Heads of State, heads of government, leaders of administrative divisions, heads of organisations and religious leaders.

01.01.15 Eurasian Union founded. Switzerland: (Pres), cantons: Aargau, Fribourg, Graubunden, Jure, Lucerne,

Schaffhausen, Solothurn and Zug. Tunisia: (Pres). OSCE: (chair). Lithuania: Adopts the Euro.

02.01.15 Armenia: Accessed to the Eurasian Union.

09.01.15 Sri Lanka: (Pres, PM), Mali: (PM), Mozambique: (PM).

14.01.15 Italy: (Pres).

15.01.15 Mozambique: (Pres).

16.01.15 Haiti: (PM).

17.01.15 Mozambique: (PM). Madagascar: (PM).

18.01.15 Added Lundy Island to English polities.

20.01.15 Additions to French provinces to 1790.

23.01.15 Saudi Arabia: King and PM.

25.01.15 Zambia: (Pres).

30.01.15 African Union: (Chair).

03.02.15 Italy: (Pres).

06.02.15 Tunisia: (PM). Yemen: (Pres).

16.02.15 South Korea: (PM). East-Timor (PM).

18.02.15 Croatia: (PM). Moldova: (PM). St Kitts and Nevis: (PM).

Deaths of 2015

01 Jan - Omar Karami, Lepanese statesman, 1990-92, 2004-05 (1934).

01 Jan - Mario Cuomo, American politician, governor of New York 1983-94 (1932).

23 Jan - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia 2005-2015 (1924).

31 Jan - Richard von Weizaecker, German statesman, Pres of Germany 1990-94,

Pres of West Germany 1984-90, Mayor of West Berlin 1981-84.