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The following lists events that have happened in 2016 in the Italian Republic.

Incumbents

4 January : the car manufacturer Ferrari enters the Milan Stock Exchange in Piazza Affari with its own share.
9 January: Murder of Ashley Ann Olsen in Florence
21-24 January: 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 6 in Rasen-Antholz

3 February: the murder of Giulio Regeni, an Italian researcher kidnapped on the previous 25 January, is discovered in Egypt

1 June: inauguration of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the longest high-speed rail tunnel in the world.
2 June: 70th anniversary of the Italian Republic.

26 October: earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale in Central Italy with its epicenter between Castelsantangelo sul Nera, Visso and Ussita.
30 October: Earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale in Central Italy with its epicenter between Norcia and Preci.

7 December: Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigns in the hands of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella following the defeat in the referendum on 4 December.
12 December: Paolo Gentiloni assumes the office of President of the Council of Ministers.
22 December: the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway is completed and renamed the Mediterranean motorway.