2006 Italy wins the World Cup 5-3 vs. France
2006 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy
1998 250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die and 50 hurt
1998 U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20
1997 Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map
1996 27th New York City Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54
1994 Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest, 62, mother
1994 Brazil beats Italy in a shoot out, for their 4th soccer world cup
1994 Giovanni Goria, PM of Italy (1987-88), dies
1994 Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election
1992 Colombo '92 closes in Genoa, Italy
1992 Cole Sprouse, born in Arezzo, Italy, actor, Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire
1992 Dylan Sprouse, born in Arezzo, Italy, actor, Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire
1992 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected president of Italy
1992 Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy
1991 Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138
1991 Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 mins
1991 Vasco Pratolini, Italy, writer (Ragazze di San Frediano), dies at 77
1990 Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game
1990 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19
1990 Sandro Pertini, president of Italy (1978, 85), dies at 93
1990 Mariano Rumor, Italy's PM (1968-70, 73-1974), dies
1989 Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy
1988 Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90
1988 Andy Hampton is 1st American to win Round of Italy
1988 Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71), dies at 89
1988 Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament), dies at 73
1988 Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92
1988 Italy government of De Mita forms
1987 Bettino Craxi's Socialist Party wins election in Italy
1987 Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Auschwitz), dies at 67
1985 U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody
1985 Dam in Fiemme Valley Italy bursts; 200-300 die
1984 Enrico Berlinguer, Secretary-General (CP) Italy, dies
1984 Revised concordat between Italy and Vatican signed
1984 Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km
1983 Bettino Craxi sworn in as premier of Italy
1983 Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies
1982 Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF)
1982 Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid
1982 U.S. Gen Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua Italy
1980 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy
1980 Reinhold Messner of Italy is 1st to solo ascent Mt Everest
1980 Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed
1979 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0)
1978 Denny Mendez, Miss Italy Universe 1997
1978 Alessandro Pertini elected President of Italy
1978 Italy's President Leone resigns due to Lockheed affair
1978 Italy legalizes abortion
1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy
1978 Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed
1978 Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists
1977 Francesca Lubiani, Bologna Italy, tennis star, Futures-Amadora-POR
1977 Italy legalizes abortion
1976 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy
1976 Berlinguers PCI wins election in Italy
1976 Adriana Serra-Zanetti, born in Modena Italy, tennis star, 1995 Moscow semi
1975 Gloria Pizzichini, born in Italy, tennis star
1975 Italy's Communist party PCI, wins
1975 Rita Grande, born in Napoli, Italy, tennis star, 3rd round 1996 Aust Open
1975 Italy broadens abortion law
1975 Leo Insam, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998
1974 Rumor's government in Italy resigns
1973 Andrea Gaudenzi, born in Faenza, Italy, tennis star, 1990 French Open junior
1973 Markus Brunner, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1973 Stefano Margoni, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1972 Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)
1972 Roland Ramoser, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1972 Brigitta Boccoli, Milan, Italy, actress, Manhattan Baby
1972 Silvia Farina, born in Milan, Italy, tennis star, 1995 Maria Lankowitz doubles
1972 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy
1971 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy
1971 Sergi Bruguera, Italy, tennis star
1970 Dino Felicetti, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1970 63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy
1970 Michela Rocco, born in Udine, Italy, Miss Italy, 1987
1970 Flora Perfetti, born in Faenza, Italy, tennis star
1970 Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship
1970 Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City
1970 Brazil beats Italy, 4-1, to win soccer's World Cup, in Mexico City
1970 Renzo Furlan, Italy, tennis star
1970 Stefania Croce, Bergamo Italy, golfer, 95 State Farm Rail Classic-11
1970 Giuseppe Busillo, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1970 Cristiano Caratti, born in Italy, tennis star, 1987 Orange Bowl boys doubles
1970 Patrick Brugnoli, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1970 Diego Nargiso, Naples Italy, tennis pro
1970 Chris Bartolone, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998
1969 Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Reims-FRA
1968 Scott Donie, Vicenza Italy, diver, Olympics-4th-96
