1929 in Italy

Incumbents

• Monarch: Victor Emmanuel III
• Prime Minister: Benito Mussolini

Events

• 11 February – The Lateran Treaty, an agreement between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See, is signed in Rome. The Concordat of 1929 made Catholicism the sole religion of Italy; this remained the case until 1984.
• April – The first of the Saccopastore skulls is discovered.

Births

• 3 January – Sergio Leone, film director
• 11 January – Nicoletta Orsomando, continuity announcer
• 26 February – Paolo Ferrari, actor
• 15 March – Antonietta Stella, operatic soprano
• 8 July – Milena Greppi, hurdler
• 23 July – Gaetano Giuliano, politician
• 4 August – Gabriella Tucci, operatic soprano
• 6 September – Beppe Menegatti, theatre director
• 4 November – Riccardo Ehrman, journalist
• 1 December – Valentino Valli, footballer
• 19 December – Lorenzo Buffon, footballer

Deaths

• 7 January – Eugenio Tosi, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan
• 12 April – Enrico Ferri, criminologist
• 9 November – Guido Keller, aviator and political activist