21st century

====2007====
* [[January 1]] – [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]] [[2007 enlargement of the European Union|join]] the [[European Union]].
* [[January 9]] – Apple CEO [[Steve Jobs]] introduces the original [[iPhone (1st generation)|iPhone]] at a Macworld keynote in [[San Francisco]], starting the new era of smartphones with this invention.
* [[January 25]] – A [[Fatah–Hamas conflict|civil war]] escalates in the [[Gaza Strip]] throughout June, which would result in the [[Hamas]] driving most [[Fatah]]-loyal forces out from the Strip. In reaction, Palestinian president [[Mahmoud Abbas]] dismisses Hamas Prime Minister [[Ismail Haniyeh]] and dissolves the Hamas-ruled parliament. Scattered conflict continues.
* [[January 31]] – Boston faces a [[2007 Boston Mooninite panic|hoax bomb scare]], as a result of [[LED]] placards of [[List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force characters#Ignignokt and Err|Ignignokt and Err]] from [[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]] being mistaken as an [[improvised explosive device]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://wgbhnews.org/post/mooninite-invasion-boston-6-years-later | title=GBH News | access-date=2022-09-15 | archive-date=2014-07-31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731012118/http://wgbhnews.org/post/mooninite-invasion-boston-6-years-later | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 25]] – [[Pratibha Patil]] becomes the first woman to be elected [[President of India]].
* [[December 13]] – 27 EU member states sign the [[Treaty of Lisbon]], with the treaty coming into effect on [[December 1]], 2009.
* 2007–2008 – [[2007-08 Kenyan crisis|Crisis]] follows the [[2007 Kenyan presidential election|Kenyan presidential election of 2007]], leading to the formation of a coalition government, with [[Mwai Kibaki]] as president and [[Raila Odinga]] as prime minister.