1924 in Italy

Events in the year 1924 in the Kingdom of Italy.

Incumbents

 * King – Victor Emmanuel III
 * Prime Minister – Benito Mussolini

Events

 * 27 January – Treaty of Rome (1924)
 * 6 April – Italian general election, 1924
 * 21 September – Inauguration of the Autostrada dei Laghi, the first controlled-access highway ever built in the world.
 * 6 October – 1-RO begins regular radio broadcasting services

Sport

 * 25 January to 5 February – Italy participated at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, with 23 competitors in 4 sports
 * 4 May to 27 July – Italy participated at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Paris, with 200 competitors in 18 sports, winning a total of 16 medals (8 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze)

Unknown

 * – The Benito Mussolini government pass a law in 1924 requiring that every school display a Crucifix.

Births

 * 9 January – Walkiria Terradura, anti-fascist partisan (d. 2023)
 * 29 January – Luigi Nono, composer (d. 1990)
 * 2 February – Ignazio Colnaghi, actor (d. 2017)
 * 8 March – Walter Chiari, actor (d. 1991)
 * 23 April – Rossana Rossanda, politician and journalist (d. 2020)
 * 30 June – Maino Neri, footballer (d. 1995)
 * 9 July – Domenico Pace, fencer (d. 2022)
 * 13 July - Carlo Bergonzi, operatic tenor (d. 2014)
 * 4 August – Antonio Maccanico, Italian constitutional specialist, social liberal politician (d. 2013)
 * 12 August – Lucy Salani, political activist (d. 2023)
 * 25 August – Sergio Bergonzelli, director, screenwriter, producer and actor (d. 2002)
 * 19 September – Rosario Mazzola, Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2018)
 * 8 November – Gino Scarpa, painter, printmaker and sculptor (d. 2022)
 * 18 December – Alberto Ablondi, bishop (d. 2010)

Deaths

 * 8 April – Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris, general, known for the Bava Beccaris massacre (b. 1831)
 * 10 June – Giacomo Matteotti, politician (b. 1885)
 * 17 July – Ricciotti Garibaldi, soldier (b. 1847)

Full date missing

 * Tito Conti, painter (b. 1842)
 * Francesco Franceschi, horticulturist (b. 1843)