2017 in Italy explained

Events during the year 2017 in Italy.

Incumbents

• President: Sergio Mattarella
• Prime Minister: Paolo Gentiloni

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

• 5 January
  • Tullio De Mauro, 84, linguist.^[7]
  • Leonardo Benevolo, 93, architect and city planner.^[8]
• 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^[9]
• 4 September – Gastone Moschin, actor (b. 1929)^[10]
• 9 September – Velasio de Paolis, 81, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See 2008–2011^[11]
• 27 September – Antonio Spallino, 92, fencer and politician, Olympic champion (1956) and Mayor of Como 1970–1985^[12]
• 1 October – Pierluigi Cappello, 50, poet, Viareggio Prize laureate 2010^[13]
• 3 October – Francesco Martino, politician, President of Region of Sicily 1993–1995 (born 1937)^[14]
• 5 October – Giorgio Pressburger, 80, Hungarian-born Italian writer^[15]
• 6 October – Roberto Anzolin, 79, footballer^[16]
• 8 October – Aldo Biscardi, 86, television presenter
• 21 October – Emilio D'Amore, 102, politician, Deputy 1948–1958, 1963–1968^[17]
• 17 November – Salvatore Riina, 87, criminal and chief of the Sicilian Mafia
• 26 December – Gualtiero Marchesi, 87, chef^[18]
• 27 December – Osvaldo Fattori, footballer, 95^[19]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Terremoto, 4 scosse sopra magnitudo 5: torna la paura nel Centro Italia in ginocchio per la neve. 18 January 2017. 18 January 2017.
2. Web site: Claudio. Lavanga. Jamieson. Alastair. Italy Avalanche: Hotel Rigopiano Buried After Earthquakes, 'Many Dead'. NBC News. 19 January 2017 . 19 January 2017.
3. News: Italy school bus crash and fire leaves 16 dead . . 21 January 2017 . 18 February 2017.
4. Web site: Terremoto a Ischia, due morti e 39 feriti. Corsa per salvare l'ultimo fratellino rimasto sepolto . 22 August 2017 . 2017-10-15 . 2017-10-14 . 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 . live .
5. Web site: Forte terremoto a Ischia, crolli a Casamicciola. Due morti e almeno 39 feriti . 22 August 2017 . 2017-10-15 . 2017-08-29 . 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 . live .
6. News: Italy 0-0 Sweden (0-1 agg): World Cup play-off second leg – as it happened. The Guardian. 13 November 2017. Butler. Michael.
7. Web site: È morto Tullio De Mauro, il più grande linguista italiano. Cultura in lutto. it. 5 January 2017. 8 January 2017. la Repubblica.
8. Web site: Benèvolo, Leonardo - Treccani . 2024-06-05 . Treccani . it.
9. Web site: Addio ad Armando Aste, grande alpinista roveretano, uno dei rocciatori più grandi di sempre. 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/. dead. September 2, 2017. November 15, 2022. il Dolomiti.
10. Web site: E' morto Gastone Moschin, l'ultimo degli 'Amici miei'. https://archive.today/20170905085937/http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/people/2017/09/04/news/morto_gastone_moschin-174631139/. dead. September 4, 2017. September 5, 2017. la Repubblica.
11. Web site: Si è spento oggi a Roma il card. Velasio De Paolis. 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. dead. September 9, 2017. www.archivioradiovaticana.va.
12. Web site: Lutto a Como, addio all'ex sindaco Antonio Spallino. https://web.archive.org/web/20190828202542/http://www.espansionetv.it/gate/2017/09/28/lutto-a-como-addio-allex-sindaco-antonio-spallino/. dead. September 28, 2017. August 28, 2019.
13. Web site: Morto Pierluigi Cappello. La poesia per «ricucire» la vita. 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. dead. ROBERTO. GALAVERNI. January 10, 2017. October 4, 2017. Corriere della Sera.
14. Web site: Messina, morto Franco Martino Fu presidente della Regione. https://web.archive.org/web/20171007020450/http://livesicilia.it/2017/10/04/messina-morto-ex-presidente-dalla-regione-franco-martino_893960/. dead. October 7, 2017.
15. Web site: Elhunyt Giorgio Pressburger magyar származású olasz író. https://web.archive.org/web/20171005194824/http://hvg.hu/kultura/20171005_elhunyt_giorgio_pressburger. dead. HVG Kiadó. Zrt. October 5, 2017. October 5, 2017. hvg.hu.
16. Web site: Addio a Anzolin, per nove stagioni portiere della Juve - Calcio. 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. dead. October 6, 2017. October 9, 2017. Agenzia ANSA.
17. Web site: E' morto a 102 anni Emilio D'Amore, volto storico della destra irpina. https://web.archive.org/web/20171021220629/http://www.irpinianews.it/e-morto-a-102-anni-emilio-damore-volto-storico-della-destra-irpina/. dead. Redazione. online. October 21, 2017. October 21, 2017.
18. Web site: Gualtiero Marchesi, è morto il grande maestro della cucina italiana . 2024-06-05 . www.corriere.it.
19. Web site: England - International Results B-Team - Details . Barrie . Courtney . 22 May 2014 . . 21 April 2017.