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| 1483 | Mancini, Dominic |  |
| London Attends Richard III's coronation |
| 1529 | Burgo, Nicholas de | |
| London Appointed Member of Henry VIII's "think tank" |
| 1852 | Cavour, Camillo Benso di | |
| Adopts free trade, judicial reform & religious freedom |
| Rome A "free Church in a free state" |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont |
| Makes Sardinia-Piedmont a model state for Italian unification |
| 1857 | Cavour, Camillo Benso di | |
| Founds the National Association for the Union of Italy |
| 1858 | Cavour, Camillo Benso di | |
| Agrees France having Nice & Savoy for its support in Italian unification |
| Plombieres Meets Napoleon in secret |
| Plombieres Obtains support to expel Austria from Lombardy & Venetia |
| Plombieres Unites Italy under Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia |
| 1860 | Cavour, Camillo Benso di | |
| Piedmont Tuscany, Parmam, Modena & Romagna vote in favor of union with Piedmont |
| Jan Appointed Prime Minister of Piedmont |
| Jan Piedmont Intends to unite the duchies of Parma, Modena, Romagna & Tuscany |
| 1860 | Fabrizi, Nicola | |
| Appointed Minister of War |
| 1873 | Minghetti, Marco | |
| 8th Sep Forms a ministry after the break-up of Lanza's government |
| 1874 | Minghetti, Marco | |
| 25th May Minghetti resigns from office but the King refuses to accept |
| 1887 | Crispi, Francesco | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, first term, pursues expansionist Colonial policy |
| 1888 | Boselli, Paolo | |
| Appointed Minister of Education |
| 1893 | Crispi, Francesco | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 2nd term |
| 1899 | Boselli, Paolo | |
| Appointed Minister in the Treasury |
| 1911 | Facta, Luigi | |
| Appointed Minister of Finance |
| 1916 | Boselli, Paolo | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy |
| 1917 | Orlando, Vittorio Emmanuele | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy |
| 1919 | Facta, Luigi | |
| Appointed Minister of Justice |
| 1919 | Orlando, Vittorio Emmanuele | |
| Appointed President of the Chamber of Deputies |
| 20th June Resigns after Woodrow Wilson refuses to recognize his territorial demands |
| 1922 | Facta, Luigi | |
| Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Italy |
| 28th Oct Fails to get Victor Emmanuel to agree to martial law & resigns |
| 28th Oct Signed by the Facta Cabinet, orders Royal guards & Carabinieri to prevent disturbances |
| 1924 | Badoglio, Pietro | |
| Appointed Ambassador to Brazil |
| 1925 | Orlando, Vittorio Emmanuele | |
| Resigns after the Fascist electoral fraud |
| Locarno The principle treaty is signed between Germany, France, Belgium, Britain, and Italy, under which the first three signatories undertook not to attack each other, with the latter two acting as guarantors |
| 1943 | Ciano | |
| Feb Appointed Ambassador to the Vatican, February-July |
| 1943 | Ciano, Galeazzo | |
| Feb Appointed Ambassador to the Vatican, February-July |
| 1945 | Gasperi, Alcide de | |
| 27th Jan Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 2nd term |
| 27th Jan Heads a new coalition of Chris tian Democrats, Democratic Socialists & Republicans |
| 1946 | Brosio, Manilo | |
| Appointed Ambassador to Russia |
| 1946 | Gasperi, Alcide de | |
| 18th June Appointed Head of State, acting in a provsional government |
| 1946 | Nicola, Enrico de | |
| 1st July Appointed Head of State |
| 1946 | Orlando, Vittorio Emmanuele | |
| Appointed President of the Constituent Assembly |
| 1948 | Einaudi, Luigi | |
| 12th May Appointed President of Italy |
| 1948 | Nicola, Enrico de | |
| 1st Jan Appointed President of Italy |
| 1952 | Brosio, Manilo | |
| London Appointed Ambassador to Britain |
| 1953 | Pella, Giuseppe | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy |
| 1954 | Fanfani, Amintore | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 1st term |
| 1955 | Brosio, Manilo | |
| Washington Appointed Ambassador to USA |
| 1955 | Gronchi, Giovanni | |
| 11th May Appointed President of Italy |
| 1957 | Gronchi, Giovanni | |