1968 Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr
1968 Stefan Figliuzzi, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1968 Omar Camporese, Italy, tennis star
1968 Deborah Caprioglio, Miestre, Italy, actress, Big Game Hunter
1968 Chad Biafore, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998
1968 Sabrina [Salerno], born in Genoa, Italy, Miss Italy, 1984, and singer, Boys
1968 Bob Nardella, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998
1968 Michael Rosati, hockey goaltender, Team Italy 1998
1967 Laura Golarsa, Milan Italy, tennis star, Oklahoma City doubles
1967 Laura Garrone, Italy, tennis star
1967 Mario Chitarroni, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1967 Valeria Marini, Rome, Italy, sports commentator, Italian Soccer
1967 Lawrence Rucchin, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998
1967 Laura Golarsa, Italy, tennis star
1967 Mario Brunetta, hockey goaltender, Team Italy 1998
1966 Benedicta Boccoli, Milan Italy
1966 Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113
1966 Valeria Golino, Naples Italy, actress, Rain Man, Little Flames
1966 Angela Cavagna, Genoa Italy, singer
1966 Michael De Angelis, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998
1966 Linda Ferrando, Italy, tennis star
1965 David Delfino, hockey goaltender, Team Italy 1998
1965 Raffaella Ragge, Italy, tennis star
1965 Raffaella Reggi, Italy, tennis star
1965 Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Turin Italy, actress, Normal People
1965 Robert Oberrrauch, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998
1965 Lucio Topatigh, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1965 Francesca Dellera, [Cervellera], Rome, Italy, actress, Capriccio
1965 Maurizio Mansi, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1965 Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens
1965 Gianluca Pozzi, born in Bari, Italy, tennis star, 1991 Brisbane
1965 Paolo Cane, born in Italy, tennis star
1965 Hochhuths play "Stellvertreter" banned in Italy
1965 Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star, 1995 Warsaw doubles
1965 Federica Moro, Carate Brianza Italy, Miss Italy, 1982
1965 Loredana Romito, Benevento Italy, model/actress, Fatal Temptation
1964 President Segni of Italy resigns
1964 Amanda Sandrelli, Rome, Italy, actress, The Key
1964 Giuseppe Giannini, Rome, Italy, soccer player, Rome A Team
1964 Isabelle Ferrari, born in Italy, Italy's Miss Teenager
1964 Francesca Neri, Trento Italy, actress, Ages of Lulu
1963 Alessandra Mussolini, Naples Italy, actress, Ferragosto OK
1963 Dam bursts in Italy, 3,000+ die
1963 Dam in Piave valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die
1963 Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy)
1963 Patrizia Pellegrino, born in Naples, Italy, Italy's Miss Teenager 1980
1963 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia
1963 Francesco Cancellotti, Italy, tennis star
1963 1st round-trip swim of Strait of Messina, Italy (Mary Revell of U.S.)
1963 Madusa Miceli, [Debra Ann], Milan Italy, wrestler, WCW
1962 Gaetano Orlando, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1962 Martin Pavlu, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1962 Mariangela D'Abbraccio, Naples Italy, TV actress, Passioni
1962 Antonio Segni becomes president of Italy
1962 Antonio Segni elected president of Italy
1961 Train accident in Italy, 70 die
1961 Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president Italy, dies
1961 Alba Parietti, born in Torino, Italy, actress, Galagoal, Abbronzatissima
1961 Fabio [Lanzoni], born in Italy, romance novels model, Fabio After Dark
1961 Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg, Rome, Italy, concert violinist
1960 Italy beats U.S. in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years U.S. not in finals)
1960 Diego A Maradona, Argentina/Italy soccer player, World Cup
1960 Monica Bellucci, Citta di Castello Italy, actress, Dracula
1960 Cinzia De Ponti, [Fiordeponti], Pescara Italy, Miss Italy 1979
1960 17th Olympic games close in Rome, Italy
1960 Albrecht von Kesselring, German fieldmarshal (Italy), dies at 74
1960 Greta Scacchi, Milan Italy, actress, Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief
1959 Carmen Russo, Genoa Italy, Miss Teenage Italy, 1972
1959 Italy government of Fanfani resigns
1958 Pamela Prati, Rome, Italy, Million $ Cap, 1984, /actress
1958 Lory Del Santo, Verona Italy, Miss Italy, 1980
1957 Christian Dior, French designer (New Look), dies at 52 in Italy
1957 Luca Urbani, Rome, Italy, MD/astronaut, STS 78-alt
1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy
1956 Pietro Badoglio, Premier of Italy (1943-44), dies at 85
1956 Lili Carati, Varese Italy, Miss Italy, 1975, /actress, Alcove
1956 7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1956 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1955 Gloria Guida, Merano Italy, Miss Teenage Italy, 1974
1955 Bruno Zarrillo, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1955 Antonio Segni forms government in Italy
1955 G. Gronchi elected president of Italy
1955 Ornella Muti, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife
1955 Daniele Masala, Italy, pentathelete, Olympics-1976
1955 Enrico Mentana, Milan Italy, Italian newscaster, RAI
1954 Tony Rosato, Naples Italy, comedian, SCTV, SNL, Amanda's
1954 Umberto Guidoni, Rome, Italy, PhD/astronaut, STS 75
1954 Lina Polito, born in Naples, Italy, actress, Love and Anarchy
1954 Mario Scelba forms new government in Italy
