21ST CENTURY

21st century[edit]

Year	Date	Event
2001		"French government adopts a law that requires every French Web page to be officially archived."[2]
2002	2 January	Introduction of the first euro coins and bills replacing the legacy currency, the franc.
2004	15 March	A law bans "conspicuous" religious symbols in schools. The law is renowned to target the Islamic headscarf, but forbids also Christian and Jewish symbols.
2005	October and November	suburban riots especially involving Muslims.
2007	15 May	Nicolas Sarkozy began his term as president of France.
2010	14 September	A law to ban face covering from public space is passed by the Senate of France. The law had been previously passed by the National Assembly of France on 13 July 2010. The law is renowned to target the burqa and the niqab, that President Sarkozy declared "not welcome" in France.
2011	19 March	France leads the NATO intervention in Libya to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi. The Libyan leader is eventually killed on 20 October 2011.
2012	6 May	François Hollande began his term as president of France.
2013	11 January	Beginning of the French intervention in Mali against Islamic militants known as Operation Serval (11 January 2013 - 15 July 2014)
	18 May	Same-sex marriage becomes legal in France, the thirteenth country worldwide to allow it.
2015	7–9 January	17 people, including three police officers, are killed in two terrorist attacks by Muslim extremists; the Charlie Hebdo shooting targeted a magazine which published cartoons of Mohammed.[3]
	10–11 January	Some 3.7 million people demonstrate nationwide against terrorism and for freedom of speech following the terrorist attack at Charlie Hebdo.
	13 November	ISIS sends three teams of suicide bombers to attack multiple targets in Paris including a soccer stadium, a concert, and several restaurants; over 120 dead.