2005 in Italy

Events during the year 2005 in Italy.

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See also:	History of Italy Timeline of Italian history List of years in Italy

Incumbents

• President: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
• Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi

Events

• 7 January – Crevalcore train crash.^[1]
• 1 August – Murders of Aldo Donegani and Luisa De Leo.^[2]
• 24 October – Eurostar 9410 derailment.^[3]

Deaths

Margherita Carosio

• 9 January – Artidoro Berti, long-distance runner (b. 1920).^[4]
• 10 January – Margherita Carosio, soprano (b. 1908).^[5]
• 11 January – Fabrizio Meoni, off-road and rallying motorcycle racer (b. 1957).^[6]
• 1 February – Franco Mannino, composer (b. 1924).^[7]
• 3 February – Corrado Bafile, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1903).^[8]
• 1 March – Sergio Campanato, mathematician (b. 1930).
• 15 March – Renzo Alverà, bobsledder (b. 1933).^[9]
• 17 June – Susanna Javicoli, actress (b. 1954).^[10]
• 13 August – Wladimiro Calarese, fencer (b. 1930).^[11]
• 16 August – Tonino Delli Colli, cinematographer (b. 1923).^[12]
• 1 October Renzo Nostini, fencer (b. 1914).^[13]
• 16 December – Enzo Stuarti, tenor (b. 1919).^[14]