1954 Italy's Fanfani government resigns
1953 Arnella Flynn, Rome, Italy, Errol Flynn's daughter
1953 Eleonora Giorgi, Rome, Italy, actress, Nu de Femme, To Forget Venice
1953 Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper, 1980 Olympics gold
1953 Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor, West Berlin Symph Orch
1953 Dalila di Lazzaro, Udine Italy, covergirl/model, Vogue
1952 Isabella Rossellini, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Big Night, Blue Velvet
1951 United Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via UN
1951 Silvia Dionisio, Rome, Italy, actress, Riavanti Marsh!, Amici Miei
1951 Daria Nicolodi, Florence Italy, actress, Terror, Shock
1951 Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom, Olympics gold 1972
1951 Rolando Thoeni, Italy, slalom 1972 Olympics bronze
1950 Loredana Berte, Milan Italy, singer/2nd ex wife of Bjorn Borg
1948 Luigi Einaudi elected president of Italy
1948 Italy adopts constitution
1947 Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78
1947 Klaus Dibiasi, Italy, platform diver, Olympics gold 1968, 72, 76
1947 Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia
1947 Giorgio Chinaglia, soccer star, Lazio of Italy, New York Cosmos
1946 Giuseppe Sinopoli, Venice Italy, conductor and composer, Sunnyata
1946 Franco Malerba, Genoa Italy, astronaut, STS 46
1946 Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy
1946 King Umberto II of Italy abdicates
1946 Stefania Sandrelli, born in Viareggio, Italy, actress, Afredo, Key
1946 Michele Placido, Foggia Italy, actor, La Lupa, Poliziotti
1946 Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy
1946 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, replaced by Umberto
1946 Stefania Sandrelli, Viareggio Italy, actress, Lie, Conformist, 1900
1945 German Army in Italy surrenders
1945 Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed
1945 Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried and shot
1945 U.S. troops in Italy cross river Po
1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
1945 Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy
1944 Nazi murders in Marzabotto, Italy (SS-major Reder)
1944 Allied offensive at "Gothen-linie," Italy
1944 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy
1944 British 8th army reaches suburbs of Florence Italy
1944 U.S. troops occupy Pisa, Italy
1944 Polish troops under gen Anders occupy Ancona Italy
1944 Allied breakthrough in Italy
1944 British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy
1944 British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy
1944 German defense line in Italy collapsed
1944 Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino, Italy
1944 CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy
1944 Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes
1944 Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy
1944 Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocates 521 in Italy
1944 Bombing and shooting at Monte Cassino convent Italy, begins
1944 German troops reconquer Aprilia Italy
1944 Germans launch counteroffensive at Anzio Italy
1944 Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy
1944 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy
1943 British 8th Army occupies Orsogna/Ortona Italy
1943 Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins
1943 Strike of Monte Cassino, Italy begins
1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany
1943 British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy
1943 Benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy
1943 General Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II
1943 British 8th army lands at Taranto South Italy
1943 Giuseppi Gentile, Italy, triple jumper 1968 Olympics bronze
1943 British 8th army lands in South Italy (Messina)
1943 Benito Mussolini captured, dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II
1943 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission, over Italy
1943 Anti fascist strikes in Italy
1943 Mauro Checcoli, Italy, 3 day equestrian, won Olympic gold in 1964
1943 Battle of Anzio: Italy; Allies stopped on beach[1944]-
1942 Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy
1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy
1942 Giancarlo Giannini, La Spezia Italy, actor, Seduction of Mimi
1942 Giancarlo Giannini, born in Spezia, Italy,actor, New York Stories, Sensual Man
1942 Giacomo Agostini, born in Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion
1942 Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist
1941 Dutch government in London declares war on Italy
1941 Germany and Italy declare war on US
1941 China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy
1941 Marina Ripa, Rome, Italy, countess/writer, My First 40 Years
1941 Mariangela Melato, Milan Italy, actress, Flash Gordon, Summer Night
1941 Riccardo Muti, born in Napoli, Italy, conductor, Philadelphia Orch
1941 Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
1941 Terence Hill, born in Venice, Italy, actor, Super Fuzz, They Call Me Trinity
1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy
1941 Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier, 1968 Olympics gold
1940 Greece successfully resists Italy's attack
1940 Nazi-Germany, Italy and Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis)
1940 France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II
1940 Italy declares war on allies/raids Malta
1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II