| 25th Mar Rome Itlay The Treaty of Rome establishes the European Economic Community & is signed by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium & Luxembourg |
| 1958 | Fanfani, Amintore | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 2nd term |
| 1960 | Fanfani, Amintore | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 3rd term |
| 26th June Italian Somaliland declares independence from Italian-administration |
| 1961 | Brosio, Manilo | |
| Paris Appointed Ambassador to France |
| 1962 | Segni, Antonio | |
| 11th May Appointed President of Italy |
| 1963 | Moro, Aldo | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 1st term |
| 1964 | Brosio, Manilo | |
| Appointed Secretary General of NATO |
| 1964 | Merzagora, Cesare | |
| 6th Dec Appointed President of Italy, acting |
| 1964 | Saragat, Giusepe | |
| 29th Dec Appointed President of Italy |
| 1965 | Fanfani, Amintore | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term |
| 1968 | Fanfani, Amintore | |
| Appointed President of the Italian Senate, 1st term |
| 1971 | Leone, Giovanni | |
| 29th Dec Appointed President of Italy |
| 1972 | Andreotti, Giulio | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 1st term |
| 1972 | Brosio, Manilo | |
| Elected Senator |
| 1974 | Moro, Aldo | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 2nd term |
| 1976 | Andreotti, Giulio | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 2nd term |
| 30th July Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 2nd term |
| 1976 | Fanfani, Amintore | |
| Appointed President of the Italian Senate, 2nd term |
| 1976 | Moro, Aldo | |
| 6th Jan Resigns after a newspaper says the Party Secretary was not consulted about reflation |
| Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 3rd term |
| Feb Forms a caretaker government |
| 1978 | Fanfani, Amintore | |
| 9th July Appointed President of Italy, acting |
| 1978 | Martini, Sandro | |
| 8th July Wins the Presidential election |
| 1978 | Pertini, Alessandro | |
| July Appointed President of Italy |
| 8th July Elected President of Italy |
| 1978 | Pertini, Sandro | |
| 9th July Appointed President of Italy |
| 1981 | Frolani, Arnaldo | |
| 26th May Resigns after top officials are linked to the "P2" masonic lodge |
| 1981 | Spadolini, Giovanni | |
| 28th June Appointed Prime Minister of Italy |
| 1982 | Fanfani, Amintore | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 4th term |
| 1985 | Cossiga, Francesco | |
| 29th June Appointed President of Italy |
| 1989 | Andreotti, Giulio | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 3rd term |
| 1991 | Andreotti, Giulio | |
| Rome A referendum approves electoral reform |
| 29th Mar Rome Forced to resign by the Socialist Party |
| 1992 | Amato, Giuliano | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy |
| Rome Italy withdraws from the ERM |
| Rome The Lira is devalued |
| 1992 | Scalfaro, Oscar Luigi | |
| 16th Feb Calls elections to be held on April 21 after Maccanico is unable to form a government |
| 28th May Appointed President of Italy |
| 1992 | Spadolini, Giovanni | |
| 28th April Appointed President of Italy, acting |
| 1993 | Ciampi, Carlo | |
| Rome A new electoral system is based on 75% majority voting |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy |
| 1996 | Prodi, Romano | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 1st term |
| 1997 | Prodi, Romano | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 2nd term |
| Rome Cleared of corruption charges |
| Rome Resigns as the Prime Minister of Italy |
| 1999 | Ciampi, Carlo Azeglio | |
| 15th May Appointed President of Italy, acting |
| 1999 | Mancino, Nicola | |
| 15th May Appointed President of Italy, acting |
| 2007 | Prodi, Romano | |
| 28th Feb Prodi remains in power, as the Senate narrowly passes a vote of confidence in the prime minister's weak government |
| 28th Feb Romano Prodi submits his resignation after a measure about deploying more troops to Afghanistan and allowing the USAto expand a military base in Italy fails in the Senate, he has been in power only nine months. |
