Events during the year 2017 in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Sergio Mattarella Sergio Mattarella (; born 23 July 1941) is an Italian politician and jurist who has served as the president of Italy since 2015. He is the longest-serving president in the history of the Italian Republic. Since Giorgio Napolitano's death in 20 ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Paolo Gentiloni Paolo Gentiloni Silveri (; born 22 November 1954) is an Italian politician who was European Commissioner for Economy in the von der Leyen Commission from 1 December 2019 to 30 November 2024. He had previously served as prime minister of Italy ...

Events

* 18 January **

January 2017 Central Italy earthquakes A series of four major earthquakes struck Central Italy between Abruzzo, Lazio, the Marche and Umbria regions on 18 January 2017. Earthquakes A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 25 km northwest of L'Aquila on 18 January at 10:25 local time ...

; 34 people are killed. ** Rigopiano avalanche; 29 people are killed when the Hotel Rigopiano is demolished by an avalanche, following a series of earthquakes in the Abruzzo region. * 21 January – A bus carrying Hungarian students crashes near

Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...

with 16 people dead. * 11 February –

Francesco Gabbani Francesco Gabbani (born 9 September 1982) is an Italian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He rose to fame after winning the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2016 with the song "Amen (Francesco Gabbani song), Amen". The n ...

won

Sanremo Music Festival 2017 The Sanremo Music Festival 2017 (), officially the 67th Italian Song Festival (), was the 67th annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Liguria, between 7 and 11 February 2017, organised and ...

by his

YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...

sensational song

Occidentali's Karma "Occidentali's Karma" () is a song performed by Italian singer Francesco Gabbani. The song was released as a digital download on 10 February 2017 through BMG Rights Management as the lead single from his third studio album '' Magellano'' (2017) ...

and went on to represent

in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2017 The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the with the song " 1944" by Jamala. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) an ...

. * 26–27 May – The

43rd G7 summit The 43rd G7 summit was held on 26–27 May 2017 in Taormina ( ME), Sicily, Italy. In March 2014, the G7 declared that a meaningful discussion was currently not possible with Russia in the context of the G8. Since then, meetings have continued w ...

was held in

Taormina Taormina ( , , also , ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century. Its beaches on the Ionian Sea, incl ...

*3 June –

2017 Turin stampede The 2017 Turin stampede () occurred on 3 June 2017 when panic emerged in the Piazza San Carlo after a robbery attempt during a screening of the 2017 UEFA Champions League Final, UEFA Champions League Final in Turin, Italy between local team Juven ...

*21 August – 2017 Ischia earthquake; two people were killed, and 42 others were injured. *13 November –

failed to qualify for the

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded t ...

after a 0–1 aggregate loss to

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

in the two-leg play-off, missing World Cup for the first time since

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

. The head coach

Gian Piero Ventura Gian Piero Ventura (; born 14 January 1948) is an Italian football manager. His playing career as a midfielder was spent in the lower leagues, having not made the grade at Sampdoria, where he began his coaching career with the youth team in 197 ...

was subsequently sacked.

Deaths

*5 January ** Tullio De Mauro, 84, linguist. **

Leonardo Benevolo Leonardo Benevolo (25 September 1923 – 5 January 2017) was an Italian architect, city planner and architecture historian. Born in Orta San Giulio, Italy, Benevolo studied architecture in Rome where he graduated in 1946. Later taught history of ...

, 93, architect and city planner. *7 January –

Lelio Lagorio Lelio Lagorio (9 November 1925 – 6/7 January 2017) was an Italian politician who served as the first President of Tuscany from 1970 until 1978. Biography Lagorio was born in Trieste and was a member of the Italian Socialist Party (Partito Soc ...

, 91, politician *12 January –

Giulio Angioni Giulio Angioni (28 October 1939 – 12 January 2017) was an Italian writer and anthropologist. Biography Angioni was a leading Italian anthropologist, professor at the University of Cagliari and fellow of St Antony's College of the University o ...

, Italian writer and anthropologist (b.

1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...

) *28 January –

Salvatore Tatarella Salvatore Tatarella (11 October 1947 – 28 January 2017) was an Italian politician. Biography and career Graduated in law at the University of Bari, in 1972 he became a member of the central committee of the Italian Social Movement. From 1993 ...

, 69, politician *8 March –

Danilo Mainardi Danilo Mainardi (25 November 1933 – 8 March 2017) was an Italian ethologist, scholar, and writer. His father was Enzo Mainardi, a painter/poet and member of the Futurist movement. Bibliography *1974 - L'animale culturale (The cultural animal ...

, 83, ethologist *23 March –

Cino Tortorella Felice "Cino" Tortorella (27 June 1927 – 23 March 2017), was an Italian television presenter, author and director, best known for creating and conducting the Zecchino d'Oro festival of children's songs. His daughter Chiara, is a tv and radio a ...

, 89, television presenter *15 April –

Emma Morano Emma Martina Luigia Morano (29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017) was an Italian supercentenarian. She was the world's List of the oldest living people, oldest living person from 13 May 2016 until her death on 15 April 2017, aged 117 years and 137 ...

, 117, supercentenarian, world's oldest living person, oldest Italian person ever and last living person born in the 1800s *16 April –

Gianni Boncompagni Giandomenico "Gianni" Boncompagni (13 May 1932 – 16 April 2017) was a television and radio presenter, director, writer and lyricist. Life and career Born in Arezzo, at 18 years old Boncompagni moved to Sweden, where he lived for ten years do ...

