This is a list of 2013 events that occurred in Europe.
Events
Albania
Andorra
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
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Croatia
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Cyprus
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Estonia
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Finland
France
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Georgia
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
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Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
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Turkey
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Events
January
February
- February 9
- Five people were killed in a plane crash at Charleroi airport in Belgium. The airport was closed shortly after the crash.
- German Education Minister, Annette Schavan, resigned after Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf stripped her of her doctorate over plagiarism accusations.
- February 11
- An underground methane gas explosion killed up to 18 miners at a coal pit in northern Russia.
- A minibus exploded on the SyriaâÂÂTurkey border, killing at least 13 people and injuring 50 others.
- February 13: At least five people were killed when a plane carrying football fans attempted an emergency landing and caught fire in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
- February 15: A Chelyabinsk meteor broke up in the vicinity of the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. According to Chelyabinsk's health department, around 1,200 people were injured, two of whom seriously, from the shattering of windows caused by the shockwaves and the debris.
- February 18: Incumbent Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan won Armenia's presidential election with over 58 percent of the vote.
- February 20: Bulgaria's government resigned from office after nationwide protests against high electricity prices and austerity measures.
- February 21: Some 30,000 angry workers took to the streets of Brussels to demonstrate against austerity measures planned by the Belgian government.
- February 24: Nicos Anastasiades, the conservative leader in Cyprus, won the presidential election with 57.5% of the vote.
- February 27: A shooting at a wood-processing company in central Switzerland has left three people dead and seven wounded, some of them seriously.
- February 28
- Benedict XVI resigned as Pope, the first to do so since Gregory XII in 1415, and the first to do so voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294.
- Parliament of Slovenia ousted Prime Minister Janez JanÃ
¡a amid corruption allegations.
March
- March 5: The Government of Moldova, led by Prime Minister Vlad Filat, was dismissed after a motion of censure voted by 54 MPs.
- March 10: A fire at a mixed-use building in the southwestern German town of Backnang killed eight people.
- March 13: Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the Catholic Church's Pope, taking the name Francis I.
- March 15: About fifty cars were involved in a chain accident on the M7 motorway in Hungary. At least one person died and another 40 were wounded.
- March 16: Eurozone finance ministers agreed a 10 billion-euro bailout package for Cyprus to save the country from bankruptcy.
- March 19: Two football fans were killed and 52 injured in a bus crash in central Poland.
- March 28: A bus crash in northwest Russia killed six people and injured at least 23 others, including orphans returning from a field trip.
April
May
- May 1
- Three policemen were killed and two wounded after unknown assailants opened gun fire on their car in Buynaksk, Russia.
- At least 20 people were arrested and 10 injured after protesters and police clashed in Istanbul.
- May 3: Twenty people were injured and more than one hundred houses were damaged in a series of tornadoes in Northern Italy.
- May 8: A fuel train derailed in Russia's Rostov Oblast causing a massive fire with one person missing, 44 injured and 3,000 evacuated.
- May 11: 52 people were killed and over 140 injured in two car bombings in Reyhanlñ, Turkey, near the Syrian border.
- May 20
- At least four people were killed and 46 injured after two bombs exploded in the capital of Russia's Dagestan Republic, Makhachkala.
- Three Brazilian tourists have been killed and 22 more wounded after two hot-air balloons collided in Turkey.
- May 22: British Army soldier Lee Rigby was killed by two attackers in Woolwich district of London. Both were subsequently shot and apprehended by police. The UK government treated this murdering as a terrorist incident.
- May 23: A series of unprecedented riots in Stockholm resulted in widespread damage and seven arrests.
- May 26: Nearly 300 people have been arrested during demonstrations in Paris over a new law allowing gay marriage.
- May 31: Eight people died and more than 8,163 sustained injuries after police and demonstrators clashed in Taksim Square, Istanbul.
June
July
August
- August 5: A semi-trailer truck caught fire in Norway's Gudvanga Tunnel, leading to the evacuation of 160 people, 55 of whom were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation and other injuries.
- August 6: An ammonia leak at Horlivka chemical plant, Ukraine, has killed five people and sickened more than 20.
- August 20
- Russian police killed nine suspected militants, including a prominent warlord, in a clash in the restive North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.
- At least three people have been killed and five others injured when a gunman opened fire in a restaurant in a village in southern Germany.
- August 23: Four people have died after a Super Puma helicopter, carrying 18, crashed into the sea near Shetland.
- August 28: A small plane crashed in western Germany, killing four adults and one child and injuring three other children.
- August 30: A motorway pile-up killed three Romanians and injured 33 other people, including Bulgarians, Serbs and Turks, close to the Hungarian capital Budapest.
September
October
- October 3: At least 359 African migrants have died and 50 are missing after a boat carrying them to Europe sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.
- October 11: At least 27 people died when a boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsized in the Strait of Sicily.
- October 13: Over 380 people were detained after an anti-migrant Russian nationalist riot in southern Moscow.