1940 Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma, Italy, director, 1900, Last Emperor
1940 Ira von Furstenberg, [Virginia Caroline] Rome, Italy, Princess, Monaco
1940 Italy annexes Albania
1940 Bernardo Bertolucci, born in Parma, Italy, director, Last Tango in Paris
1939 Sandro Lopopolia, Italy, lightweight boxer, Olympic-Silver-1960
1939 Rosanna Schiaffino, Genoa Italy, actress, Minotaur, Mazzabubu
1939 Carmelo Bossi, Italy, light middleweight boxer 1960 Olympics silver
1939 Germany and Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis
1939 Italy invades Albania
1938 Leonardo Boff, Italy, Brazilian Catholic theologian
1938 Italy passes their own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws
1938 Pupi Avati, Bologna Italy, director, Festival, Bix, Impiegati
1938 Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public and High School
1938 Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris
1937 Italy withdraws from League of Nations
1937 Virna Lisi, Italy, actress, Assault on a Queen, Bluebeard
1937 Italy and Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade)
1937 Liliana Cavani, Bologna Italy, director, Berlin Affair
1936 Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco
1936 Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis"
1936 Carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina
1936 League of Nations starts sanctions against Italy
1936 Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy
1936 Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italy, singer and actress, Cinderfella
1936 Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia)
1936 Italy, Austria and Hungary sign Pact of Rome
1935 Luciano Pavarotti, born in Modena, Italy, operatic tenor, Oh Giorgio, 3 Tenors
1935 Italy invades Ethiopia
1935 Abdon Pamich, Italy, 50K walker 1964 Olympic gold
1935 Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano, Madame Butterfly
1934 Giorgio Armani, born in Milan, Italy, fashion designer, American Gigolo
1934 Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome
1934 Gia Scala, born in Italy, actress in Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water
1934 Bettino Craxi, Italy's 1st socialist premier, 1983-87
1934 Renata Scotto, Savona Italy, soprano, Violetta-La Traviata
1934 Aldo Ceccato, Milan Italy, conductor, Detroit Symph Orch 1973-77
1933 Claudio Abbado, Milan Italy, composer and conductor, London Symph-1982
1933 Italy and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement
1933 Gian Maria Volonte, born in Milan Italy, actor, Fistful of Dollars
1932 Valentino, born in Milan, Italy, fashion designer, Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis
1932 Elsa Martinelli, Grosseto Italy, actress, Indian Fighter
1932 Marisa Pavan, born in Cagliari, Italy, actress, Solomon and Sheba, Rose Tattoo
1932 Pier Angeli, born in Italy, Sodom and Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge
1932 Valentino [Garavani], Milan Italy, fashion designer
1931 Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, Italy, downhill skier 1952 Olympics bronze
1931 Monica Vitti, [Ceciarelli], Rome, Italy, actress, Tigers in Lipstick
1931 Lucianna Paluzzi, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Five Fingers, Thunderball
1931 Gustav Thoni, Italy, skiier, World Cup-1971, 72, 73, 75
1931 Marta Marzotto, Italy, countess
1930 Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America
1930 Ugo Gregoretti, Rome, Italy, actor, Rogopag, Common Sense of Modesty
1930 Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed
1930 Silvana Mangano, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Death in Venice, Barabbas
1929 Francesco Cossiga, president of Italy, 1985-
1929 Elio Petri, Italy, director, Property is no theft
1928 Ennio Morricone, Rome, Italy, composer/musician
1928 Buff Cobb, Florence Italy, actress, Masquerade Party
1928 Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921), dies
1928 Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy
1928 Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
1928 Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose)
1928 Luigi Ciriaco De Mita, PM of Italy, 1988-89
1928 Eugene Monti, Italy, bobsledder, Olympic-2 golds-1968
1928 Domenico Modugno, Italy, rocker, Polignano A Mare
1927 Gianna Maria Canale, Reggio Calabria Italy, actress, Go For Broke
1927 Gina Lollobrigida, born in Subiaco, Italy, actress, Trapeze, Falcon Crest
1927 Ettore Manni, Rome, Italy, actor, Fatal Desire, Heroes in Hell
1927 Italy and U.S. anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti given death sentences
1927 Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank
1926 Pope Pius XI convicts fascist pursuit in Italy
1926 Facist national symbol elevated in Italy
1926 Hans Liebold, Germany, auto racer, Nardo, Italy
1926 Italy signs treaty with Yemen
1926 Erico Menczer, Fiume, Italy, cinematographer, Chosen, Miranda
1926 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions
1926 Cesare Danova, born in Rome, Italy, actor, Garrison's Gorillas
1925 Italy, Britain and Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy)
1925 U.S. and Italy sign peace accord about war debts
1925 Luciano Berio, born in Oneglia, Italy, composer, Chemins
1925 Silvana Pampanini, Rome, Italy, actress, Day in Court, Island Sinner
1925 Enzo Stuarti, born in Italy, singer, Yesterday
1925 Valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress, Kidnap Syndicate
1924 Marcello Mastroianni, Rome, Italy, actor, 8, La Dolce Vita
