2007 in Europe

Events

• January 3
• *Celebrity Big Brother 5 was launched on Channel 4, with celebrities such as Jermaine Jackson, Dirk Benedict and Leo Sayer.
• *National Express coach accident: A National Express coach from London Heathrow Airport to Aberdeen, Scotland crashed on a slip road between the M4 and the M25, killing two people and injuring thirty-six others.
• January 8: The Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates.
• February 2: Orange Snow fell in Sibera, most likely caused by sandstorms in neighboring Kazakhstan.
• March 17: UTair Flight 471 ends with a hard landing, killing at least 6 people and injuring 20 others.
• March 19: The Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster, a methane explosion Kemerovo Oblast, killing at least 108 people.
• April: It is reported in Forbes magazine, an American publication, that Russia now has 60 billionaires, mostly living in Moscow, which is believed to have more millionaires than any other city in the world. 15 years ago, Russia did not even have any millionaires.
• April 27: A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Chechnya, killing all 20 federal troops aboard.
• July 10 - August 4: The Arktika 2007 expedition commences, which is the first crewed descent to the ocean bottom at the North Pole.
• Summer: The Dissenters March, which began in December 2006, continue throughout the summer.
• September 7: Russian personnel are ambushed in the Vedeno region of Chechnya.
• November 15: The Guerilla phase of the Second Chechen War continues.
• November 24: Anti-Putin Protests, led by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, erupted in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
• December 2: A Chechen constitutional referendum was held in Chechnya.
• December 2: The Legislative elections for seats in the State Duma resulted in a majority win by United Russia.

  Births

• 12 March – Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden, elder child of the Earl and Countess of Ulster
• 17 December – James, Viscount Severn, son of the Earl and Countess of Wessex

  Deaths

January

• 3 January – Sir Cecil Walker, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Belfast
• 4 January – Grenfell Jones, newspaper cartoonist
• 7 January – Magnus Magnusson, journalist and broadcaster
• 8 January
• * David Ervine, leader of the Progressive Unionist Party
• * Francis Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, politician and European Commissioner
• 27 January – Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon, Member of Parliament
• 30 January – Griffith Jones, actor

  February

• 9 February
• *Ian Richardson, actor
• 16 February – Sheridan Morley, theatre critic

  March

• 4 March – Ian Wooldridge, sports journalist
• 7 March – Lady Thorneycroft, philanthropist
• 8 March – John Inman, actor
• 14 March
• *Tommy Cavanagh, former footballer and football manager
• *Gareth Hunt, actor
• 16 March
• * Sally Clark, lawyer and victim of a miscarriage of justice
• * Sir Arthur Marshall, aviation pioneer and businessman
• 17 March – Freddie Francis, cinematographer and film director
• 18 March – Bob Woolmer, cricketer and cricket coach ; died suddenly in Jamaica
• 28 March – Sir Thomas Hetherington, barrister
• 30 March
• *Fay Coyle, former footballer
• *Michael Dibdin, crime writer

  April

• April 23 – Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of Russia
• 24 April – Alan Ball, former footballer and football manager

  June

• 18 June – Bernard Manning, comedian

  July

• 5 July – George Melly, jazz singer
• 29 July
• *Phil Drabble, author and television presenter
• *Mike Reid, comedian and actor
• 31 July – R. D. Wingfield, novelist and radio dramatist

  August

• 10 August – Tony Wilson, broadcaster, nightclub manager, and record label owner
• 25 August – Ray Jones, footballer

  September

• 10 September – Anita Roddick, environmentalist, political campaigner, businesswoman
• 11 September – Ian Porterfield, footballer and football manager
• 15 September – Colin McRae, rally driver

  October

• 1 October – Ronnie Hazlehurst, composer
• 16 October – Deborah Kerr, actress
• 18 October – Alan Coren, columnist

  November

• 6 November – Hilda Braid, British actress
• 22 November – Verity Lambert, British television producer
• 28 November – Tony Holland, British television producer and writer

  December

• 1 December – Anton Rodgers, British actor
• 29 December
• * Phil O'Donnell, British footballer ; died while playing
• * Kevin Greening, British radio presenter