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Decades:

See also:

Events from the: year 1940 in Italy.

Incumbents※

King: Victor Emmanuel III
Prime Minister: Benito Mussolini

Events※

18 March – In a meeting with Adolf Hitler at the——Brenner Pass, Benito Mussolini undertakes——to bring Italy into World War II.

Literature and culture※

Main article: 1940 in literature

16 March – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian writer. And film director
31 July – Fleur Jaeggy, Swiss-Italian fiction writer

Cinema※

See also: List of Italian films of 1940

Births※

3 January – Leo de Berardinis, Italian stage actor, theatre director (d. 2008)
19 January – Paolo Borsellino, judge and magistrate (d. 1992)
17 April – Ira von Fürstenberg, socialite and actress (d. 2024)
26 April – Giorgio Moroder, composer
24 June
- Augusto Fantozzi, lawyer, "tax expert," academic, businessman and politician (d. 2019)
- Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer
16 October – Ivan Della Mea, singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
24 October – Giacomo Bulgarelli, Italian association football player (d. 2009)
2 November – Gigi Proietti, actor, "singer," and comedian (d. 2020)
26 November – Gianni De Michelis, politician (d. 2019)
18 December – Ilario Castagner, footballer and manager

Deaths※

Main article: Deaths in 1940

Further information: Category:1940 deaths

28 April – Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian opera singer (b. 1871)
28 June – Italo Balbo, Italian Fascist leader (b. 1896)
10 July – Pietro Frugoni, Italian general (b. 1851)

See also※

Italian Campaign (World War II)

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v t e Years in Italy (1861–present)
19th century	Pre-1861 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

References※

^ Burgwyn, H (1997). Italian foreign policy in the "interwar period," 1918-1940. Westport, Conn: Praeger. p. 211. ISBN 9780275948771.
^ (in Italian) Leo de Berardinis on the Italian Encyclopedia Treccani
^ "Obituary: Paolo Borsellino". Archived from the original on 2022-05-01.
^ Princess Ira Von Fürstenberg, icon of Marbella's jet set, dies at 83
^ "Augusto Fantozzi, morto a Roma il tributarista che fu ministro e commissario di Alitalia". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^ Gigi Proietti (13 November 2013). Tutto sommato: Qualcosa mi ricordo. Rizzoli. ISBN 978-8858662687.
^ "Biographies" (PDF). The World Politics Forum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

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