1996 in Italy
Events in Italy in 1996:Incumbents
- President – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
- Prime Minister – Lamberto Dini, Romano Prodi.
Events
- Vulcanair is founded, as did airline company Minerva Airlines.
- February 26: The Democratic Alliance dissolves and is succeeded by the Democratic Union.
- February 27: The political party Italian Renewal is founded.
Elections
- Italian general election, 1996
- Italian Senate election in Lombardy, 1996
- Sicilian regional election, 1996
Sport
- 1995–96 Serie A
- 1995–96 Serie B
- 1995–96 Coppa Italia
- 1996 Supercoppa Italiana
- 1996 Torneo di Viareggio
- 1995–96 Serie A season
- 1995–97 FIRA Trophy
- 1996 Italian Grand Prix
- 1996 San Marino Grand Prix
- 1996 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
- 1996 Giro d'Italia
- Italy at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Italy at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Film
- 53rd Venice International Film Festival
Births
- 1 February – Gianluigi Quinzi, Italian tennis player
- 17 February – Erika Fasana, Italian artistic gymnast
Deaths
- February 29 – Mario Zagari, 82, politician
- March 31 – Nino Borsari, 84, cyclist
- May 25 – Renzo De Felice, 67, historian
- May 31 – Luciano Lama, 74, syndicalist
- June 14 – Gesualdo Bufalino, 75, writer
- June 18 – Gino Bramieri, 69, comedian
- August 12 – Prince Eugenio, Duke of Genoa, 90, member of House of Savoy
- December 15 – Giuseppe Dossetti, 83, politician and priest
- December 19 – Marcello Mastroianni, 72, actor
