The following is a list of events from the year 2020 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 ...

Giuseppe Conte Giuseppe Conte (; born 8 August 1964) is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy, prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) sin ...

Events

January

*28 December 2019 – 5 January 2020 – 2019–20 Tour de Ski *26 January **The 2020 Calabrian regional election takes place. **The 2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election takes place. * 31 January – The first cases of coronavirus in Italy are confirmed.

February

*12 February – Italy's Senate votes to allow prosecutors to put

Matteo Salvini Matteo Salvini (; born 9 March 1973) is an Italian politician who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport since 2022. He has been List of F ...

on trial over charges of holding migrants at sea. *21 February – The first outbreak of the

COVID-19 pandemic in Italy The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy was part of the COVID-19 pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January 2 ...

occurs in Codogno in Lombardy, with 14 confirmed cases. *22 February – Some football games in the North are postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They are played the following week.

March

* 4 March – Prime Minister

signs a decree to close all schools nationwide and activate a massive lockdown in northern Italy. * 8 March – Conte signs a decree that imposes a national lockdown where all work and teaching activities are suspended until May 4 throughout the country. * 9 March – After the Sassuolo v Brescia match, all sporting activities of every series and every sport are suspended due to the lockdown.

May

*2 May – The Italian basketball championship is officially ended due to the covid pandemic;

Virtus Bologna Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one ...

becomes champion of Italy at the table. *19 May – The expected date of the lifting of the school lockdown. However, the government postpones the opening to the new school year in September.

June

* 20 June – The Italian football championship

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

resumes after the 2-month break due to the lockdown.

August

* 2 August –

Juventus Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...

wins the 2019-20 Serie A.

September

*17 September – After ending support in the United States, Canada, the rest of Europe and China, the

Nintendo 3DS The is a foldable dual-screen handheld game console produced by Nintendo. Announced in March 2010 as the successor to the Nintendo DS, the console was released originally on February 26, 2011 and went through various revisions in its lifetime, ...

together with the 2DS, 3DS XL, New 3DS, New 3DS XL and New 2DS XL versions end support in Italy, thus putting an end to the era of 3DS in the Italian videogame market. *20 September – The 2020 Campania regional election takes place; Vincenzo De Luca is elected as president of the Campania region.

October

* 26 October – A violent protest takes place in

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

in which Camorra and far-right groups take part, against the closures brought by the government of the Campania region.

Deaths

January

*3 January –

Domenico Corcione Domenico Corcione (20 April 1929 – 3 January 2020) was an Italian general who served as defence minister of Italy between 1995 and 1996. Early life and education Corcione was born in Turin on 20 April 1929. He entered Modena Military Academy ...

, general,

Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

(b. 1929) *4 January ** Emilio Giletti, racing driver (b. 1929) **

Lorenza Mazzetti Lorenza Mazzetti (26 July 1927 – 4 January 2020) was an Italian film director, novelist, photographer and painter. Early life Mazzetti was born in Florence. Her mother, Olga Liberati, died shortly after giving birth to Lorenza and her twin ...

, film director (b. 1927) *7 January – Vincenzo Cerundolo, medical researcher (b. 1959) *10 January – Guido Messina, racing cyclist (b. 1931)

February

*1 February ** Luciano Gaucci, football executive (b. 1938) **

Luciano Ricceri Luciano Ricceri (26 April 1940 – 1 February 2020) was an Italian production designer and costume designer, winner of the David di Donatello for Best Production Design for the 1991 film ''Captain Fracassa's Journey'' and the 2001 film ''Unfair C ...

, production designer (b. 1940) *9 February –

Mirella Freni Mirella Freni (born Mirella Fregni, 27February 19359February 2020) was an Italian operatic soprano who had a career of 50 years and appeared at major international opera houses. She received international attention at the Glyndebourne Festiva ...

, operatic soprano (b. 1935)

March

*3 March – Mother Tekla Famiglietti, nun (b. 1936) *5 March – Antonio Nardini, historian and author (b. 1922) *9 March – Italo De Zan, cyclist (b. 1925) *10 March – Alessandro Criscuolo, jurist (b. 1937) *11 March – Stefano Bianco, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1985) *12 March – Giovanni Battista Rabino, politician (b. 1931) *14 March – Piero Schlesinger, jurist and banker (b. 1930) *15 March – Vittorio Gregotti, architect (b. 1927) *16 March ** Sergio Bassi, singer-songwriter (b. 1951) ** Francesco Saverio Pavone, magistrate (b. 1944) *18 March – Luciano Federici, footballer (b. 1938) *19 March ** Innocenzo Donina, footballer (b. 1950) ** Antonio Michele Stanca, geneticist (b. 1942) *20 March – Marino Quaresimin, politician (b. 1937) *24 March – Lorenzo Acquarone, lawyer and politician (b. 1931)

April

*17 April – Giuseppe Guarino, scholar and politician (born 1922) *26 April – Giulietto Chiesa, journalist and politician (b. 1940)

May

*15 May – Ezio Bosso, composer, classical musician and conductor (b.

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

)

June

*4 June –

Marcello Abbado Marcello Abbado (7 October 19264 June 2020) was an Italian pianist, composer, conductor and academic teacher. His compositions include several orchestral works, two ballets, numerous pieces for solo piano, and chamber music. As a pianist, he pla ...

, composer and pianist (b.

1926 In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the ...

)

July

*26 July – Claudia Giannotti, actress (b. 1937) *27 July – Gianrico Tedeschi, actor (b. 1920)

November

*2 November – Gigi Proietti, actor, comedian (b. 1940) *11 November –

Giuliana Minuzzo Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo (née Minuzzo, 26 November 1931 – 11 November 2020) was an Italian alpine skier. Career She was born in Vallonara di Marostica. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of ...

, alpine skier (b. 1931)

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