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Events in Turin History

Treaty of Turin

1696-08-29 King Louis XIV of France and Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy sign Peace of Turin, a turning point in the War of the League of Augsburg

The Sun King of France Louis XIV
Duke of Savoy Victor Amadeus II
  • 1742-02-01 Sardinia and Austria sign military alliance Convention of Turin
  • 1860-04-02 1st Italian Parliament meets at Turin

"Manon Lescaut"

1893-02-01 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Manon Lescaut" premieres in Turin

Opera Composer Giacomo Puccini
  • 1896-02-01 Giacomo Puccini's opera "La Boheme" premieres in Turin
  • 1897-11-01 Italian football club Juventus F.C. is founded by students in Turin as Sport-Club Juventus
  • 1914-02-19 Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini" premieres in Turin

L'Ordine Nuovo

1919-05-01 "L'Ordine Nuovo" Italian socialist weekly newspaper established in Turin by Antonio Gramsci, Angelo Tasca and Palmiro Togliatti

Marxist Theorist and Politician Antonio Gramsci
General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party Palmiro Togliatti
  • 1940-06-11 World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin in Italy
  • 1949-05-04 Plane carrying the entire Torino Serie A soccer squad crashes on the outskirts of Turin, Italy; 31 killed; Torino awarded League title at the request of their rivals
  • 1988-10-13 Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Christ's burial cloth, is shown by carbon-dating tests to be a fake from the Middle Ages

XX Winter Olympics

2006-02-10 XX Winter Olympic Games open in Turin, Italy, Luciano Pavarotti sings "Nessun dorma" in his last ever performance

Operatic Tenor Luciano Pavarotti
  • 2006-02-26 XX Winter Olympic Games close in Turin, Italy

Zverev's Second ATP

2021-11-21 Alexander Zverev of Germany captures his second ATP Finals men's tennis title defeating world #2 Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 in Turin

Tennis Player Alexander Zverev
Tennis Player Daniil Medvedev
  • 2022-05-14 Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine singing "Stefania" win the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy

Đoković's Record ATP

2022-11-20 Serbian tennis star Novak Đoković wins record equalling sixth ATP World Tour Finals beating Casper Ruud of Norway 7-5, 6-3 in Turin, Italy

Tennis Champion Novak Đoković
  • 2023-11-19 Novak Đoković of Serbia wins a record seventh ATP World Tour Finals beating Italian Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-3 in Turin, Italy

Famous People from Turin

  • 1587-05-08 Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1630-37), born in Turin, Piedmont, Savoy (d. 1637)
  • 1634-06-20 Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1675)

Victor Amadeus II (1666-1732)

1666-05-14 Duke of Savoy (1675-1730) and King of Sardinia (1720-30), born in the Royal Palace, Turin, Savoy

