Countries Of The World: Italy

History

This Will Be A Be A Brief History Of Italy In The Form Of A Timeline NOTICE; Since I Start At The Year 1500, Much Will Be Left Out, So Please Fel Free To Look This Up Yourself

1501- France Invades South Italy

1503- The Island Of Sicily Is Reconquered By Fernando Of Aragonia

1516- Italy Is Divided Into 2 Spheres Of Infuence, French In The Northern Half And Spanish In The Southern Half

1535- Spain Occupies Milano

1610- An Italian Astonamer By The Name Galilio Uses One Of The First Telascopes To Observe The Moons Of Jupiter

1630- The Black Plauge Spreds To Italy

1700- The Population Of Italy Reaches 14 Million

1706- Austria Captures Milano From Spain

1713- Britain And France Sign The Peace Treaty Called The Treaty Of Utrecht (Nothing To Do With Italy, But It's Important)

1718- Spain Invades The Southern Half Of Italy (See 1516)

1800- The Population Of Italy Reaches 18 Million

1820- The Camorra (A Mafia Organization) Is Founded In The City Of Naples

1862- The Camorra Holds It's First Mass Killing In Sicily (Don't Get My Choice Of Words Wrong)

1866- Italy Becomes Allies With Prussia And Defeats Austria In The Seven Weeks War

1870- Rome Becomes The Capital Of Italy

1882- Italy Becomes Part Of The Triple Alliance With Austria And Germany

1914- World War 1 Starts, And Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Japan, And The United States

1930- Italy, Britain, France, Japan, And The United States Sign The London Treaty, Reducing Naval Warfare.

1939- Hitler And Mussolini Sign The Pact Of Steel

1939- Italy Enter World War 2 With Germany

1940- Germay, Italy, And Japan Sign The Axis Pact

1945- World War 2 Ends

1953- Italy's Economy Starts Growing Rapidly