Year 2015 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 2015

The year 2015 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 2015 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

World Events

Important Historical Events of the Year 2015 in World ⚡

Date	Incident/Event
27 february	Russian statesman and politician Boris Nemtsov was assassinated in central Moscow while returning from a meal out.
24 march	The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 deliberately crashed the aircraft in a mass murder–suicide in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
13 april	Czech politician Vít Jedli?ka proclaimed the micronation Liberland on a patch of land between Croatia and Serbia that had been unclaimed by either side due to a territorial dispute.
24 may	The Republic of Ireland voted to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote. The marriage is recognized irrespective of the sex of the partners. The result requires ratification in the Oireachtas before going into legal effect, though it is estimated that the first same-sex marriages will take place in autumn 2015.
03 june	The United States presidential election of 2016 is expected to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. It will be the 58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election. Voters in the election will select presidential electors who in turn will elect a new President and Vice President of the United States. The incumbent president, Barack Obama, is ineligible to be elected to a third term due to term limits in the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution.
04 june	St Benet's Hall at Oxford University decides to admit women, making it the last of the University's institutions to do so.
21 june	June 21 was declared as the International Day of Yoga by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 2014. Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice or discipline that originated in India. In suggesting June 21, which is the Summer Solstice, as the International Day of Yoga, Narendra Modi had said that the date is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and has special significance in many parts of the world.
30 May	English batsman Alastair Cook became the highest run-scorer for England in Test cricket.
04 June	A fire at a petrol pump in Ghana killed more than 200 people.
17 June	The gunman killed nine people in a church in South Carolina, USA.
02 July	In the Philippines, 62 people died when a boat carrying 220 passengers drowned.
10 July	23 people died in a stampede while taking clothes being distributed for free in Mamansingh district of Bangladesh.
14 July	NASA's New Horizon became the first spacecraft to visit Pluto.
16 July	Scientists released close-up photographs of the planet Plutte.
27 July	The 11th President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam died in Shillong.
01 October	280 people died due to heavy rains and landslides in Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala.
04 October	Indian film director and producer Idida Nageswara Rao passed away.
26 October	A 7.5-magnitude earthquake in the Hindukush mountain range of northeastern Afghanistan killed 398 people and injured 2536.
29 October	China announced the abolition of a child policy.
31 October	All 224 people on board the plane were killed after Russian airline Koglimavia crashed in plane 9268 in Northern Sinai
04 November	A building collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan, killing 45 and injuring about 100 people.
07 November	Indian director and poet Bappaditya Bandopadhyay died.
20 November	At least 19 people were taken hostage in Bamako, the capital of the African country of Mali.
13 August	In Baghdad, Iraq, a bomb explosion killed 76 people and injured 212 others.
24 August	American football player and coach Charlie Coffee passed away.
18 December	Britain's coal mine Kellingley Callery was closed.
07 January	In Paris, two gunmen attacked the office of Charlie Abdo magazine, killing 12 people and injuring 11 others.
12 January	143 militants of the terrorist organization Boko Haram were killed in an encounter with security forces in Cameroon.
22 January	The explosion in Donetsk, Ukraine killed 13 people.
25 January	Miss Colombia Polina Vega became Miss Universe 2014.
20 February	49 people died in two train collisions in the city of Rafz, Switzerland.
07 March	Five suicide bombings of terrorist organization Boko Haram in Maiduguri city of Nigeria killed 54 people and injured 143 people.
02 April	140 people were killed in a gun attack at Garissa University in Kenya.
05 April	American actress Julia Wilson died.
07 April	American actor Geoffrey Lewis passed away.
08 April	Indian journalist and famous writer Jayakantan passed away.
11 January	Kolinda Gruber Kitarovic was elected as the first female Prime Minister of Croatia.
27 February	Russian politician Boris Nemtsov was assassinated in Moscow.
07 March	54 people were killed and 143 injured in a suicide bombing in the town of Maiduguri, Igeria.
02 April	140 people died in a gun attack on Garissa College in Kenya.
04 May	Stuart Bingham won the 2015 World Snooker Championship.
26 June	A suicide bomber at a mosque in Saudi Arabia, carrying a Shia Imam al Sadiq in Kuwait, killed 27 and injured 227.
05 July	7th Women's "Football World Cup: United States defeated Japan 5–2 in Vancouver.
13 August	76 people were killed and 212 injured by ISIL truck bomb in Baghdad, Iraq.
12 September	Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labor Party in Britain.
10 October	At least 95 people were killed and 200 injured in a bomb blast at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey.
12 November	A suicide bombing killed 43 in Lebanon.
12 December	First woman member elected in municipal council election in Saudi Arabia.

India Events

Important Historical Events of the Year 2015 in India ⚡

Date	Incident/Event
21 june	June 21 was declared as the International Day of Yoga by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 2014. Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice or discipline that originated in India. In suggesting June 21, which is the Summer Solstice, as the International Day of Yoga, Narendra Modi had said that the date is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and has special significance in many parts of the world.
27 July	The 11th President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam died in Shillong.
04 October	Indian film director and producer Idida Nageswara Rao passed away.
07 November	Indian director and poet Bappaditya Bandopadhyay died.
08 April	Indian journalist and famous writer Jayakantan passed away.