The following lists events that have happened in 2016 in the Italian Republic.
Incumbents President: Sergio Mattarella Prime Minister: Matteo Renzi (until 12 December), Paolo Gentiloni (starting 12 December)
Events January 4 January : the car manufacturer Ferrari enters the Milan Stock Exchange in Piazza Affari with its own share. 9 January: Murder of Ashley Ann Olsen in Florence 21-24 January: 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 6 in Rasen-Antholz February 3 February: the murder of Giulio Regeni, an Italian researcher kidnapped on the previous 25 January, is discovered in Egypt
April 2 April - 12 September - Triennial 2016 4-10 April - 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group B in Asiago
May 6-29 May: 2016 Giro d'Italia 11 May: the Cirinnà law for same-sex civil unions is approved. 29 May: Murder of Sara Di Pietrantonio in Rome
June 1 June: inauguration of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the longest high-speed rail tunnel in the world. 2 June: 70th anniversary of the Italian Republic. July 12 July - Andria-Corato train collision
August 21 August: Olympic Italy concludes the Rio Olympics, totaling 28 medals. 24 August: August 2016 Central Italy earthquake
October 26 October: earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale in Central Italy with its epicenter between Castelsantangelo sul Nera, Visso and Ussita. 30 October: Earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale in Central Italy with its epicenter between Norcia and Preci. December 7 December: Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigns in the hands of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella following the defeat in the referendum on 4 December. 12 December: Paolo Gentiloni assumes the office of President of the Council of Ministers. 22 December: the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway is completed and renamed the Mediterranean motorway.
Deaths January 7 – Valerio Zanone, 79, politician January 14 – Franco Citti, 80, actor January 19 – Ettore Scola, 84, director February 19 – Umberto Eco, 82, philosopher and semiotician March 25 – Paolo Poli, 86, theatre actor May 19 – Marco Pannella, 86, politician May 28 – Giorgio Albertazzi, 92, actor and director June 5 – Gianluca Buonanno, 50, politician June 27 – Bud Spencer, 86, actor July 13 – Bernardo Provenzano, 83, criminal and chief of the Sicilian Mafia September 16 – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 95, former President October 13 – Dario Fo, 90, actor and Nobel Prize laureate November 1 – Tina Anselmi, 89, politician November 8 – Umberto Veronesi, 90, scientist
See also 2016 in Italian television List of Italian films of 2016
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