regional history

history of italy




Timeline of Events
YearMonthDayEvent
62 Feb 05 Earthquake In Pompeii, Italy
421 Mar 25 Legend Says Venice Founded At Noon
461 Aug 02 General Deposes Roman Emperor Near Tortona
489 Aug 28 Theodoric Forces Into Italy By Defeating Odoacer
915 Dec 03 Italian Berengar I Crowned Holy Roman Emperor
1077 Apr 03 The First Parliament Of Friuli Is Created
1341 Apr 14 Manfred V Sacked Saluzzo, Italy
1355 Jan 06 Charles I Crowned King Of Italy
1377 Feb 03 Cesena, Italy: Papal Troops Kill 2,000
1494 Nov 18 French King Charles VIII Occupies Florence Italy
1498 May 23 Savonarola Burned At Stake In Italy
1502 Jun 15 Columbus Lands On Martinique On Fourth Voyage
1503 Feb 13 Italian And French Knights Battle At Barletta
1524 Oct 27 French Troops Lay Siege To Pavia
1527 May 16 Florentines Defeat Medici Forces, Again
1544 Jul 19 Boulogne Is Beside In The Italian Wars
1555 Jul 02 Targut Reis Attacks Paola
1556 Jun 13 Pomponio Nenna was Born
1571 Oct 07 Holy League Annihilates Turkish Fleet
1737 Nov 04 The Teatro Di San Carlo Is Inaugurated
1738 Apr 15 Handel Opera ""Serse"" Premiers In London
1783 Feb 05 Tremors In Calabria
1797 Jan 07 The Modern Italian Flag Is First Used
1805 Mar 17 Napoleon Becomes King Of Italy
1814 Jul 13 Carabinieri Is Established
1860 Sep 07 Garibaldi Occupies The City Of Naples
1861 Mar 17 The Kingdom Of Italy Is Proclaimed
1866 Jun 24 Custoza: Austrians Defeat Italians
1866 Oct 22 Venento, Mantua Plebiscite Ratifies Italian Annexation
1870 Sep 20 Rome Taken, Italian Unification Complete
1882 May 20 The Triple Alliance Is Formed
1890 Jan 01 Italy Makes Eritrea A Colony
1895 Jan 13 Italians Attack Ethiopia At Coatit
1898 May 08 Italian Football League First Plays
1907 Jan 06 A Daycare And School Opened In Rome, Italy
1911 Sep 29 Italy Declares War On Ottoman Empire
1912 May 04 Italy Occupies The Greek Island Of Rhodes
1912 Oct 19 Italy Takes Tripoli, Libya
1915 May 23 Italy Joins World War 1 Allies
1915 Jul 07 First Battle Of Isonzo Ends
1916 Aug 28 Italy Declares War On Germany
1918 Nov 04 Austria-Hungary Surrenders To Italy
1922 Oct 28 Mussolini's Fascists March On Rome
1922 Oct 30 Mussolini Becomes Prime Minister Of Italy
1922 Nov 17 Sultan Mehmen Exiled In Italy
1924 Mar 03 Free State Of Fiume Annexed
1924 Jun 10 Matteotti Kidnapped, Killed By Fascists In Rome
1927 Oct 25 Principessa Mafalda Sinks. Killing 314
1929 Feb 11 Italy And Vatican Sign Treaty
1929 Jul 23 Italy's Government Bans Foreign Words
1935 Jan 07 France, Italy Reach Agreement
1935 Oct 03 Italy Invades Ehtiopia
1935 Oct 19 League Of Nations Places Sanctions On Italy
1936 Feb 10 Italy Attacks Ethiopia At Ambra Aradam
1936 May 05 Italian Troops Occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1936 Jul 26 Axis Powers Intervene In Civil War
1937 Mar 18 Guadalajara: Spanish Defeat Italians
1937 Dec 11 Italy Leaves The League Of Nations
1939 Apr 07 Italy Invades Albania
1939 May 22 Germany And Italy Sign Pact (WWII)
1939 May 29 Albanian Leader Appointed To Italian Chamber
1940 Jun 10 Italy Declares War On France And Uk
1940 Jun 17 British 11th Army Defeats Italians In Libya
1940 Jun 20 WWII: Italians Unsuccessfully Attempt France Invasion
1940 Nov 02 Greece, Italy Clash In Elaia, Kalamas
1941 Jan 18 British Counter Italian East Africa
1942 May 26 Battle Of Gazala Takes Place
1943 May 13 World War II, German And Italians Surrendered
1943 Jul 22 WWII: Allied Forces Capture Palermo
1943 Sep 08 Dwight Announces Armistice With Italy During WWII
1943 Sep 09 The Allies Landed In Italy
1943 Oct 13 Italy Sides With Allies, Declares War On Germany
1944 Jan 29 Bologna Theatre Destroyed In Air Raid
1944 Jan 30 WWII: Battle Of Cisterna Begins In Italy
1944 Feb 07 German Forces Launch A Counteroffensive
1944 Feb 15 Assault On Monte Cassino Begins
1944 Mar 18 Eruption Of Mount Vesuvius Kills 23
1948 Jan 01 The Constitution Of Italy Comes Into Force
1951 Dec 24 Libya Independent, Idris I Becomes King
1962 Oct 27 Mystery Surrounds Enrico Mattei's Plane Crash
1964 Feb 27 Italian Government Seeks Help In Saving Pisa Tower
1965 Jul 16 France, Italy Linked By Mont Blanc Tunnel
1973 Jul 10 Getty III Is Kidnapped In Rome
1973 Nov 22 Fascist Ordine Nuovo Is Disbanded
1976 Jul 10 The Seveso Disaster Occurs In Italy
1981 Dec 17 American General Abducted In Italy
1987 May 22 New Zealand Hosts First Rugby World Cup
2000 Jun 13 Italy Pardons Agca, Turkish Gunman
2009 Apr 06 307 Die In Earthquake In Italy
2013 Oct 03 134 Migrants Killed When Boat Sinks Near Italian Island