1686 in Italy

An incomplete series of events which occurred in 1686 in Italy:

Events

 * French attack on the Vaudois (1686) - A French attack on a Protestant community in Piedmont.

Births

 * Carlo Innocenzo Carlone (died 1775) - fresco painter
 * Saint Ignatius of Santhiá (Laurenzo Maurizio, 1686-1770) - diocesan priest
 * Benedetto Marcello (died 1739) - composer and librettist

Deaths

 * Antonio Busca, painter (b. 1625)
 * Nicolas Steno, geologist and anatomist (born 1638)
 * Carlo Dolci, Italian painter (born 1616)