| 1 | 26.5.1805 | Event | Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned King of Italy |
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| 2 | 2.10.1870 | Event | Rome became the capital city of Italy |
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| 3 | 8.7.1882 | Event | The poet, Percy Shelly, was drowned while in Italy |
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| 4 | 30.1.1888 | Event | The author and artist Edward Lear died in San Remo, Italy |
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| 5 | 10.12.1896 | Event | The Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, who invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel prizes, died in San Remo, Italy |
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| 6 | 7.9.1905 | Event | Italy suffered an earthquake, killing thousands and completely destroying many villages |
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| 7 | 19.5.1906 | Event | The Simplon rail tunnel between Switzerland and Italy was officially opened |
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| 8 | 29.9.1911 | Event | Italy declared war on Turkey over who owned Tripoli, Libya |
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| 9 | 1.8.1914 | Event | Germany declared war on the Soviet Union; Italy declared itself neutral |
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| 10 | 21.8.1915 | Event | Italy declared war on Turkey |
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| 11 | 27.8.1915 | Event | Italy declared war on Germany |
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| 12 | 23.3.1919 | Event | In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist Party |
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| 13 | 9.9.1920 | Event | Earthquakes struck Italy, leaving tens of thousands homeless |
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| 14 | 31.10.1922 | Event | Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister and Dictator of Italy |
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| 15 | 7.4.1939 | Event | Italy invaded Albania |
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| 16 | 7.9.1943 | Event | During the Second World War, Italy surrended to the Allies |
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| 17 | 4.1.1944 | Event | The British, during WW2, launched an attack on Monte Cassino, Italy |
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| 18 | 22.1.1944 | Event | Allied forces landed at Anzio, Italy |
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| 19 | 18.5.1944 | Event | The Allies captured Monte Cassini, Italy |
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| 20 | 9.4.1945 | Event | The American USS Liberty exploded in Bari harbour, Italy, killing 360 of the crew |
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| 21 | 29.4.1945 | Event | The German armed foces in Italy surrended to the allies |
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| 22 | 16.7.1965 | Event | The Mont Blanc road tunnel, linking France and Italy, opened |
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| 23 | 18.12.1970 | Event | In Italy, divorce was legalised |
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| 24 | 4.8.1983 | Event | Italy elected its first socialist prime minister since 1946 |
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| 25 | 3.6.1985 | Event | Italy ended catholicism as the state religion |
