2015 in Italy

The following lists events have happened in 2015 in the Italian Republic.

Incumbents

 * President: Giorgio Napolitano (until 14 January), Sergio Mattarella (starting 3 February)
 * Prime Minister: Matteo Renzi

January

 * January 14 – President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano announces his resignation.

March

 * March 3 – South of Sicily, Italy's Coast Guard saves 941 trafficked migrants aboard five motorized dinghies and two larger vessels near southern Italian ports. Ten people are unaccounted for.

April

 * April 9 – A man shot and killed three people and wounded two others at a Milan courthouse.
 * April 18 – shipwreck in the Sicilian channel of a boat loaded with 887 migrants off the Libyan coast, accidentally impacted with the King Jacob ship. Over 800 deaths, the highest number of victims ever recorded.

May

 * May 1 – October 31 – Expo 2015 is held in Milan, Italy.
 * May 15 – A man fired from the balcony of his home in Secondigliano, Calabria, killing five people (including two relatives and a police officer) and wounding five others before being arrested.

July

 * July 11 – Bombing of the Italian Consulate in Cairo.

December

 * December – Lombardy Bans the Burka.

Deaths

 * January 4 – Pino Daniele, 59, singer
 * January 10 – Francesco Rosi, 92, director
 * February 14 – Michele Ferrero, 89, entrepreneur and owner of the chocolate manufacturer Ferrero SpA
 * April 5 – Francesco Smalto, 87, fashion designer
 * April 6 – Giovanni Berlinguer, 90, politician, MEP (2004–09)
 * April 14 – Roberto Tucci, 93, Roman Catholic prelate, President of Vatican Radio (1985–2001), Cardinal-Priest of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio since 2001
 * April 17 – Renato Altissimo, 74, politician
 * April 19 – Elio Toaff, 99, rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Rome (1951–2002)
 * May 15 – Renzo Zorzi, 68, racing driver
 * May 21 – Annarita Sidoti, 44, race walker, 1997 World Champion
 * June 12 – Micol Fontana, 101, fashion designer
 * July 14 – Willer Bordon, 66, politician
 * July 20 – Elio Fiorucci, 80, fashion designer
 * August 29 – Antonio Ceccarini, 65, footballer
 * September 17 – Valeria Cappellotto, 45, racing cyclist.
 * September 27 – Pietro Ingrao, 100, politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1976–79)
 * November 15 – Moira Orfei, 82, actress and owner of Circus Orfei
 * November 16 – Nando Gazzolo, 87, actor and voice actor
 * November 27 – Luca De Filippo, 67, director, son of Eduardo
 * December 6 – Mariuccia Mandelli, 90, fashion designer, founder of Krizia fashion house
 * December 14 – Armando Cossutta, 89, politician
 * December 15 – Licio Gelli, 96, financer and Venerable Master of the clandestine lodge Propaganda Due (P2)