Italy Events

By clineaar

  • United under king Victor Emmanuel ll

    Most of the states of the Italian Peninsula were united under King Victor Emmanuel II of the Savoy dynasty, crowned King of Italy.
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  • First Italian colonial possesion in Africa

    The bay of Assab becomes the first Italian colonial possession in Africa.

  • King Umberto

    King Umberto is killed.

  • The Italian national football team

    The Italian national football team won its first FIFA World Cup.

  • Italy enters WWll

    Italy enters World War II by invading Greece from Albania, which had been occupied in 1939.

  • They signs the armistice

    General Badoglio signs the armistice

  • The Constitution of the Italian Republic.

    The Constitution of the Italian Republic, agreed between Christian-democrats, Socialists and Communists, comes into force.

  • The Olympics

    The 1960 Summer Olympics opens in Rome.

  • Terrorist bomb.

    Far-right terrorists bomb the Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Milan, killing 17 people and wounding 88. Four more bombs detonate without victims. Investigations are blurred, and no responsible party has been held accountable.

  • The euro.

    The euro begins circulating as new official currency of Italy.