1924 Italy signs treaty of Rapallo
1924 Nino Bibbia, Italy, bobsled 1948 Olympics gold
1924 Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament
1924 South Slavia aproves Italy's annexation of Fiume (Rijeka)
1924 Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer, Canonic Variations
1924 Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy
1923 All non-fascist parties dissolved in Italy
1923 Franco Corelli, born in Anconia, Italy, tenor, Don Jose-Carmen
1923 Franco Zeffirelli, Florence Italy, director, Romeo and Juliet
1923 Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso, New York Metropolitan Opera
1923 Mass arrests of socialists and communists in Italy
1923 Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini
1922 Francesco Rosi, Naples Italy, director, Lucky Luciano
1922 Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy
1922 Mussolini forms government in Italy
1922 Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government
1922 Vittorio Gassman, born in Genoa, Italy, actor, War and Peace
1922 Italy's general strike against fascist violence
1922 Adolfo Celi, born in Sicily, Italy, director, Next Man, Murders in Rue Morgue
1922 German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized
1922 Ugo Tognazzi, born in Cremona, Italy, actor and director, La Cage Aux Folles
1922 Pier Paolo Pasolini, born in Bologna, Italy, director, Teorema, Pigsty
1922 U.S., U.K., France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation
1922 Vincent Gardenia, Naples Italy, actor, All in the Family, LA Law
1922 Renata Tebaldi, Pesaro Italy, lyric soprano
1921 Partito Nazionalista Fascista, forms in Italy by Mussolini
1921 Alida Valli, Pola Italy, actress, Miracle of the Bells, 3rd Man
1920 Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna Italy
1920 Italy annexes South Tirol (Alto Adige)
1920 Franco Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold
1920 Zeno Colo, Italy, downhill skier 1952 Olympics gold
1920 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell
1920 Giulietta Masina, Italy, actress, La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik
1920 Federico Fellini, born in Rimini, Italy, dir, 8, Satyricon, La Dolce Vita
1920 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist
1919 John Secondari, Rome, Italy, newscaster, Open Hearing
1919 Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation
1919 Dino De Laurentiis, Torre Annunziata Italy, producer, King Kong
1919 Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer, Survival in Aushchwitz
1919 Lino Ventura, born in Parma, Italy, actor, Happy New Year
1919 Nitti government forms in Italy
1919 Alberto Sordi, born in Rome, Italy, actor, Miser, Taxi Driver in New York
1919 Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italy, epee 1952 Olympics gold
1919 Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan Italy
1919 Fascist Party forms in Italy by Benito Mussolini
1919 Giulio Andreotti, 7 x premier, Italy
1918 Jose Greco, Italy, flamenco dancer, Holiday for Lovers
1917 Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey
1917 Patricia Burke, born in Milan, Italy, actress, Forbidden
1917 Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy
1916 Guido Turchi, Rome, Italy, composer, Invettiva
1916 Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress, Attack and Retreat
1916 Rossano Brazzi, Bolognia Italy, actor and director, Antaeus-Survivors
1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
1916 Elsa Morante, Italy, writer, L'isola di Arturo
1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front
1916 Raf Vallone, Tropea Italy, actor, El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon
1915 Dario Mangiarotti, Italy, fencing, gold, 2 silver, Olympic-1948, 52
1915 Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria
1915 Italy declares war on Turkey
1915 Mariano Rumor, premier Italy
1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany during WW I
1915 Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb and Germany
1915 Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia
1915 Earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 29,800
1914 Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party
1914 Pietro Germi, Genoa Italy, actor and director, Divorce Italian Style
1914 Tullio Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold
1914 Giorgio Almirante, born in Italy, fascist, member of parliament, 1948-87,
1914 Fiorenzo Marini, born in Italy, epee, 1960 Olympics gold
1913 Carlo Ponti, Milan Italy, married to Sophia Loren/director, 2 Women
1913 Licia Albanese, born in Bari, Italy, operatic soprano, New York Met Opera
1912 Michelangelo Antonioni, born in Ferrara, Italy, director, Blow-up, Red Desert
1911 Nino Rota, Milan Italy, composer, Torquemada
1911 New York receives 1st Marconi wireless transmission from Italy
1911 Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica
1911 Italy declares war on Turkey
1911 Italy declares war on Turkey
1911 Gian-Carlo Menotti, Italy, composer, Amahl and Night Visitors
1910 1st 2 aircraft collision (Milan Italy)
1909 Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands
1908 Earthquake strikes Messina, Italy; 80,000 die
1908 Messina, Italy struck by an earthquake (nearly 80,000 died)
1908 Giacomo Manzu, Italy, sculptor, St. Peter, Laurenskerk, Lenin Prize
1908 Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay and Montgomery
1908 Amintore Fanfani, premier of Italy
1908 George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor, Count of Monte Cristo
