2017 in Italy

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Events during the year 2017 in Italy.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

18 January
- January 2017 Central Italy earthquakes; 34 people are killed.^[1]
- Rigopiano avalanche; 29 people are killed when the Hotel Rigopiano is demolished by an avalanche, following a series of earthquakes in the Abruzzo region.^[2]
21 January – A bus carrying Hungarian students crashes near Verona with 16 people dead.^[3]
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.^[4]^[5]
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.^[6]

Deaths[]

Tullio De Mauro

José Greci

5 January
- Tullio De Mauro, 84, linguist.^[7]
- Leonardo Benevolo, 93, architect and city planner
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^[8]
4 September – Gastone Moschin, actor (b. 1929)^[9]
9 September – Velasio de Paolis, 81, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See 2008–2011^[10]
27 September – Antonio Spallino, 92, fencer and politician, Olympic champion (1956) and Mayor of Como 1970–1985^[11]
1 October – Pierluigi Cappello, 50, poet, Viareggio Prize laureate 2010^[12]
3 October – Francesco Martino, politician, President of Region of Sicily 1993–1995 (born 1937)^[13]
5 October – Giorgio Pressburger, 80, Hungarian-born Italian writer^[14]
6 October – Roberto Anzolin, 79, footballer^[15]

8 October – Aldo Biscardi, 86, television presenter

21 October – Emilio D'Amore, 102, politician, Deputy 1948–1958, 1963–1968^[16]

17 November – Salvatore Riina, 87, criminal and chief of the Sicilian Mafia
26 December – Gualtiero Marchesi, 87, chef
27 December – Osvaldo Fattori, footballer, 95^[17]

References[]

^ "Terremoto, 4 scosse sopra magnitudo 5: torna la paura nel Centro Italia in ginocchio per la neve". 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ Claudio, Lavanga; Jamieson, Alastair. "Italy Avalanche: Hotel Rigopiano Buried After Earthquakes, 'Many Dead'". NBC News. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
^ "Italy school bus crash and fire leaves 16 dead". BBC News. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ Terremoto a Ischia, due morti e 39 feriti. Corsa per salvare l’ultimo fratellino rimasto sepolto
^ Forte terremoto a Ischia, crolli a Casamicciola. Due morti e almeno 39 feriti
^ Butler, Michael (13 November 2017). "Italy 0-0 Sweden (0-1 agg): World Cup play-off second leg – as it happened". The Guardian.
^ "È morto Tullio De Mauro, il più grande linguista italiano. Cultura in lutto". la Repubblica (in Italian). 5 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^ Addio ad Armando Aste, grande alpinista roveretano, uno dei rocciatori più grandi di sempre (in Italian)
^ E' morto Gastone Moschin, l'ultimo degli 'Amici miei' (in Italian)
^ Si è spento oggi a Roma il card. Velasio De Paolis (in Italian)
^ Lutto a Como: addio all'ex sindaco Antonio Spallino (in Italian)
^ Morto Pierluigi Cappello La poesia per «riparare» la vita (in Italian)
^ Messina, morto Franco Martino Fu presidente della Regione (in Italian)
^ Elhunyt Giorgio Pressburger magyar származású olasz író (in Hungarian)
^ Morto Anzolin, portiere della Juve per 9 anni (in Italian)
^ Morto a 102 anni Emilio D'Amore, volto storico della destra irpina (in Italian)
^ Courtney, Barrie (22 May 2014). "England - International Results B-Team - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

[1] "Terremoto, 4 scosse sopra magnitudo 5: torna la paura nel Centro Italia in ginocchio per la neve". 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[2] Claudio, Lavanga; Jamieson, Alastair. "Italy Avalanche: Hotel Rigopiano Buried After Earthquakes, 'Many Dead'". NBC News. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

[3] "Italy school bus crash and fire leaves 16 dead". BBC News. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

[4] Terremoto a Ischia, due morti e 39 feriti. Corsa per salvare l’ultimo fratellino rimasto sepolto

[5] Forte terremoto a Ischia, crolli a Casamicciola. Due morti e almeno 39 feriti

[6] Butler, Michael (13 November 2017). "Italy 0-0 Sweden (0-1 agg): World Cup play-off second leg – as it happened". The Guardian.

[7] "È morto Tullio De Mauro, il più grande linguista italiano. Cultura in lutto". la Repubblica (in Italian). 5 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

[8] Addio ad Armando Aste, grande alpinista roveretano, uno dei rocciatori più grandi di sempre (in Italian)

[9] E' morto Gastone Moschin, l'ultimo degli 'Amici miei' (in Italian)

[10] Si è spento oggi a Roma il card. Velasio De Paolis (in Italian)

[11] Lutto a Como: addio all'ex sindaco Antonio Spallino (in Italian)

[12] Morto Pierluigi Cappello La poesia per «riparare» la vita (in Italian)

[13] Messina, morto Franco Martino Fu presidente della Regione (in Italian)

[14] Elhunyt Giorgio Pressburger magyar származású olasz író (in Hungarian)

[15] Morto Anzolin, portiere della Juve per 9 anni (in Italian)

[16] Morto a 102 anni Emilio D'Amore, volto storico della destra irpina (in Italian)

[17] Courtney, Barrie (22 May 2014). "England - International Results B-Team - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

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