- October 19: Ten parachutists and a pilot have died after the plane they were in crashed shortly after taking off in Belgium.
- October 21: A suspected female suicide bomber has set off explosives on a bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, killing six people and injuring 37.
- October 25: The St Jude storm hit Northern Europe causing at least 17 deaths with flights and train services cancelled.
- October 28: A gas leak at a coal mine in Spain has killed six people and left five injured.
November
- November 1: Two people, members of the far-right Greek political party Golden Dawn, were killed in a drive-by shooting, outside the offices of Golden Dawn in Neo Irakleio, Athens.
- November 4: A man fatally stabbed three people on a bus en route between ÃÂ
rdal and Tyin in Norway.
- November 15: Twelve migrants were found dead after a plastic boat capsized off the coast of Lefkada, Greece.
- November 18: A passenger plane has crashed at an airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on board.
- November 19: At least 18 people have been killed in flooding prompted by a cyclone and heavy rain that lashed the Italian island of Sardinia.
- November 21: At least 54 people have been killed and 39 injured after the roof of a Maxima superstore collapsed in Riga, Latvia.
- November 30: Nine people were killed and 32 injured after a police helicopter crashed into a busy pub in Glasgow.
December
Deaths
January
- January 3: Sergiu Nicolaescu, 82, Romanian film director, actor and politician. (born 1930)
- January 6: Gerard Helders, 107, Dutch politician. (born 1905)
- January 15: Princess Margarita of Baden, 80. (born 1932)
- January 21: Michael Winner, 77, English film director and producer. (born 1935)
- January 23: Józef Glemp, 83, Polish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. (born 1929)
February
- February 16: Tony Sheridan, 72, English rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist. (born 1940)
- February 18: Kevin Ayers, 68, English singer-songwriter. (born 1944)
- February 22: Wolfgang Sawallisch, 89, German conductor and pianist. (born 1923)
- February 23: Julien Ries, 92, Belgian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. (born 1920)
- February 26: Stéphane Hessel, 95, French diplomat and writer. (born 1917)
March
- March 6: Alvin Lee, 68, English rock guitarist and singer. (born 1944)
- March 7
- Peter Banks, 65, English guitarist. (born 1947)
- Damiano Damiani, 90, Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. (born 1922)
- March 10: Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, 97. (born 1915)
- March 12: Clive Burr, 56, English drummer. (born 1957)
- March 19: Irina Petrescu, 71, Romanian film actress. (born 1941)
- March 21: Pietro Mennea, 60, Italian sprinter and politician. (born 1952)
- March 23: Boris Berezovsky, 67, Russian business oligarch. (born 1946)
- March 27: Hjalmar Andersen, 90, Norwegian skater. (born 1923)
- March 28: Richard Griffiths, 65, English actor of stage, film and television. (born 1947)
April
- April 2: Jesús Franco, 82, Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. (born 1930)
- April 3: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 85, German-born British novelist and screenwriter. (born 1927)
- April 8
- Margaret Thatcher, 87, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (born 1925)
- Sara Montiel, 85, Spanish singer and actress. (born 1928)
- April 9: Paolo Soleri, 93, Italian-born American architect. (born 1919)
- April 10: Robert G. Edwards, 87, British Nobel physiologist. (born 1925)
- April 11: Hilary Koprowski, 96, Polish virologist and immunologist. (born 1916)
- April 14: Colin Davis, 85, English conductor. (born 1927)
- April 18: Storm Thorgerson, 69, English graphic designer. (born 1944)
- April 19: François Jacob, 92, French Nobel biologist. (born 1920)
- April 28: János Starker, 88, Hungarian-born American cellist. (born 1924)
May
- May 4: Christian de Duve, 95, Belgian Nobel cytologist and biochemist. (born 1917)
- May 6: Giulio Andreotti, 94, 41st Prime Minister of Italy. (born 1919)
- May 9: Alfredo Landa, 80, Spanish actor. (born 1933)
- May 9: Heinrich Rohrer, 79, Swiss Nobel physicist (born 1933)
- May 22: Henri Dutilleux, 97, French composer. (born 1916)
- May 23: Georges Moustaki, 79, French singer-songwriter. (born 1934)
June
- June 7: Pierre Mauroy, 84, Prime Minister of France (1981âÂÂ1984). (born 1928)
- June 9: Iain Banks, 59, Scottish author. (born 1954)
- June 15: Heinz Flohe, 65, German footballer and manager. (born 1948)
- June 16
- Josip KuÃ
¾e, 60, Croatian football coach and former player. (born 1952)
- Ottmar Walter, 89, German footballer. (born 1924)
