* 2009 – A 6. 3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L ' Aquila, Italy, killing 307.

* 2010 – A train derails near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.

* 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.

* 1918 – World War I: The Flight over Vienna mission, when a dozen Italian Servizio Aeronautico single-engined military aircraft drop leaflets over the main capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, demanding that both Austrian hostilities against Italy be ended, and for Austria to end its alliance with the German Empire.

* 461 – Majorian is arrested near Tortona ( Northern Italy ) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor.

* 1980 – A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.

* 461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer.

* 1945 – World War II: The German army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.

* 1943 – World War II: The U. S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.

He enhanced this by bribing the German king Henry IV with 360, 000 gold pieces to attack the Normans in Italy, which forced the Normans to concentrate on their defenses at home in 1083 – 1084.

* 476 – Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes ( Herulic-Scirian foederati ), is proclaimed rex Italiae (" King of Italy ") by his troops.

Andrea Andreani ( 1540 – 1623 ) was an Italian engraver on wood, who was among the first printmakers in Italy to use chiaroscuro, which required multiple colours.

* 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.

* 1916 – World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.

* 1902 – Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy ( d. 1981 )

* 1341 – Sack of Saluzzo ( Italy ) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo.

* 1797 – Citizens of Verona, Italy, begin an eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces, which will end unsuccessfully.

* 1945 – Brazilian forces liberate the town of Montese, Italy, from German Nazi forces.

" Italy ", says he, in writing of the occurrence to a friend, " Italy is my country – is the country and native soil of the arts.

Early plate in Italy, and elsewhere in the 13th – 15th century were made of iron.

* 1951 – Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician and statesman, Prime Minister of Italy ( b. 1873 )

* 1866 – Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.

* 1810 – Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian diplomat and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy ( d. 1861 )

Their first honour outside of Italy was recorded in 1960 – 61 when Roma won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup by beating Birmingham City 4 – 2 in the finals.

Late Antique Mosaic of Saint Ambrose (~ 337-397 ) in Sant ' Ambrogio church, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, possibly an actual portrait made in his lifetime

Saint Adelaide of Italy ( 931 / 932 – 16 December 999 ), also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was the second wife of Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor.

The monastery at Subiaco established in Italy by Saint Benedict of Nursia circa 529 was the first of a dozen monasteries founded by him.

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On May 5, 1940 Pope Pius XII named her a joint Patron Saint of Italy along with Saint Francis of Assisi.

* Saint Lucy's Day ( mainly Scandinavia, some regions of Italy ( for example, Sicily, Veneto and Trentino ), and Malta ), and its related observances:

Saint Brieuc founded the city that bears his name in Brittany, Saint Colmán founded the great monastery of Bobbio in northern Italy and one of his monks was Saint Gall for whom the Swiss town of St Gallen and canton of St Gallen.

Saint Antony's Church, Urtijëi, Italy.

* 1823 – A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.

Reliquary of Saint Louis ( end 13th c .) Basilica of Saint Dominic, Bologna, Italy

The precise dating of the Rule of the Master is problematic ; but it has been argued on internal grounds that it antedates the so-called Rule of Saint Benedict created by Benedict of Nursia for his monastery in Monte Cassino, Italy ( c. 529 ), and the other Benedictine monasteries he himself had founded ( cf.

Portrait of Honorius III: detail of the apse mosaic of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ( 1220 ) ( Rome, Italy )

Between 612 and 615, the Irish missionary Saint Columban, then living at Bobbio in Italy, was persuaded by Agilulf, King of the Lombards, to address a letter on the condemnation of the " Three Chapters " to Boniface IV.

Saint Gavinus () is a Roman Catholic saint who is greatly celebrated in Sardinia, Italy, as one of the Martiri turritani (" Martyrs of Turris "), along with his companions Saints Protus and Januarius.

The UNCCD has 194 country Parties: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d ' Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

* 529: Saint Benedict of Nursia founds the monastery of Monte Cassino in Italy.

* May 9 – The remains of Saint Nicholas are brought to Bari, Italy by local sailors.