, 84, radio and television presenter *11 May – Clelio Darida, 90, politician *24 May –

Giovanni Bignami Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami (10 April 1944 – 24 May 2017) was an Italian physicist. From March 2007 until August 2008, he was Chairman of the Italian Space Agency. Between 2010 and 2014, he was the first Italian to chair the Committee on Space ...

, 73, physicist *26 May –

Laura Biagiotti Laura Biagiotti (; 4 August 1943 – 26 May 2017) was an Italian fashion designer, and the founder of the House of Biagiotti. Early life Biagiotti was born in Rome on 4 August 1943. Her mother Delia Soldaini Biagiotti was a successful dressm ...

, 73, fashion designer *1 June –

José Greci José Greci (10 January 1941 – 1 June 2017) was an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Ferrara, Italy, as Giuseppina Greci, the daughter of the journalist and television writer Luigi. In 1956 at just fifteen yea ...

, 76, actress *10 June –

Oscar Mammì Oscar Mammì (25 October 1926 – 10 June 2017) was an Italian politician. A member of the Italian Republican Party (''Partito Repubblicano Italiano''; PRI), he was minister of Mail and Telecommunications from 1987 to 1991. Biography Mammì was b ...

, 90, politician and former minister *23 June –

Stefano Rodotà Stefano Rodotà (30 May 1933 – 23 June 2017) was an Italian jurist and politician. Early life Born in 1933 in Cosenza, to a middle-class family of Arbëreshë origin from San Benedetto Ullano, he attended Liceo classico Bernardino Telesio in ...

, 84, jurist and politician *17 June –

Paolo Limiti Paolo Mario Limiti (8 May 1940 – 27 June 2017) was an Italian lyricist, journalist, radio and television writer and presenter. Born in Milan, Limiti begin his career as a journalist, then in 1960 he started a long collaboration with Mike Bongio ...

, 77, television presenter *3 July –

Paolo Villaggio Paolo Villaggio (; 30 December 1932 — 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, comedian, film director, and writer. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid Giandom ...

, 84, actor *5 August –

Dionigi Tettamanzi Dionigi Tettamanzi (14 March 1934 – 5 August 2017) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who was named a cardinal in 1998. He was Archbishop of Genoa from 1995 to 2002 and Archbishop of Milan from 2002 to 2011. Early years Tett ...

, 83, cardinal and former archbishop of Milan *1 September – Armando Aste, 91, alpinist *4 September –

Gastone Moschin Gastone Moschin (; 8 June 1929 – 4 September 2017) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Career Born in San Giovanni Lupatoto (Veneto), Moschin graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and then began ...

, actor (b. 1929) *9 September –

Velasio de Paolis Velasio de Paolis, C.S., JCD, STL (19 September 1935 – 9 September 2017), was an Italian member of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was President of the Prefecture for the E ...

, 81, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, President of the

Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See The Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See was an office (a technical category of dicastery) of the Roman Curia, erected on 15 August 1967, and entrusted with overseeing all the offices of the Holy See that manage finances, regardles ...

2008–2011 *27 September –

Antonio Spallino Antonio Spallino (1 April 1925 – 28 September 2017) was an Italian fencer. He won a gold, silver and bronze medal at two Olympic Games. He competed at the 1951 Mediterranean Games where he won a gold medal in the team foil event. Spallino was ...

, 92, fencer and politician, Olympic champion (

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

) and Mayor of

Como Como (, ; , or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Nestled at the southwestern branch of the picturesque Lake Como, the city is a renowned tourist destination, ce ...

1970–1985 *1 October – Pierluigi Cappello, 50, poet,

Viareggio Prize The Viareggio Prize ( or ) is an Italian literature, literary prize, first awarded in 1930. Named after the Tuscany, Tuscan city of Viareggio, it was conceived by three friends, , Carlo Salsa and Leonida Repaci, to rival the Milanese Bagutta Priz ...

laureate 2010 *3 October – Francesco Martino, politician, President of Region of Sicily 1993–1995 (born 1937) *5 October –

Giorgio Pressburger Giorgio Pressburger (April 21, 1937 – October 5, 2017) was an Italian writer of novels and short stories. Born in Budapest, and saved by Giorgio Perlasca during the Second World War, Pressburger settled in Italy in 1956, where he worked as a ...

, 80, Hungarian-born Italian writer *6 October – Roberto Anzolin, 79, footballer *8 October –

Aldo Biscardi Aldo Biscardi (26 November 1930 – 8 October 2017) was an Italian football broadcaster, best known for presenting the show '' Il processo di Biscardi'' (''The Biscardi Trial''). Biography Native of Larino, province of Campobasso, he graduated i ...

, 86, television presenter *21 October – Emilio D'Amore, 102, politician,

Deputy Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spain, ...

1948–1958, 1963–1968 *17 November –

Salvatore Riina Salvatore Riina (; 16 November 1930 – 17 November 2017), called Totò (Sicilian_language, sicilian diminutive of Salvatore), was an Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, known for a ruthless murder campaign that reached a peak in th ...

, 87, criminal and chief of the Sicilian Mafia *26 December –

Gualtiero Marchesi Gualtiero Marchesi (; 19 March 1930 – 26 December 2017) was an Italian chef, considered the founder of Italian '' nouvelle cuisine''. Biography Marchesi was born in Milan, Italy. His parents ran the hotel and restaurant "L'Albergo del Mercato" ...

, 87, chef *27 December – Osvaldo Fattori, footballer, 95

References

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