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Italy became a nation-state
Italy became a nation-state in 1861 under the ruler of King Victor Emmanuel II. Victor Emmanuel gathered the deputies of the first Italian Parliament. On March 17, 1861, the Parliament proclaimed Victor King of Italy. On March 27, Rome was declared capital of Italy. -
Invades Ethiopia
This war was called the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. It was a colonial war fought from October 3rd, 1935 to February 19th, 1937. The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and those of the Ethiopian Empire. -
Italy cedes land and territories under peace treaty.
The Treaty of Peace with Italy was signed on 10 February 1947. It was between Italy and the victorious powers of World War II. formally ending hostilities, it came into general effect on September 15th, 1947. -
Bombing of Bologna station kills 84, linked to right-wing extremists.
The Bologna Bombing was a terrorist attack in Bologna Italy. The bombing killed 85 people and wounded over 200. Several members of the Armed Revolutionary Nuclei were sentenced for the bombing, although the group denied involvement. -
Bribery scandal leads to Mr Craxi's resignation as leader of Socialist Party.
Bribery scandal leads to Mr. Craxi's resignation as leader of the Socialist Party. He later flees the country. He is tired and sentenced in absentia to imprisonment but dies in Tunisia in 2000. -
Euro replaces the lira.
The lira plural lire was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002 and of the Albanian Kingdom between 1941 and 1943. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a national subunit of the euro. However, cash payments could be made in lira only, as euro coins or notes were not yet available. -
Parliament ratifies EU constitution.
The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was an unratified international treaty intended to create a consolidated constitution for the European Union. It would have replaced the existing European Union treaties with a single text, given legal force to the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and expanded Qualified Majority Voting into policy areas which had previously been decided by unanimity among member states. -
Mr Berlusconi's coalition loses majority
Mr. Berlusconi's coalition loses the majority in lower house of parliament after more than 30 deputies break away from his People of Freedom party. The PDL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia and National Alliance, which participated as a joint election list in the 2008 general election.[11] The federation was later transformed into a party during a party congress on 27–29 March 2009. -
The governor of Sicily declares a state of emergency after hundreds of migrants die in shipwrecks.
The order will release funds for aid workers helping the now daily arrivals of hundreds of migrants from Africa and Syria. Italian officials say 370 migrants were rescued from three boats in the waters between Libya and Sicily on Tuesday. The migrants were all being transferred to the island of Lampedusa. -
Parliament approves an electoral reform giving the largest party an automatic majority of seats in parliament.
Italy's parliament on Monday gave final approval to a new electoral law championed by Matteo Renzi despite furious objections from the opposition and some members of the ruling Democratic Party.
The electoral overhaul, which becomes law after more than a year of discussion in both chambers of parliament, is a central part of the Italian prime minister's political and economic reform agenda.