1907 Amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor, Lure of Sila
1907 Renzo Cesana, Rome, Italy, TV host, First Date, Continental
1907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF
1906 Andreina Pagnani, Rome, Italy, actress, Il Commandante
1906 Luchino Visconti, born in Milan, Italy, director, Damned, Death in Venice
1906 Great Britain, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia
1906 Roberto Rossellini, Rome, Italy, director, Open City
1905 Nino Martini, Verona Italy, actor, Here's to Romance
1905 Annunzio Mantovani, born in Venice, Italy, orch leader, Mantovani
1905 Peter C Quennell, English biographer/critic, Byron in Italy
1904 Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors
1904 Umberto II, van Piemonte, king of Italy, 1946
1904 Goffredo Petrassi, born in Zagarolo, Italy, composer, Beatitudines
1904 Fosco Giachetti, born in Livorno, Italy, actor, Wastrel, We the Living
1902 Joe Adonis, Italy, American crime-syndicate boss in New York and NJ
1902 Carlo Levi, Italy, painter/novelist, Of Fear and Freedom
1902 Franco Giorgetti, Italy, cyclist, Olympics gold 1920
1902 Vittorio De Sica, Sora Italy, director/actor, 2 Women
1901 Tullio Campagnolo, Italy, bicycle manufacturer, Fiat
1901 Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet, critic and translator Nobel 1959
1901 Gino Cervi, Bologna Italy, actor, Les Miserables, Naked Maja
1901 Mario Scelba, premier Italy, 1954-55
1900 Gen Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy
1900 World's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Italy and Switzerland, opens
1900 Ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician, Bread and Wine
1899 Al Capone, Italy, gangster, Chicago bootlegging
1898 Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy, 1964-71
1898 Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer, Ferrari
1898 Toto, Antonio de Curtis, Naples Italy, actor, Motorizzate, Noi Duri
1897 Frank Capra, Italy, director, Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace
1896 Abyssinia and Italy sign peace treaty
1896 Eugenio Montale, born in Italy, poet/translator, Xenia-Nobel 1975
1896 Sandro Pertini, president Italy
1896 Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], Turin Italy, actress, Julietta
1895 Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, 1925-32
1895 Rudolph Valentino, Castellaneta, Italy, sheik/actor, Eagle
1895 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Firenze, Florence, Italy, composer
1894 Tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor, Roman Holiday
1893 Palmiro Togliatti, founder, Communist Party of Italy
1892 Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria forms
1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show
1892 Giorgio Cesana, born in Italy, coxswain, Olympics gold 1906
1892 Victor de Sabata, born in Trieste, Italy, conductor and composer, Il Macigno
1892 Frank Puglia, born in Sicily, Italy, actor, Black Orchid, Jungle Book
1892 Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress, Odette, Assunta Spina
1891 Pietro Nenni, Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs, 1946-47
1891 Antonio Segni, premier/president, Italy
1890 Beniamino Gigli, Italy, tenor, Enzo-La Gioconde
1889 Edward Ciannelli, Ischia Italy, actor, You Can't Escape Forever
1889 Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale
1889 Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer, La Rondine
1888 Italy and Spain sign military covenant
1888 Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general, WW I/Italy/Netherland
1887 Austria-Hungary/Italy/Great-Britain signs military treaty of Balkan
1887 Eduardo Ciannelli, Italy, actor, Waldo-Johnny Staccato
1887 Giovanni Gronchi, president of Italy
1887 Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor, Brass Buttons, Victory
1887 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy
1885 George S Patton, U.S. general, Sicily/Italy/Normandy, "Old Blood and Guts"
1885 Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer, New York Met
1884 Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Amedeo Modigliani, born in Italy, painter/sculptor, Reclining Nude
1883 Shocks triggered by volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy) destroyed 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000
1883 Alfredo Casella, born in Turin, Italy, composer, La Giara
1883 Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary and Germany
1882 Amelita Galli-Curci, Italy, operatic soprano, Cave of the Winds
1882 St. Gotthard-railroad tunnel between Switzerland and Italy opens
1882 Giuseppe Prezzolini, Italy, writer, La Voce, La Cultura Italiano
1881 John XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope, 1958-63
1881 Guy de Pourtales, Swiss/French writer, Nietzsche in Italy
1881 Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer, Il Diavolo
1880 Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland and Italy completed
1879 Ottorino Respighi, born in Bologna, Italy, composer, Pines of Rome
1878 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57
1876 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer
1875 Grazia Deledda, Italy, novelist, Old Man of the Mtn-Nobel 1926
1875 Giovanni and Giacomo Tocci, Italy, siamese twins
1874 Guglielmo Marconi, born in Bologna, Italy, inventor, radio, Nobel 1909
1874 Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president of Italy, 1948-55
1873 Enrico Caruso, Naples Italy, operatic tenor, Faust
