Events during the year 2005 in Italy.

Incumbents President: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi

Events 7 January – Crevalcore train crash. 1 August – Murders of Aldo Donegani and Luisa De Leo. 24 October – Eurostar 9410 derailment.

Deaths

9 January – Artidoro Berti, long-distance runner (b. 1920). 10 January – Margherita Carosio, soprano (b. 1908). 11 January – Fabrizio Meoni, off-road and rallying motorcycle racer (b. 1957). 1 February – Franco Mannino, composer (b. 1924). 3 February – Corrado Bafile, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1903).Corrado Cardinal Bafile 1 March – Sergio Campanato, mathematician (b. 1930). 15 March – Renzo Alverà, bobsledder (b. 1933). 17 June – Susanna Javicoli, actress (b. 1954). 3 July – Alberto Lattuada, film director (b. 1914). 13 August – Wladimiro Calarese, fencer (b. 1930). 16 August – Tonino Delli Colli, cinematographer (b. 1923). 1 October – Renzo Nostini, fencer (b. 1914). 6 October – Marta Grandi, entomologist. (b. 1915)Marta Grandi (1915–2005) 16 December – Enzo Stuarti, tenor (b. 1919).

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