2011 in Europe

This is a list of 2011 events that occurred in Europe.

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Incumbents

European Union

Events

January

March
A protester smashing the window of a branch of the HSBC bank in Cambridge Circus, London.

April

May
The Lorca-Sutullena railway station was seriously damaged in May earthquake.

June
  • June 2: Four people have been killed in a major explosion at an oil refinery in south-west Wales.[18]
  • June 20: More than 300 people were injured in a sectarian interface near a Catholic enclave in east Belfast.[19]
  • June 21: 44 people have died in a plane crash in north-west Russia.

July

August
  • August 6-11: Riots and looting initially breakout in London but spread to other English cities. The initial riot occurred after a peaceful protest in Tottenham, north London over the fatal police shooting of Mark Duggan, which later turned violent.[27] The aftermath saw over 3000 arrests made, consisting of individuals involved in rioting, looting, arson and other related criminal activity, 5 people killed and 186 police officers injured.[28]
  • August 9: A Russian cargo plane has crashed in a remote far eastern area, with all 11 people on board believed to have been killed.[29]
  • August 12: A passenger train has crashed in central Poland, killing one passenger and injuring at least 81.[30]

September
  • September 7: At least 45 people died when a plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed during take-off.
  • September 15: Four miners died after the Gleision Colliery was flooded by the waters of River Tawe due to an explosion.[31][32]
  • September 26: Two people have been killed and six others injured in ethnic clashes in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv.[33]

October
  • October 15: A protest took place in Rome, Italy, to protest against economic inequality and the influence of the European Commission, the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund on politics and also against the government of Silvio Berlusconi.[34] The protest turned into a violent demonstration, resulting in the injury of 135 people and the arresting of 13 others.[34]
  • October 20: Basque separatist militant organisation ETA declared an end to its 43-year campaign of political violence, which has killed over 800 people since 1968.[35]
  • October 23: At least 604 people were killed and more than 4,152 injured in a magnitude 7.1 earthquake, near the city of Van, Turkey.[36]
  • October 24: 17 people died in Western European unprecedented floods, caused by low-pressure area Meeno.[37]
  • October 27: After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union announced an agreement to tackle the European sovereign debt crisis which includes a writedown of 50% of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the European Financial Stability Facility totaling to €1 trillion.[38][39]

November
  • November 4: Seven people have been killed and 51 injured in a 34-vehicle pile-up on the M5 motorway in Somerset.[40]
  • November 9: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck south-west of Van, causing the death of over 12 people in the collapse of several hotels.[41]

December
  • December 18: A jack-up rig capsized and sank in the Sea of Okhotsk with the loss of 53 of its 67 crew.[42]

Architecture
Main article: 2011 in architecture

Arts and entertainment

Deaths
Main article: Deaths in 2011

January
  • January 2: Pete Postlethwaite, 64, English stage, film and television actor. (born 1946)
  • January 4: Gerry Rafferty, 63, Scottish singer and songwriter. (born 1947)
  • January 15
    • Nat Lofthouse, 85, English professional footballer. (born 1925)
    • Susannah York, 72, English film, stage and television actress. (born 1939)
  • January 24: Bernd Eichinger, 61, German film producer and director. (born 1949)
  • January 30: John Barry, 77, English conductor and composer of film music. (born 1933)

February
  • February 3: Maria Schneider, 58, French actress. (born 1952)
  • February 5: Brian Jacques, 71, English author. (born 1939)
  • February 6: Gary Moore, 58, Northern Irish musician. (born 1952)
  • February 8: Cesare Rubini, 87, Italian basketball player and coach, and water polo player. (born 1923)
  • February 14: George Shearing, 91, British-born American jazz pianist. (born 1919)
  • February 27: Necmettin Erbakan, 84, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1926)

March

April
  • April 19: Grete Waitz, 57, Norwegian marathon runner. (born 1953)

May
  • May 7: Seve Ballesteros, 54, Spanish professional golfer. (born 1957)
  • May 19: Garret FitzGerald, 85, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland. (born 1926)
  • May 24: Fănuș Neagu, 79, Romanian author and memoirist. (born 1932)
  • May 29
    • Sergei Bagapsh, 62, 2nd President of the Republic of Abkhazia. (born 1949)
    • Ferenc Mádl, 80, 2nd President of Hungary. (born 1931)

June

July

August
  • August 7
    • Harri Holkeri, 74, 57th Prime Minister of Finland. (born 1937)
    • Nancy Wake, 98, New Zealand-born French Resistance fighter. (born 1912)
  • August 16: Andrej Bajuk, 67, 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia. (born 1943)
  • August 31: Valery Rozhdestvensky, 72, Russian cosmonaut. (born 1939)

