2017 in Italy
Incumbents
Events
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- 18 January
- January 2017 Central Italy earthquakes; 34 people are killed.{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/01/18/news/scossa_di_terremoto_avvertita_anche_a_roma-156285725/?ref=HREA-1|title=Terremoto, 4 scosse sopra magnitudo 5: torna la paura nel Centro Italia in ginocchio per la neve|date=18 January 2017|access-date=18 January 2017}}
- Rigopiano avalanche; 29 people are killed when the Hotel Rigopiano is demolished by an avalanche, following a series of earthquakes in the Abruzzo region.{{cite web|last1=Claudio|first1=Lavanga|last2=Jamieson|first2=Alastair|title=Italy Avalanche: Hotel Rigopiano Buried After Earthquakes, 'Many Dead'|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/avalanche-buries-hotel-rigopiano-italy-after-earthquake-many-dead-reports-n708716|work=NBC News|date=19 January 2017 |access-date=19 January 2017}}
- 21 January – A bus carrying Hungarian students crashes near Verona with 16 people dead.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38703536 |title=Italy school bus crash and fire leaves 16 dead |website=BBC News |date=21 January 2017 |access-date=18 February 2017}}
- 11 February – Francesco Gabbani won Sanremo Music Festival 2017 by his YouTube sensational song Occidentali's Karma and went on to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.
- 26–27 May – The 43rd G7 summit was held in Taormina
- 3 June – 2017 Turin stampede
- 21 August – 2017 Ischia earthquake; two people were killed, and 42 others were injured.{{Cite web |url=http://www.corriere.it/cronache/17_agosto_22/terremoto-ischia-2-morti-corsa-salvare-2-fratellini-sotto-macerie-7bb5c9c8-86f9-11e7-b2b6-63a8cab5b37c.shtml |title=Terremoto a Ischia, due morti e 39 feriti. Corsa per salvare l'ultimo fratellino rimasto sepolto |date=22 August 2017 |access-date=2017-10-15 |archive-date=2017-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014060331/http://www.corriere.it/cronache/17_agosto_22/terremoto-ischia-2-morti-corsa-salvare-2-fratellini-sotto-macerie-7bb5c9c8-86f9-11e7-b2b6-63a8cab5b37c.shtml |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.lastampa.it/2017/08/22/italia/cronache/forte-terremoto-a-ischia-crolli-a-casamicciola-due-morti-e-almeno-feriti-MSexfR2NkoNj7T52FZqB9H/pagina.html |title=Forte terremoto a Ischia, crolli a Casamicciola. Due morti e almeno 39 feriti |date=22 August 2017 |access-date=2017-10-15 |archive-date=2017-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829213711/http://www.lastampa.it/2017/08/22/italia/cronache/forte-terremoto-a-ischia-crolli-a-casamicciola-due-morti-e-almeno-feriti-MSexfR2NkoNj7T52FZqB9H/pagina.html |url-status=live }}
- 13 November – Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 0–1 aggregate loss to Sweden in the two-leg play-off, missing World Cup for the first time since 1958. The head coach Gian Piero Ventura was subsequently sacked.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2017/nov/13/italy-sweden-world-cup-play-off-second-leg-live|title = Italy 0-0 Sweden (0-1 agg): World Cup play-off second leg – as it happened|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 13 November 2017|last1 = Butler|first1 = Michael}}
Deaths
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- 5 January
- Tullio De Mauro, 84, linguist.{{cite web|title=È morto Tullio De Mauro, il più grande linguista italiano. Cultura in lutto|language=it|date=5 January 2017|access-date=8 January 2017|work=la Repubblica|url=http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2017/01/05/news/morto_tullio_de_mauro-155445600/}}
- Leonardo Benevolo, 93, architect and city planner.{{Cite web |title=Benèvolo, Leonardo - Treccani |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/leonardo-benevolo/,%20https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/leonardo-benevolo/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Treccani |language=it}}
- 7 January – Lelio Lagorio, 91, politician
- 12 January – Giulio Angioni, Italian writer and anthropologist (b. 1939)
- 28 January – Salvatore Tatarella, 69, politician
- 8 March – Danilo Mainardi, 83, ethologist
- 23 March – Cino Tortorella, 89, television presenter
- 15 April – Emma Morano, 117, supercentenarian, world's oldest living person, oldest Italian person ever and last living person born in the 1800s
- 16 April – Gianni Boncompagni, 84, radio and television presenter
- 11 May – Clelio Darida, 90, politician
- 24 May – Giovanni Bignami, 73, physicist
- 26 May – Laura Biagiotti, 73, fashion designer
- 1 June – José Greci, 76, actress
- 10 June – Oscar Mammì, 90, politician and former minister
- 23 June – Stefano Rodotà, 84, jurist and politician
- 17 June – Paolo Limiti, 77, television presenter
- 3 July – Paolo Villaggio, 84, actor
- 5 August – Dionigi Tettamanzi, 83, cardinal and former archbishop of Milan
- 1 September – Armando Aste, 91, alpinist{{Cite web|url=https://www.ildolomiti.it/cronaca/addio-ad-armando-aste-grande-alpinista-roveretano-uno-dei-rocciatori-piu-grandi-di-sempre|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115025048/https://www.ildolomiti.it/cronaca/addio-ad-armando-aste-grande-alpinista-roveretano-uno-dei-rocciatori-piu-grandi-di-sempre/|url-status=dead|title=Addio ad Armando Aste, grande alpinista roveretano, uno dei rocciatori più grandi di sempre|date=September 2, 2017|archivedate=November 15, 2022|website=il Dolomiti}}