1873 Luigi A, duke of the Abruzzes, Italy, explorer/climber, Mt St. Elias
1872 Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66
1871 Pietro Badoglio, Italy, gen/Libya Governor, 1928-33, /PM of Italy, 1943-44
1870 Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree
1870 Italy annexes Rome and Papal States; Rome made Italian capital
1870 Maria Montessori, Italy, educator, spontaneous response
1869 Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy, 1900-46, /Ethiopia
1867 Luigi Pirandello, Italy, writer, 6 Characters-Nobel 1934
1867 Arturo Toscanini, born in Parma, Italy, temperamental conductor, NBC
1866 Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia
1866 Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy
1866 Italy declares war on Austria
1866 Ferruccio D M B Busoni, born in Italy, pianist, composer and conductor, Arlecchino
1866 Benedetto Croce, Italy, humanist/historian/editor/philosopher
1863 Gabriele D'Annunzio, born in Italy, writer and military hero, Intruder
1862 San Marino and Italy conclude treaty of friendship and cooperation
1861 Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed
1861 King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes 1st king of Italy
1860 Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy
1860 Victor E Orlando, Italy's premier, 1917-19
1859 Elenora Duse, Italy, actress, Hedda Gabler
1858 Giacomo Puccini, Lucca Italy, opera composer, La Boheme, La Tosca
1858 Giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician
1858 Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter
1857 Earthquake in Naples, Italy
1857 Pius XI, [Ambrogio DA Ratti], Italy, 259th Pope, 1922-39
1855 Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy
1853 Giacomo Puccini, Italy, composer
1852 Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer, Political Struggle in Italy
1844 King Umberto I, of Italy, 1878-1900
1843 Camillo Golgi, Italy, physician, cytologist, Nobel 1906
1843 Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy
1842 Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy, 1892..1921
1835 Giosue Carducci, born in Italy, poet, Nobel 1906
1835 Giovanni Schiaparelli, born in Italy, astronomer, discovered canals of Mars
1834 Hector Berlioz's "Harold in Italy," premieres
1834 Amilcare Ponchielli, Paderno Italy, composer, I Lituani
1833 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist, Nobel Peace Prize 1907
1828 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, Voyage in Italy
1820 Florence Nightingale, Florence, Italy, nurse, Crimean War
1820 Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, 1849-61, Italy, 1861-78
1815 Joachim Murats forces lands at Pizzo, Italy
1810 Camilio Benso di Cavour, Turin Italy, PM
1807 Giuseppe Garibaldi, freedom fighter, Risorgimento, /unified Italy
1805 Napoleon is crowned king of Italy
1803 Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland
1798 Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews
1796 Battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy
1796 General Salicetti orders equal rights for Jews of Bologna Italy
1796 Battle at Millesimo Italy: Napoleon beats Austrians
1792 Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro, Italy, composer, Barber of Seville
1785 Alessandro Manzoni, born in Italy, poet and novelist, Betrothed
1783 Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)
1778 Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet, Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis
1777 Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist
1775 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)
1769 Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000
1768 Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France and Italy), dies
1768 Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor, 1792-1806
1765 Gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari/Mauro], Italy, Pope
1763 Samuel Rogers, English poet, Italy, a poem
1761 Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Italy, 253rd Pope, 1829-30
1760 Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italy, Pope, 1823-29
1750 Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer, Tatare
1743 Alessandro Cagliostro, Palermo Italy, adventurer
1743 Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist
1740 Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer, Bodoni
1737 Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93
1737 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
1729 Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist
1718 Maria G Agnesi, Italy mathematician curves= xy=a, a-y
1717 Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italy, Pope, 1775-99
1714 Niccolo Jommelli, Italy, composer
1707 Carlo Goldoni, Italy, lawyer/playwright, Belisario, Love of 3 Oranges
1705 Farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato
1692 Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet
1692 Giuseppe Tartini, born in Italy, violinist and composer, Trillo del Diavolo
1685 Domenico Scarlatti, Naples Italy, composer/harpsichordist
1675 Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Italy, Pope, 1740-58
1669 Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000
1660 Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer, Tigrane
1658 Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer, Concert Grossi op 8
1655 Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope, 1721-24
1655 Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder
