Timeline of Italian history

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This is a timeline of Italian history. To read about the background to these events, see History of Italy.

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[edit] 19th century

See also Italian unification, History of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars

• 1861
  • 17 March - Most of the states of the Italian peninsula are united under king Victor Emmanuel II of the Savoy dynasty.
• 1870
  • 20 September - Rome, previously under Papal control, is united to Italy.
  • 2 October - Rome replaces Florence as the capital city of Italy.

[edit] 20th century

See also Italian Campaign (World War I), Military history of Italy during World War II, History of the Italian Republic

• 1922
• 27 October–29 October - The March on Rome: Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party seizes power.
• 1923
  • June - The Italian Parliament passes the Acerbo Law allowing Mussolini control of the electoral system.
  • August - Corfu incident: a diplomatic incident occurs between Greece and Italy.
• 1935
  • October - beginning of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
• 1939
  • 7 April - Italian invasion of Albania.
  • 22 May - Mussolini signs the Pact of Steel with Nazi Germany.
• 1940
  • 10 June - World War II: Mussolini declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
• 1943–1945
  • Italian Campaign: Allied forces launch an invasion of Italy.
• 1943
  • 25 July - Mussolini dismissed as Prime Minister by Victor Emmanuel III following a vote of no confidence.
  • 3 September - Marshal Pietro Badoglio signs an armistice with the Allies.
• 1946
  • 2 June - Birth of the Italian Republic: Italy becomes a republic after the results of a popular referendum.
• 1963
  • 30 June - Ciaculli massacre: a bomb intended for the mafia boss Salvatore Greco "Ciaschiteddu" explodes in Ciaculli killing seven police and military officers.
  • 9 October - 3000 people die when a landslide at the Vajont Dam north of Venice causes a megatsunami.
• 1969
  • 12 December - Piazza Fontana bombing: far-right terrorists bomb the Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Milan.
• 1978
  • 16 March - Kidnapping of the former Prime Minister Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades.
  • 9 May - Moro killed after the government refuses to negotiate with the Communist group.
• 1994
  • 27 April - Media magnate Silvio Berlusconi becomes Prime Minister.
• 1996
  • 17 May - Romano Prodi becomes Prime Minister.

[edit] 21st century

• 2001
  • 11 June - Berlusconi's second term as Prime Minister begins.
• 2006
  • 17 May - Prodi's second term as Prime Minister begins.