2001 in Europe

Events

January

February

• February 19 - The 2001 UK foot-and-mouth crisis begins.
• February 28 - The Great Heck rail crash occurs.

  March

• March 4 - A bomb explodes at BBC Television Centre in London, UK.

  April

• April 1 - Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes.

  May

• May 13 - Silvio Berlusconi wins the general election and becomes Prime Minister of Italy for the second time.

  June

July

• July 7 - 2001 Bradford riots: Race riots erupt in Bradford in the north of England
• July 19 - UK politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer is sentenced to 4 years in prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
• July 20–22 - The 27th G8 summit takes place in Genoa, Italy. Massive demonstrations are held against the meeting by members of the anti-globalization movement. One demonstrator, Carlo Giuliani, is killed by a policeman.
• July 24 - Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, deposed as the last Tsar of Bulgaria when a child, is sworn in as the democratically elected 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria.

  August

September

• September 21
• * Teenager Ross Parker murdered in racially motivated attack by Muslim Asian gang in Peterborough.
• *In Toulouse, France, the AZote Fertilisant chemical factory explodes, killing 29 and seriously wounding over 2,500.
• September 27 - Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.

  October

November

December

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May