Editing 2016 (section)

=== February ===
* [[February 6]] &ndash; An [[2016 southern Taiwan earthquake|earthquake of magnitude 6.6]] strikes southern [[Taiwan]], killing 117 people.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lin |first1=Chih-Hao |last2=Chang |first2=Wei-Hung |last3=Wu |first3=Chen-Long |last4=Pan |first4=Shih-Tien |last5=Chi |first5=Chih-Hsien |date=2016-07-09 |title=Medical response to 2016 earthquake in Taiwan |url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)30978-3/fulltext |journal=The Lancet |language=English |volume=388 |issue=10040 |pages=129–130 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30978-3 |pmid=27411878 |issn=0140-6736|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[North Korea]] launches a [[reconnaissance satellite]] named [[Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4]] into space, it is condemned internationally as a long-range ballistic missile test.<ref>{{cite news |title=North Korea fires long-range rocket despite warnings |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35515207 |date=2016-02-07 |website=BBC News |access-date=2016-02-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210093850/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35515207 |archive-date=February 10, 2016}}</ref>
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Pope Francis]] and [[Patriarch Kirill]] sign an [[Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill|Ecumenical Declaration]] in the first such meeting between leaders of the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] and [[Russian Orthodox Church]]es since their [[East–West Schism|schism]] in 1054.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|date=2016-02-13 |title=Unity call as Pope Francis holds historic talks with Russian Orthodox Patriarch |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35565085 |newspaper=BBC |access-date=2016-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212224729/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35565085 |archive-date=2016-02-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref>