2005 in Italy

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

Events during the year 2005 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]

References

1. Redazione (2025-01-07). "Vent'anni dal disastro ferroviario di Crevalcore: una tragedia che non si dimentica". Verona Tomorrow (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-04-24.
2. "Omicidio Donegani, gli zii uccisi dal nipote e abbandonati a pezzi nel bosco". ilGiornale.it (in Italian). 2023-10-03. Archived from the original on 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
3. "Train crash leaves 10 dead in northern Italy". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
4. "Artidoro Berti". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
5. Blyth, Alan (20 January 2005). "Margherita Carosio". theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
6. "Rider Meoni killed on Dakar Rally". CNN. 12 January 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
7. "Franco Mannino - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
8. Corrado Cardinal Bafile
9. "Renzo Alverà". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
10. "Morta a Roma Susanna Javicoli, musa ispiratrice di Carmelo Bene". ricerca.gelocal.it (in Italian). 19 June 2005. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
11. "Wladimiro Calarese". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
12. Wingfield, Brian (August 21, 2005). "Tonino Delli Colli, Prolific Cinematographer, Dies at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
13. "Renzo Nostini". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
14. "Enzo Stuarti - Tenor and Actor, 86". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2019.