- 4 September – Gastone Moschin, actor (b. 1929){{Cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/people/2017/09/04/news/morto_gastone_moschin-174631139/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170905085937/http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/people/2017/09/04/news/morto_gastone_moschin-174631139/|url-status=dead|title=E' morto Gastone Moschin, l'ultimo degli 'Amici miei'|date=September 4, 2017|archivedate=September 5, 2017|website=la Repubblica}}
- 9 September – Velasio de Paolis, 81, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See 2008–2011{{Cite web|url=http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2017/09/09/si_%C3%83%C2%A8_spento_oggi_a_roma_il_card_velasio_de_paolis/it-1335761|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909185540/http://it.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/09/09/si_%C3%A8_spento_oggi_a_roma_il_card_velasio_de_paolis/1335761|url-status=dead|title=Si è spento oggi a Roma il card. Velasio De Paolis|archivedate=September 9, 2017|website=www.archivioradiovaticana.va}}
- 27 September – Antonio Spallino, 92, fencer and politician, Olympic champion (1956) and Mayor of Como 1970–1985{{Cite web|url=https://www.espansionetv.it/2017/09/28/lutto-a-como-addio-allex-sindaco-antonio-spallino/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828202542/http://www.espansionetv.it/gate/2017/09/28/lutto-a-como-addio-allex-sindaco-antonio-spallino/|url-status=dead|title=Lutto a Como, addio all'ex sindaco Antonio Spallino|date=September 28, 2017|archivedate=August 28, 2019}}
- 1 October – Pierluigi Cappello, 50, poet, Viareggio Prize laureate 2010{{Cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/cultura/17_ottobre_01/morto-pierluigi-cappello-poesia-poeta-908c0a62-a678-11e7-a0ff-6d279b95c0af.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004124933/http://www.corriere.it/cultura/17_ottobre_01/morto-pierluigi-cappello-poesia-poeta-908c0a62-a678-11e7-a0ff-6d279b95c0af.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Morto Pierluigi Cappello. La poesia per «ricucire» la vita|first=ROBERTO|last=GALAVERNI|date=January 10, 2017|archivedate=October 4, 2017|website=Corriere della Sera}}
- 3 October – Francesco Martino, politician, President of Region of Sicily 1993–1995 (born 1937){{Cite web|url=http://livesicilia.it/2017/10/04/messina-morto-ex-presidente-dalla-regione-franco-martino_893960/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007020450/http://livesicilia.it/2017/10/04/messina-morto-ex-presidente-dalla-regione-franco-martino_893960/|url-status=dead|title=Messina, morto Franco Martino Fu presidente della Regione|archivedate=October 7, 2017}}
- 5 October – Giorgio Pressburger, 80, Hungarian-born Italian writer{{Cite web|url=https://hvg.hu/kultura/20171005_elhunyt_giorgio_pressburger|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005194824/http://hvg.hu/kultura/20171005_elhunyt_giorgio_pressburger|url-status=dead|title=Elhunyt Giorgio Pressburger magyar származású olasz író|first=HVG Kiadó|last=Zrt|date=October 5, 2017|archivedate=October 5, 2017|website=hvg.hu}}
- 6 October – Roberto Anzolin, 79, footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/sport/calcio/2017/10/06/morto-anzolin-portiere-juve-per-9-anni_5fd53146-afd1-47b1-9c82-268f53280cda.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171009054432/http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/sport/calcio/2017/10/06/morto-anzolin-portiere-juve-per-9-anni_5fd53146-afd1-47b1-9c82-268f53280cda.html|url-status=dead|title=Addio a Anzolin, per nove stagioni portiere della Juve - Calcio|date=October 6, 2017|archivedate=October 9, 2017|website=Agenzia ANSA}}
- 8 October – Aldo Biscardi, 86, television presenter
- 21 October – Emilio D'Amore, 102, politician, Deputy 1948–1958, 1963–1968{{Cite web|url=https://www.irpinianews.it/e-morto-a-102-anni-emilio-damore-volto-storico-della-destra-irpina/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021220629/http://www.irpinianews.it/e-morto-a-102-anni-emilio-damore-volto-storico-della-destra-irpina/|url-status=dead|title=E' morto a 102 anni Emilio D'Amore, volto storico della destra irpina|first=Redazione|last=online|date=October 21, 2017|archivedate=October 21, 2017}}
- 17 November – Salvatore Riina, 87, criminal and chief of the Sicilian Mafia
- 26 December – Gualtiero Marchesi, 87, chef{{Cite web |title=Gualtiero Marchesi, è morto il grande maestro della cucina italiana |url=https://www.corriere.it/cook/news/17_dicembre_21/gualtiero-marchesi-morto-grande-maestro-cucina-italiana_e1cfe792-e64f-11e7-a31d-9c65415bd8d8.shtml |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=www.corriere.it}}
- 27 December – Osvaldo Fattori, footballer, 95{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-b-intres-det.html |title=England - International Results B-Team - Details |first=Barrie |last=Courtney |date=22 May 2014 |website=RSSSF |access-date=21 April 2017}}