The Years of Lead was a period in Italian history characterised by terrorism and political violence between leftists and autonomists, neo-fascists and the government.
Events
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
15 assassinations occured, the Red Brigades killed
1981
1982
1983
On the 26th of August, the Red Brigades attacked a military troop convoy in Salerno, killing a soldier and 2 police officers. On the 21st of October, the Red Brigades robbed a bank in Turin, and killed the two guards.
1984
On the 15th of February, Leamon Hunt, American diplomat and Director General of the international peacekeeping force, Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), was killed by the Red Brigades.
On the 23rd of December, a train traveling between Florence and Rome was bombed by neo-fascists and the mafia, killing 17 and wounding more than 200. The fascists, including a member of Parliament were arrested over the next few years.
1985
On the 9th of January, in Torvaianica (a town near Rome), policeman Ottavio Conte was killed by the Red Brigades. On the 27th of March, in Rome, economist Ezio Tarantelli was killed by the Red Brigades.
1986
On the 10th of Febuary, Lando Conti, former Mayor of Florence, was killed by the Red Brigades.
1987
On the 20th of March, Licio Giorgieri, a general in the Italian Air Force, was assassinated by the Red Brigades in Rome.
1988
The Red Brigades kill Senator Roberto Ruffilli in Forlì, Emilia-Romanga, on the 16th of April. On the 23rd of October, the Red Brigades issues a communication declaring the war against the Italian state to be over.