2009 in Italy
Events of 2009 in Italy.
Incumbents
Silvio Berlusconi controversies
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is involved in several controversies in relation to his career and personal life.Trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito
Knox and Sollecito were tried for and convicted of the Murder of Meredith Kercher.L'Aquila earthquake
A major earthquake occurred in Abruzzo on 6 April, killing about 300 people.Deaths
- 8 January – Flavio Orlandi, politician
- 10 January – Pio Laghi, Roman Catholic cardinal
- 9 February – Eluana Englaro, right-to-die patient
- 13 May – Achille Compagnoni, mountaineer
- 13 July - Giuseppe Alessi, politician, president of Sicily
- 6 August – Riccardo Cassin, mountaineer
- 8 September – Mike Bongiorno, television personality
- 20 November – Lino Lacedelli, mountaineer