday". Google.com. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  18. ↑ "Hidetsugu Yagi’s 130th Birthday". Google.com. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  19. ↑ "Amrita Sher-Gil’s 103rd Birthday". Google.com. 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  20. ↑ "Celebrating Frederick Douglass". Google.com. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  21. ↑ "Yam Kim Fai’s 103rd Birthday". Google.com. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  22. ↑ "Weiberfastnacht 2016". Google.com. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  23. ↑ "Františka Plamínková’s 141st Birthday". Google.com. 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  24. ↑ "Dmitri Mendeleev’s 182nd Birthday". Google.com. 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  25. ↑ "Lunar New Year 2016". Google.com. 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  26. ↑ "Lunar New Year 2016 (Vietnam)". Google.com. 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  27. ↑ "475 Anniversary of Santiago City Foundation". Google.com. 2016-02-12. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  28. ↑ "Serbia National Day 2016". Google.com. 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  29. ↑ "Lithuania Independence Day 2016". Google.com. 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  30. ↑ "Rene Laennec’s 235th Birthday". Google.com. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  31. ↑ "Tamaki Miura’s 132nd Birthday". Google.com. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  32. ↑ "Lantern Festival 2016 (HK)". Google.com. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  33. ↑ "Lantern Festival 2016". Google.com. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  34. ↑ "Draginja Ljočić Milošević’s 161st Birthday". Google.com. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  35. ↑ "Maria Erika Olofsdotter Kruukka’s 150th Birthday". Google.com. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  36. ↑ "Lesya Ukrainka’s 145th Birthday". Google.com. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  37. ↑ "Dominican Republic National Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  38. ↑ "Leap Year 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  39. ↑ "Rukmini Devi’s 112th Birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  40. ↑ "St. David's Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  41. ↑ "Marija Juric Zagorka’s 143rd Birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  42. ↑ "Girl's Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  43. ↑ "42nd Anniversary of Rio-Niteroi Bridge Opening". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  44. ↑ "Mother's Day 2016 (UK, IE, NG)". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  45. ↑ "Ghana National Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  46. ↑ "Georges Perec’s 80th Birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  47. ↑ "International Women's Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  48. ↑ "Clara Rockmore’s 105th Birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  49. ↑ "Total Solar Eclipse 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  50. ↑ "Ratchanee Sripaiwan's 85th Birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  51. ↑ "80th Anniversary of Kasprowy Wierch cableway launch". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  52. ↑ "Caroline Herschel’s 266th Birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  53. ↑ "St. Patrick's Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  54. ↑ "Xiaolüren’s 17th birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  55. ↑ "Father's Day 2016 (Bolivia, Croatia, Italy, Spain)". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  56. ↑ "First Day of Spring 2016 (Northern Hemisphere)". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  57. ↑ "Tunisia National Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  58. ↑ "First Day of Fall 2016 (Southern Hemisphere)". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  59. ↑ "Nowruz 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  60. ↑ "Nizar Qabbani’s 93rd birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  61. ↑ "Alda Merini’s 85th birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  62. ↑ "Nowruz 2016 (Kazakhstan)". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  63. ↑ "Holika Festival 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  64. ↑ "Holi Festival 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  65. ↑ "Klavdiya Shulzhenko’s 110th birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  66. ↑ "William Morris’ 182nd birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  67. ↑ "Bangladesh Independence Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  68. ↑ "240th Anniversary of the Bolshoi Theater's Foundation". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  69. ↑ "Ángela Ruiz Robles’s 121st Birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  70. ↑ "Start of the 100th Tour of Flanders". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  71. ↑ "Cazuza’s 58th birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  72. ↑ "120th Anniversary of First Modern Olympic Games". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  73. ↑ "Pandit Ravi Shankar’s 96th birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  74. ↑ "Songkran Festival 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  75. ↑ "Samaun Samadikun’s 85th birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  76. ↑ "Mohammed Ghani Hikmat’s 87th birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  77. ↑ "R.A. Kartini's 137th Birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  78. ↑ Stutz, Colin (21 April 2016). "Google Remembers Prince With 'Purple Rain' Doodle". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  79. ↑ "Earth Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  80. ↑ "Celebrating William Shakespeare". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  81. ↑ "National Sovereignty and Children's Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  82. ↑ "Celebrating William Shakespeare and St. George's Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  83. ↑ "Pencho Slaveykov’s 150th birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  84. ↑ "Freedom Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  85. ↑ "King's Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  86. ↑ "Hertha Marks Ayrton’s 162nd birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  87. ↑ "48th Anniversary of first TV broadcasting of Les Shadoks". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  88. ↑ "Claude Shannon’s 100th birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  89. ↑ "Labour Day 2016". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  90. ↑ "Mario Miranda’s 90th birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  91. ↑ "Teachers' Day 2016 (US)". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  92. ↑ "Jane Jacobs’ 100th birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  93. ↑ "Sigmund Freud's 160th Birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  94. ↑ "2016 Hockey World Championship". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

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