- June 19: Gyula Horn, 80, 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary. (born 1932)
- June 24: Emilio Colombo, 93, 40th Prime Minister of Italy. (born 1920)
- June 26: Marc Rich, 78, Belgian businessman. (born 1934)
- June 27: Alain Mimoun, 92, French runner and Olympic marathon champion. (born 1921)
July
- July 3: Radu Vasile, 70, Prime Minister of Romania (1998âÂÂ1999). (born 1942)
- July 19
- Mel Smith, 60, English comedian, writer, film director, producer and actor. (born 1952)
- Bert Trautmann, 89, German-born British professional footballer. (born 1923)
- July 25: Bernadette Lafont, 74, French actress. (born 1938)
- July 30: Antoni Ramallets, 89, Spanish footballer. (born 1924)
August
- August 10: László Csizsik-Csatáry, 98, Hungarian Nazi war criminal. (born 1915)
- August 12: Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, 44, Dutch royal. (born 1968)
- August 18
- DezsÃ
 Gyarmati, 85, Hungarian water polo player. (born 1927)
- Florin CioabÃÂ, 58, self-proclaimed king of the Gypsies. (born 1954)
- August 20: Marian McPartland, 95, English-born American jazz pianist. (born 1918)
- August 30: Seamus Heaney, 74, Irish Nobel poet. (born 1939)
- August 31: David Frost, 74, British journalist and broadcaster. (born 1939)
September
- September 2: Ronald Coase, 102, British Nobel economist. (born 1910)
- September 5: Rochus Misch, 96, German bodyguard of Adolf Hitler. (born 1917)
- September 23: Geo Saizescu, 80, Romanian actor and film director. (born 1932)
October
- October 3: Sergei Belov, 69, Russian professional basketball player. (born 1944)
- October 7: Patrice Chéreau, 68, French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer. (born 1944)
- October 9: Wilfried Martens, 77, 60th and 62nd Prime Minister of Belgium. (born 1936)
- October 11
- MarÃÂa de Villota, 33, Spanish racing driver. (born 1980)
- Erich Priebke, 100, German SS captain and war criminal. (born 1913)
- October 14: Bruno Metsu, 59, French footballer and football manager. (born 1954)
- October 15: Rudolf Friedrich, 90, member of the Swiss Federal Council. (born 1923)
- October 23: Anthony Caro, 89, English abstract sculptor. (born 1924)
- October 24: Manolo Escobar, 82, Spanish singer. (born 1931)
- October 28: Tadeusz Mazowiecki, 86, 1st Prime Minister of Poland. (born 1927)
- October 30: Anca Petrescu, 64, chief architect of the Romanian Palace of the Parliament. (born 1949)
November
- November 12: John Tavener, 69, British composer. (born 1944)
- November 15: Glafcos Clerides, 94, 4th President of Cyprus. (born 1919)
- November 17: Doris Lessing, 94, British Nobel novelist. (born 1919)
- November 19: Frederick Sanger, 95, British Nobel biochemist. (born 1918)
- November 25: Bill Foulkes, 81, English footballer. (born 1932)
- November 28: Mitja RibiÃÂiÃÂ, 94, Slovene politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia. (born 1919)
December
- December 1: Heinrich Boere, 92, Dutch-German Nazi war criminal. (born 1921)
- December 7: ÃÂdouard Molinaro, 85, French film director and screenwriter. (born 1928)
- December 8: John Cornforth, 96, Australian-British Nobel chemist. (born 1917)
- December 14: Peter O'Toole, 81, British actor. (born 1932)
- December 18: Ronnie Biggs, 84, British criminal. (born 1929)
- December 23: Mikhail Kalashnikov, 94, Russian general and small arms designer. (born 1919)
- December 26: Marta Eggerth, 101, Hungarian silent film actress. (born 1912)
- December 29: Wojciech Kilar, 81, Polish composer. (born 1932)
- December 30: Eero Mäntyranta, 76, Finnish skier. (born 1937)
Sports
Arts and entertainment
Architecture
Nobel Prizes
Major religious holidays
- January 6: Baptism of Jesus, commonly known as Epiphany
- February 1: Imbolc, a Cross-quarter day
- February 13: Ash Wednesday
- March 20: Spring equinox, also known as Ostara
- March 24: Palm Sunday
- March 29: Good Friday
- March 31: Easter (celebrated by the Western Christianity)
- May 1: Beltane, a Cross-quarter day
- May 5: Easter (celebrated by the Eastern Christianity)
- May 9: Feast of the Ascension (celebrated by the Western Christianity)
- May 19: Pentecost (celebrated by the Western Christianity)
- June 21: Summer solstice, also known as Midsummer
- July 9: Ramadan, Muslims holy month of fasting begins
- August 1: Lammas, a Cross-quarter day
- August 7: Eid al-Fitr, Muslims end of fasting celebration
- August 15: Assumption of Mary, preceded by two weeks of fasting
- September 8: Nativity of the Theotokos
- September 22: Autumn equinox, also known as Mabon
- October 15: Eid al-Adha
- November 1
- Samhain, a Cross-quarter day
- All Saints' Day/All Souls' Day
- December 1: Advent begins
- December 21: Winter solstice, also known as Yule
- December 25: Nativity of Jesus, commonly known as Christmas
See also
References