Country article in printed Atlas
Chronology
| 1800–10 | Introduction of history on university curricula |
| 1833 | Foundation of the Deputazione di Storia Patria (Deputation for History of the Fatherland) in Turin |
| 1841 | Archivio Storico italiano, Florence, first journal for the publication of sources on Italian history as a whole |
| 1846–48 | First real chair of modern history at a state university instituted at Turin |
| 1852 | Archivio di Stato (State Archive) and school in Florence |
| 1859 | Casati Bill |
| 1861 | Creation of the nation-state |
| 1874 | Archives brought under the Ministry of the Interior |
| 1875 | Creation of a humanities section at the Accademia nazionale dei Lincei (National Lincei Academy) in Rome |
| 1879–1995 | Historical congresses of the Deputazioni and Società di Storia Patria (Deputations and Societies for History of the Fatherland) |
| 1883 | Istituto Storico Italiano (Italian Historical Institute) in Rome |
| 1884 | Rivista Storica Italiana (Italian Historical Review) |
| 1880s | Commission of the ‘Three Barons’: control of archival documents concerning the Savoy Monarchy in Turin |
| 1892 | Establishment of Studi Storici (Historical Studies), the journal of the historical seminar at the University of Pisa |
| 1903 | International historical congress in Rome |
| 1906 | Istituto (Institute) and Comitato Nazionale per la Storia del Risorgimento Italiano (National Committee for the History of the Italian Risorgimento) in Rome. The concept of ‘Risorgimento’ begins to be synonymous with contemporary history |
| 1911 | Museo Centrale per il Risorgimento (Central museum for Risorgimento) in Rome |
| 1914 | Rassegna Storica del Risorgimento (Historical Review of the Risorgimento) |
| 1917 | Nuova Rivista Storica (New Historical Review) |
| 1925 | Scuola di Storia Moderna e Contemporanea (School of Modern and Contemporary History) in Rome and first chair in the history of the Risorgimento |
| 1928 | Comitato Nazionale per le Scienze Storiche (National Committee of Historical Sciences) |
| 1934–36 | Centralization of the national institutions for historical research |
| 1939 | Bibliografia Storica Nazionale (National Historical Bibliography) |
| 1945–47 | Deputations for History of the Fatherland regain their previous autonomy |
| 1946 | Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici (Italian Institute for Historical Studies) in Naples |
| 1947–51 | Historical institutions connected to political families and parties: Istituto Nazionale della Resistenza (National Institute of Resistance History), Istituto Sturzo (Sturzo Institute), Istituto Gramsci (Gramsci Institute) |
| 1975 | Creation of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage responsible for archives and historical institutions |
| 1980–90s | Foundation of several national historical associations |
Bibliography
(References are included up to 2009)