Victor Amadeus II
  • 1685-12-06 Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France, born in Royal Palace, Turin, Savoy (d. 1712)
  • 1686-12-25 Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian Baroque violinist and composer, born in Turin, Duchy of Savoy (d. 1673)
  • 1688-09-17 Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen consort of Spain to Philip V (1701-14), born in Royal Palace of Turin, Savoy (d. 1714)
  • 1688-11-11 Lorenzo Somis, Italian composer and violinist, born in Turin (d. 1775)
  • 1701-04-27 Charles Emanuel III of Savoy, King of Sardinia, born in Turin (d. 1773)
  • 1702-02-10 Jean-Pierre Guignon [Giovanni Pietro Ghignone], Italian-French violinist and composer, born in Turin, Duchy of Savoy (d. 1774)
  • 1710-12-02 Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (commedia dell'arte), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1783)
  • 1713-03-25 Jean-Baptiste Canavas [Canavasso], Italian composer and cellist, born in Turin, Duchy of Savor (d. 1784)
  • 1716-04-12 Felice Giardini, Italian composer, born in Turin, Duchy of Savoy (d. 1796)
  • 1731-11-27 Gaetano Pugnani, Italian violinist and composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1798)
  • 1735-06-25 Benvenuto Robbio San Raffaele, Italian composer, born in Chieri, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1797)
  • 1736-01-25 Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician & astronomer (number theory, celestial mechanics), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1813)
  • 1749-09-08 Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, French aristocrat, born in Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Savoy (d. 1792)
  • 1751-05-24 Charles Emanuel IV, King of Sardinia (1796-1802), born in Turin (d. 1819)
  • 1753-09-02 Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Italian-French noble, Queen consort (in exile) of France (1795-1810), born at the Royal Palace of Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1810)
  • 1756-04-07 Charles Felix, Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia (1821-31), born in Turin (d. 1831)
  • 1759-07-24 Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21), born in Royal Palace of Turin, Italy (d. 1824)
  • 1781-11-18 Felice Blangini, Italian composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1841)
  • 1798-10-02 Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1849)
  • 1801-09-12 Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1861)
  • 1804-07-25 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1880)
  • 1804-11-18 Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (6th Prime Minister of Italy, 1864-66), born in Turin, French Empire (d. 1878)
  • 1810-08-10 Camilio Benso di Cavour, Italian politician who advocated for unification (First Prime Minister of Italy 1861), born in Turin, First French Republic (d. 1861)
  • 1842-11-25 Vittorio Dabormida, Italian general who fought in the Italo-Ethiopian War, born in Turin (d. 1896)
  • 1844-03-14 Umberto I of Italy, King of Italy (1878-1900), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1900)
  • 1845-05-30 Amadeus/Amadeo I, duke of Aosta and King of Spain (1870-73), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1890)
  • 1847-10-16 Maria Pia of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1862-89), born in the Royal Palace, Turin, Sardinia (d. 1911)
  • 1851-06-06 Angelo Moriondo, Italian inventor (patented earliest known espresso machine, 1884), born in Turin, Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia (now Italy) (d. 1914)
  • 1851-11-20 Margherita of Savoy, Queen consort of the Kingdom of Italy by marriage to Umberto I (1878-1900), born in Palazzo Chiablese, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1926)
  • 1852-08-21 Benedetto Junck, Italian composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1903)
  • 1857-06-12 Achille Simonetti, Italian violinist and composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1928)
  • 1858-06-20 Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1928)
  • 1860-09-18 Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer, born in Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy) (d. 1942)
  • 1865-07-29 Nicola Spinelli, Italian opera composer, born in Turin, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1909)
  • 1866-08-13 Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman and founder of Fiat (Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili Torino) Automaker, born in Villar Perosa, Italy (d. 1945)
  • 1867-06-07 Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi, Italian composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1944)
  • 1868-08-14 Leone Sinigaglia, Italian composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1944)
  • 1871-07-18 Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1958)
  • 1883-05-28 Luigi Perrachio, Italian pianist, composer (Nove Poemetti; 25 Preludi), and pedagogue (Liceo Musicale Torino), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1966)
  • 1883-07-25 Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, conductor (Boston Pops, 1927-29), and composer (La Giara; Concerto Romana), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1947)
  • 1886-07-07 Carlo Perrier, Italian mineralogist and chemist who co-discovered the element technetium, born in Turin, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1948)
