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(1600) Giordano Bruno burned to death by Roman Inquisition for heresy
(1626) St. Peter's in Rome consecrated
(1647) Fruit tax caused revolt in Naples
(1669) Island of Crete taken by Turks; Mount Etna erupts and lava flow destroyed over a dozen villages
(1693) Earthquake in Sicily killed over 60,000, destroyed 45 cities
(1737) Medici dynasty in Florence comes to an end
(1748) Excavation of Pompeii began
(1778) La Scala opened in Milan
(1783) Earthquake in Calabria killed 50,000
(1796) Napoleon conquered northern Italy, became part of French Empire
(1805) Napoleon declared himself Italian Emperor
(1814) Napoleon abdicated his throne; Italy divided into small kingdoms
(1840) First major railroad links established
(1820-50) Small revolutions occurred in kingdoms; Venice, Rome, Tuscany declared themselves Republics
(1849) Republic of Rome taken over by French troops
(1861) Kingdom of Italy established excluding Rome, Venice, San Marino; King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia became King of Italy
(1866) Italy obtained Venice from Austria
(1870) Italian forces occupied Rome
(1871) Rome named capital of Italy
(1908) Earthquake in Messina Strait caused tsunami, over 200,000 killed
(1915) Italy joined World War I on side of Allies
(1918) Allies won World War I
(1922) Fascists took control of Rome; Benito Mussolini named Prime Minister
(1925) Mussolini became Dictator of Italy
(1929) State of Vatican City created by Lateran Treaty
(1936) Mussolini formed anti-Communist Axis with Germany
(1940) Italy entered World War II as ally of Germany
(1943) Italy surrendered to Allied forces; Mussolini forced to resign; Italy declared war on Germany
(1944) Allied Armies liberated Rome
(1945) Mussolini executed by Italian partisans
(1946) Italians voted to end monarchy and established a republic
(1952) Italy became founding member of the European Economic Community
(1955) Italy joined United Nations
(1960) Olympic Games held in Rome
(1966) Flood waters from Arno River in Florence damaged many works of art
(1969) Bomb at Piazza Fontana in Milan killed 13, injured over 100
(1978) Prime Minister Aldo Moro kidnapped and assassinated by Red Brigades
(1980 Bomb at Bologna train station killed 84, injured over 200
(1981) Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in Vatican City by Turkish man
(1982) Italian soccer team won World Cup in Spain
(1983) First Socialist Prime Minister, Bettino Craxi, formed government
(1984) Roman Catholicism lost status as state religion of Italy
(1986) 338 Mafia members convicted of criminal activities
(1990) World Cup held in Italy
(1992) Scandals of political corruption led to fall of Christian Democratic party; Judge Giovanni Falcone killed in Sicily by Mafia
(1994) Silvio Berlusconi elected Prime Minister by rightist coalition; forced to resign later in year due to financial irregularities in the coalition
(1996) Olive Tree, a leftist coalition voted into power; Romani Prodi elected Prime Minister; fire destroyed Venice theater La Fenice; earthquake in Assisi damaged Basilica di San Francesco, killed four
(1998) Italy joined the EU, or European Union
(1999) Italy adopted Euro as it currency; Carolo Ciampi elected President of Italy
(2001) Center-right coalition elected Silvio Berlusconi as Prime Minister
(2002) Euro replaced the lira; former Prime Minister, Giulio Andreotti, found guilty of ordering Mafia to murder a journalist
(2003) Multi-billion euros fraud at Parmalat food-manufacturing company exposed
(2006) Center-left coalition took over control of government, Romani Prodi elected Prime Minister; Giorgio Napolitano named President; Bernardo Provenzano, boss of Sicilian Mafia, caught and arrested; Italian soccer team won World Cup
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