1940 in Italy explained

Events from the year 1940 in Italy.

Incumbents

• King: Victor Emmanuel III
• Prime Minister

Benito Mussolini

Events

• 18 March  - In a meeting with Adolf Hitler at the Brenner Pass, Benito Mussolini undertakes to bring Italy into World War II.^[1]

Literature and culture

See main article: 1940 in literature.

• 16 March – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian writer and film director
• 31 July – Fleur Jaeggy, Swiss-Italian fiction writer

Cinema

See also: List of Italian films of 1940.

Births

• 3 January  - Leo de Berardinis, Italian stage actor, theatre director (d. 2008)^[2]
• 19 January  - Paolo Borsellino, judge and magistrate (d. 1992)^[3]
• 17 April  - Ira von Fürstenberg, socialite and actress (d. 2024)^[4]
• 26 April  - Giorgio Moroder, composer
  • • 24 June Augusto Fantozzi, lawyer, tax expert, academic, businessman and politician (d. 2019)^[5]
  • Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer
• 16 October  - Ivan Della Mea, singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
• 24 October  - Giacomo Bulgarelli, Italian association football player (d. 2009)
• 2 November – Gigi Proietti, actor, singer, and comedian (d. 2020)^[6]
• 26 November – Gianni De Michelis, politician (d. 2019)^[7]
• 18 December – Ilario Castagner, footballer and manager

Deaths

• 28 April – Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian opera singer (b. 1871)
• 28 June – Italo Balbo, Italian Fascist leader (b. 1896)
• 10 July – Pietro Frugoni, Italian general (b. 1851)

See also

• Italian Campaign (World War II)

Notes and References

1. Book: Burgwyn, H . Italian foreign policy in the interwar period, 1918-1940 . Praeger . Westport, Conn . 1997 . 9780275948771 . 211.
2. Leo de Berardinis on the Italian Encyclopedia Treccani
3. Web site: Obituary: Paolo Borsellino. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paolo-borsellino-1534572.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live. . 20 July 1992 .
4. https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/marbella-san-pedro/princess-ira-von-furstenberg-icon-marbellas-jet-20240220104326-nt.html Princess Ira Von Fürstenberg, icon of Marbella's jet set, dies at 83
5. Web site: Augusto Fantozzi, morto a Roma il tributarista che fu ministro e commissario di Alitalia. Il Fatto Quotidiano. 15 July 2019. it. 13 July 2019.
6. Book: Gigi Proietti. Tutto sommato: Qualcosa mi ricordo. 13 November 2013. Rizzoli. 978-8858662687.
7. Web site: Biographies . The World Politics Forum . 1 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193451/http://www.theworldpoliticalforum.net/wp-content/uploads/wpf2003/05_founding_conference_turin/varie/bio.pdf . 14 July 2014 .