September

October
  • October 1: Sven Tumba, 80, Swedish ice hockey player. (born 1931)
  • October 7: Ramiz Alia, 85, 1st President of Albania. (born 1925)
  • October 16: Dan Wheldon, 33, English racing driver. (born 1978)
  • October 23: Marco Simoncelli, 24, Italian professional motorcycle racer. (born 1987)
  • October 29: Jimmy Savile, 84, English DJ, television presenter, media personality and charity fundraiser. (born 1926)
  • October 31: Flórián Albert, 70, Hungarian international footballer. (born 1941)

November

December
  • December 1: Christa Wolf, 82, German literary critic, novelist, and essayist. (born 1929)
  • December 5: Violetta Villas, 73, Belgian-born Polish singer and actress. (born 1938)
  • December 15: Christopher Hitchens, 62, British American author and journalist. (born 1949)
  • December 18: Václav Havel, 75, Czech playwright, 10th President of Czechoslovakia and 1st President of the Czech Republic. (born 1936)
  • December 24: Johannes Heesters, 108, Dutch actor, singer and entertainer. (born 1903)

See also

References
  1. "Estonia becomes 17th member of the euro zone", BBC News
  2. "Three killed as Albanian police clash with protesters", BBC News
  3. "Suicide bomber kills 35 at Russia's biggest airport", Reuters
  4. "Moscow bombing: Carnage at Russia's Domodedovo airport", BBC News
  5. "German train crash near Magdeburg leaves 10 dead", BBC News
  6. "Why did police charge only 11 rioters over the anti-cuts protests?", The Independent
  7. "Demonstrators swarm central London to protest spending cuts", CNN
  8. "Freak sandstorm causes deadly accident in northeastern Germany", DW.de
  9. "Royal wedding: The world watches William and Kate", BBC News
  10. "Magnitude 5.1 – Spain" Archived 2011-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. Geological Survey
  11. "Spain shocked by deadly earthquake", The Guardian
  12. "Portugal's 78bn euro bail-out is formally approved", BBC News
  13. "Bodies found near site of protests in Georgia", The New York Times
  14. "Iceland's Grímsvötn volcano starts new eruption", BBC News
  15. "Three Russian tourists die in Turkish alcohol poisoning", BBC News
  16. "Ratko Mladić: war crimes fugitive arrested in Serbia", The Telegraph
  17. "Spanish police clashed with protesters", Aljazeera
  18. "Four people killed in Wales oil refinery explosion", The Guardian
  19. "Belfast violence flares again as police attacked", BBC News
  20. "At least 55 dead, dozens missing after ship sinks in Russia", CNN
  21. "Serbia arrests last Balkan war crimes fugitive", USA Today
  22. "Bomb blast, youth-camp gunman devastate Norway; at least 87 dead", The Wall Street Journal
  23. "At least 80 dead in Norway shooting", The New York Times
  24. "Norway attacks: Police search farm for clues after shooting, explosion leave 94 dead", The Washington Post
  25. "Mine explosion in Ukraine kills 17", The New York Times
  26. "Elevator collapse kills one, injuries 8 in east Ukrainian mine", Xinhua
  27. "Riots in Tottenham after Mark Duggan shooting protest", BBC News
  28. "Britain's rioters count cost of unrest as order restored", CNN
  29. "Russian cargo plane crash in Magadan kills 11", BBC News
  30. "Poland: Train passenger killed in derailment", BBC News
  31. "The day hope died: No survivors in mining disaster", The Independent
  32. "Four miners trapped in Swansea Valley mine, three freed", BBC News
  33. "Bulgaria's President, PM unite to assuage ethnic tension fears", Novinite.com
  34. "Violent protests in Italian capital", The Irish Times
  35. "ETA expected to announce definitive end to four decades of violence", The Guardian
  36. "Magnitude 7.1 – Eastern Turkey" Archived 2011-10-24 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. Geological Survey
  37. "Weatherwatch: Heavy rain storms sweep cars away", The Guardian
  38. "Leaders agree eurozone debt deal after late-night talks", BBC News
  39. "EU leaders reach a deal to tackle debt crisis", USA Today
  40. "Seven confirmed dead in M5 accident in Somerset", BBC News
  41. "Aid worker one of at least 12 dead in latest Turkey quake", USA Today
  42. "Rescuers call off Russian Far East oil rig search", RIA Novosti
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