2010 in Italy

Incumbents

• President: Giorgio Napolitano
• Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi

  Events

• February 16–20: Sanremo Music Festival 2010, the 60th annual edition held in Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia,
• May 1: Pope Benedict XVI will appoint an envoy and a commission to reform Legion of Christ, whose Mexican founder, Marcial Maciel, abused children before being dismissed in 2006.

  Sports

• 2010–11 Serie A
• 2010–11 Serie B
• 2010–11 Coppa Italia
• 2010 Supercoppa Italiana
• 2010 Giro d'Italia
• 2010 Giro di Lombardia

  Deaths

• February 8 – Antonio Giolitti, 94, politician
• April 15 – Raimondo Vianello, 87, television presenter
• May 18 – Edoardo Sanguineti, 79, poet and writer
• July 8 – Lelio Luttazzi, 87, composer and television presenter
• August 17 – Francesco Cossiga, 82, politician and former President
• September 21 – Sandra Mondaini, 79, actress
• November 10 – Dino De Laurentiis, 91, film producer
• November 29 – Mario Monicelli, 95, actor, screenwriter and director
• December 18 – Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, 70, economist and former minister
• December 21 – Enzo Bearzot, 83, footballer and football coach