Gaza flotilla interception Ben-Gvir
A flotilla of more than 50 civilian vessels organized by pro-Palestinian activists, including the Global Sumud Flotilla, attempted to reach the Gaza Strip in 2026 carr...
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Israeli police block Palm Sunday
On March 29, 2026, Israeli police prevented senior Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass. The Lati...
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Ukraine backs Pope’s Olympic truce call amid war with Russia
Ukraine backs Pope’s Olympic truce call amid war with Russia On February 7, 2026, Ukraine’s government publicly supported a proposal by Pope Leo and Italy to establis...
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Italy probes alleged “sniper tourism” in 1990s Bosnia
On February 5, 2026, Italian prosecutors in Milan confirmed they are investigating allegations that some individuals paid to shoot at civilians in Sarajevo during the ...
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COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global outbreak of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, first identified in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) was notif...
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Israeli and Jewish aid groups support migrant and refugee assistance in Europe
Israeli and Jewish aid groups support migrant and refugee assistance in Europe On September 5, 2015, IsraAID, an Israeli non-governmental organization founded in 2001...
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Jewish critic linked to Mussolini rise
Margherita Sarfatti, an Italian Jewish art critic and writer, played a documented role in the early political and cultural development of Benito Mussolini during the r...
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Series of Battles on the Isonzo River
The Battles of the Isonzo were a series of twelve military engagements between the Kingdom of Italy and Austria-Hungary during World War I. They took place along the I...
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Barbary Pirates Kidnap Europeans For Slavery In North Africa And Ottoman Territories
European Captives Sold Into Slavery By Barbary Pirates From the 16th to the 19th centuries, Barbary pirates operating from North Africa — including present-da...
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Expulsion of Jews from the Kingdom of Naples
Expulsion of Jews from the Kingdom of Naples In 1540, Jewish communities in the Kingdom of Naples were expelled as the region came under the control of the Spanish cr...
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Expulsion of Jews from Spain: 1492 Edict of Expulsion
On March 31, 1492, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, issued the Alhambra Decree, ordering all Jews in Castile and Arago...
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Assassination of Emperor Jerome
Jerome, a prominent Byzantine official during the Gothic War, was assassinated in the Imperial Palace at Ravenna. His death marked a significant turning point in the c...
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Aurelian's Victory Over the Juthungi
Roman Emperor Aurelian defeated the invading Juthungi tribe near the city of Placentia in northern Italy. This battle was a decisive moment in securing the Roman Empir...
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Assassination of Roman Emperor Gallienus
Emperor Gallienus, ruler of the Roman Empire during a time of internal strife and external invasions, was assassinated by his own military officers during a siege. His...
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Completion of Roman Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus was completed in Rome shortly after the death of Emperor Titus. The arch was commissioned by his brother Domitian to commemorate Titus's victories an...
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Untitled1990s–present — The collapse of communist controls produces large migration flows toward Italy, Greece, Germany, the United States and elsewhere. Emigration be...
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Fascist Italy Invades Albania
7 April 1939 — Italian forces invade Albania after King Zog rejects Mussolini's demands for greater Italian control. Zog flees the country and Albania is incorporated ...
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Kingdom of Albania
1 September 1928 — Zogu transforms the republic into a monarchy and takes the title Zog I, King of the Albanians. The monarchy seeks modernization and stronger nationa...
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Vlora War
June–September 1920 — Albanian fighters challenge Italian forces occupying the Vlorë region. The conflict contributes to an agreement under which Italy withdraws from ...
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Arbëresh Communities Form in Italy
15th–16th centuries — Waves of Albanian-speaking migrants settle in southern Italy and Sicily during the expansion of Ottoman rule. Their descendants, known as the Arb...
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Angevin Kingdom of Albania
1272 CE — Charles of Anjou establishes the Regnum Albaniae after securing support among local nobles around Durrës. Angevin power proves uneven, but the kingdom demons...
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Via Egnatia Crosses the Balkans
c. 146–120 BCE — Roman engineers develop the Via Egnatia from the Adriatic coast through Macedonia toward Byzantium. Dyrrachium becomes one of the principal western ga...
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Allies Invade Sicily
10 July 1943 — Allied armies land on Sicily in Operation Husky after victory in North Africa. The invasion places direct military pressure on Fascist Italy and demonst...
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Anti-Comintern Pact
25 November 1936 — Germany and Japan sign an agreement publicly directed against the Communist International. Italy joins the following year. The pact reflects growing...
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Axis Occupation
1941–1944 — Germany, Italy and Bulgaria occupy Greece after the Axis invasion.
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Collective Security Fails in the Ethiopian Crisis
18 November 1935 — League of Nations sanctions against Italy enter into force after Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia. The measures exclude crucial materials such as oi...
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Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
1906–1917 senior military influence — Conrad serves as chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff for most of the years preceding and during the early war. Before 191...
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Italian Armistice Announced
8 September 1943 — Italy publicly announces an armistice with the Allies. German forces quickly occupy much of Italy, disarm many Italian units and rescue Mussolini, w...
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Italy Demands Access to Greece
28 October 1940 — Greece rejects an Italian ultimatum, commemorated today as Ohi Day.
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Italy Enters the War Against Austria-Hungary
23 May 1915 — Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary after joining the Allied side through the secret Treaty of London. Italian leaders expect territorial gains along t...
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Italy Invades Ethiopia
3 October 1935 — Fascist Italy invades Ethiopia from Eritrea and Italian Somaliland. Mussolini seeks imperial expansion, prestige and revenge for Italy's earlier defea...
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Japan Formally Surrenders
2 September 1945 — Japanese representatives sign the Instrument of Surrender aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The ceremony formally ends the Second World War. Germany...
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Locarno Treaties Are Signed
1 December 1925 — Germany, France, Belgium, Britain and Italy sign agreements intended to stabilize Western Europe's postwar borders. Germany accepts its western front...
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March on Rome
28 October 1922 — Fascist squads mobilize around Rome while Benito Mussolini pressures Italy's political establishment for power. King Victor Emmanuel III refuses to a...
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Munich Agreement
30 September 1938 — Britain, France, Germany and Italy agree that Czechoslovakia must surrender the Sudetenland to Germany. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain ...
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Munich Agreement
30 September 1938 — Britain, France, Germany and Italy agree that Czechoslovakia must surrender the Sudetenland to Germany. Neville Chamberlain hopes satisfying Hitler...
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Mussolini Begins Dismantling Italian Democracy
3 January 1925 — After the crisis surrounding the murder of socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti, Mussolini publicly assumes political responsibility and moves decis...
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Mussolini Is Removed From Power
25 July 1943 — King Victor Emmanuel III dismisses Benito Mussolini after the Fascist Grand Council turns against him. Marshal Pietro Badoglio forms a new government th...
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Pact of Steel
22 May 1939 — Germany and Italy sign a formal political and military alliance. Mussolini's government is not actually prepared for a major European war in 1939, despit...
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