  • 1895-11-29 Lodovico Rocca, Italian composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1986)
  • 1896-09-17 Denise Grey [Jeanne Marie Laurentine Edouardine Verthuy], Italian actress (Julietta), born in Chatillon, Valle d'Aosta, Italy (d. 1996)
  • 1898-09-19 Giuseppe Saragat, 5th President of Italy (1964-71), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1988)
  • 1898-10-21 Amedeo, Italian Duke of Aosta, military officer and Viceroy and Governor-General of Italian East-Africa (1937-43), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1942)
  • 1900-01-17 Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, Portuguese patron of the arts, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1996)
  • 1900-03-09 Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Italian king of Croatia (1941-43), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1948)
  • 1901-04-06 Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Catholic beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1990, born in Turin, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1925)
  • 1902-11-29 Carlo Levi, Italian painter and novelist (Of Fear & Freedom), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1975)
  • 1906-10-30 Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver and one-time F1 world champion, born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1966)
  • 1908-07-04 Aurelio Peccei, Italian industrialist and chairman (Club of Rome), born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1984)
  • 1909-04-22 Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist (Nobel 1986), born in Turin, Italy (d. 2012)
  • 1911-06-13 Prince Aly Khan [Ali Salman Aga Khan], Pakistani socialite, jockey, political ambassador and third husband to Rita Hayworth, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1960)
  • 1912-04-27 Renato Rascel [Ranucci], Italian actor (7 Hills of Rome, Secrets of Santa Vittoria), born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1991)
  • 1912-08-13 Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist (Nobel Prize for medicine 1969 genetic structure of viruses), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1991)
  • 1914-07-04 Nuccio Bertone, Italian automobile designer, born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1997)
  • 1919-06-21 Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, born in Turin, Italy (d. 2013)
  • 1919-07-31 Primo Levi, Italian chemist and writer (Survival in Auschwitz), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1987)
  • 1921-03-12 (Giovanni) "Gianni" Agnelli, Italian industrialist, executive (President of Fiat Automobiles, 1966-96), and Italian Senator-for-life (1991-2003), born in Turin, Italy (d. 2003)
  • 1921-11-23 Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1960)
  • 1921-12-06 Piero Piccioni, Italian jazz pianist, lawyer, film score composer (Swept Away), and conductor, born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 2004)
  • 1922-01-16 Ernesto Bonino, Italian pop singer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 2008)
  • 1924-10-03 Franco Cristaldi, Italian film producer (Amarcord) and Claudia Cardinale's husband, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1992)
  • 1927-04-17 Graziella Sciutti, Italian operatic soprano, teacher, and opera producer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 2001) [1]
  • 1928-12-22 Piero Angela, Italian science journalist and television host (Quark), born in Turin, Italy (d. 2022)
  • 1929-11-07 Ruggero Mastroianni, Italian film editor (Giulietta degli spiriti), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1996)
  • 1938-05-13 Giuliano Amato, Italian politician (Prime Minister of Italy 1992-93, 2000-01), born in Turin, Italy
  • 1939-05-05 Cesare Fiorio, Italian sporting director of various Formula One teams, born in Turin, Italy
  • 1941-09-22 Cesare Salvadori, Italian fencer (Olympic gold sabre team 1972; silver 1964, 68), born in Turin, Italy (d. 2021)
  • 1941-09-26 Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor, born in Turin, Italy
  • 1943-02-21 Roberto Faenza, Italian director (Copkiller, Corrupt), born in Turin, Italy
  • 1945-08-23 Rita Pavone, Italian-Swiss pop singer ("La partita di pallone"), born in Turin, Italy
  • 1950-12-27 Roberto Bettega, Italian soccer forward (42 caps; Juventus 326 games, 129 goals), born in Turin, Italy
  • 1952-03-04 Umberto Tozzi, Italian pop and rock singer, born in Turin, Italy
  • 1955-11-23 Ludovico Einaudi, Italian pianist, classical and film composer (Divenire), born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy
  • 1963-11-01 Antonella Ella, Italian actress (Tonight in That Building), born in Turin, Italy
  • 1965-11-16 Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress, screenwriter and film director (A Castle in Italy, Normal People), born in Turin, Italy
  • 1967-12-17 Gigi D'Agostino, Italian club DJ and musician ("Bla, Bla, Bla"; "L'Amour Toujours"), born in Turin, Italy
  • 1967-12-23 Carla Bruni, Italian-French model and singer-songwriter, born in Turin, Italy
  • 1971-09-13 Ezio Bosso, Italian pianist, composer (Rain, In Your Black Eyes; Domes of Freedom), and conductor, born in Turin, Italy (d. 2020)
  • 1978-10-08 Antonino D'Agostino, Italian football player, born in Turin, Italy

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