The following lists events that happened in 2016 in the Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Incumbents

*King of Saudi Arabia, Monarch: Salman of Saudi Arabia, Salman *Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince: Muhammad bin Nayef

Events

January

* January 2 - 47 alleged terrorists are executed by the Saudi state, including leader of the anti-government Shia movement, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. * January 2 - The embassy of Saudi Arabia in Tehran, Iran, is ransacked and set on fire by protesters against al-Nimr's execution. * January 3 - Saudi Arabia breaks off diplomatic relations with Iran after the events that happened on January 2. * January 4 - Saudi Arabia announces it will end all air traffic and trade links with Iran, demanding Iran to "act like a normal country" before severed diplomatic relations can be restored. * January 5 - The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatens to destroy Saudi Arabia's Tarfiya and al-Ha'ir prisons, holding ISIL prisoners. * January 12 - Saudi human rights activist Samar Badawi is arrested by Saudi police.

April

* April 16 - Mariam Fardous became the first ever Arab woman and only the third woman in history to dive in the North Pole.

October

* October 25 - Shooting left 2 security forces dead in Dammam city.

Notable deaths

*2 January – Nimr al-Nimr, Shia religious leader (born 1959). *2 January – Faris al-Zahrani, (born 1977).

References

{{Year in Asia, 2016 2016 in Saudi Arabia, 2010s in Saudi Arabia 2016 in Asia, Saudi Arabia 2016 by country, Saudi Arabia Years of the 21st century in Saudi Arabia