1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist and composer, Concerto Grossi
1652 Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope, 1730-40
1649 Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italy, Pope, 1700-21
1649 Benedict XIII, [Pierfrancesco Orsini], Italy, 245th pope, 1724-30
1642 Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy
1632 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer, Bellerophen
1632 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer
1631 Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages and kills 4,000
1611 Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope, 1676-89
1610 Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope, 1689-91
1600 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope, 1667-69
1599 Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope, 1655-67
1598 Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor, St. Teresa in Ecstasy
1598 Genoa Italy expels Jews
1598 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1596 Nicolo Amati, Italy, violin maker, Stradivari and Guarneri
1590 Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italy, Pope, 1670-76
1582 Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries
1576 Enrico C Davila, Padua Italy, writer, Storia delguerre civili Francia
1573 Caravaggio, Italy, painter
1573 Michelangelo Buanarroti, Caprese Italy, painter/sculpter
1571 Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet
1567 Genoa Italy expels Jews
1567 Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer, L'Orfeo
1564 Galileo Galilei, Pisa Italy, astronomer/physicist
1562 Gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies
1561 Santorio Sanctorius, born in Trieste, Italy, physician and herectic, burned at stake
1553 Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician, De Medocoma Aegyptorum
1552 Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope, 1605-21
1550 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1544 Torquato Tasso, born in Italy, Renaissance poet, Aminta, Apologia
1537 Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician, De Formato Foetu
1536 Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope, 1592-1605
1535 Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope, 1605
1526 Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders
1511 Giorgio Vasari, Italy, painter/art historian, Vasari's Lives
1510 Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49
1509 Emperor Maximilian leaves Italy
1509 Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy
1501 Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer, Ars Magna-1545
1501 Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope, 1555, 22 days
1498 Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy
1494 Uprising against Piero de' Medici in Florence Italy
1494 Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter, Sepulture of Christ
1486 Andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter, Recollets
1484 Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar, On the Subtlety of Things
1483 Raphael, born in Urbino, Italy, painter, School of Athens
1478 Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope, 1523-34
1475 Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope, 1513-21
1474 Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet, Orlando Furioso
1470 Charles VIII, King of France, 1483-98, invaded Italy
1469 Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer, Prince
1463 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist
1452 Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary
1449 Domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy, renaissance painter
1432 Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet, Morgante
1417 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope, 1464-71
1400 Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor, Madonna of Rose Garden
1397 Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italy, Pope, 1447-55
1382 Conservative "Popolo Grasso" regain power in Florence Italy
1380 Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italy, humanist
1377 Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy
1304 Francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet, Italia Mia
1223 St. Francis of Assisi assembles 1st Nativity scene (Greccio, Italy)
1208 St. Francis of Assisi, 26, received his vocation in Portiuncula Italy
1194 Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor, 1212-1250, /King of Sicily
1158 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy
1026 Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy
1004 Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy
1004 Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy
966 Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)
951 Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy
950 Lotharius, King of Italy (947-50), dies
947 Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies
924 Berengarius I, Emperor of Italy, murdered
876 Charles becomes king of Italy
875 Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50
818 Bernhard I, King of Italy, dies
810 Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)
554 Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy
526 Theodorik the Great, King of Italy, dies
493 Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy
493 Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies
452 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun
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