Historical clue formulations

• Boot out of Europe? — 2026-02-17
• Winner of four World Cups — 2025-08-19
• European country where the Renaissance started — 2025-05-13
• Country that fully encloses two others — 2025-04-13
• Country that elected its first female P.M. in 2022 — 2025-03-12
• Home to the Amalfi Coast — 2025-02-25
• Setting for the films "Life Is Beautiful" and "Call Me By Your Name" — 2025-02-14
• One of three countries straddled by Mont Dolent — 2025-01-24
• Four-time FIFA World Cup winner — 2024-07-21
• Major wine-producing country — 2023-06-04
• Country surrounding Vatican City — 2023-05-22
• Where the piano was invented — 2022-10-21
• Colosseum country — 2022-05-04
• Where 23-Down was coined — 2022-04-02
• Where eyeglasses and espresso machines were invented — 2020-09-11
• Land of the Po (not Poland) — 2020-05-31
• See 15-Across — 2019-08-19
• Four-time World Cup champion — 2019-07-04
• Source of many an imported boot, appropriately — 2019-03-24
• Where pasta originated — 2018-11-19
• Birthplace of the Renaissance — 2018-08-05
• Where the Renaissance began — 2018-03-26
• 2006 World Cup winner — 2014-11-23
• Rome's home — 2014-06-09
• Opera's birthplace — 2014-03-18
• Nation with the most Unesco World Heritage Sites — 2013-09-13
• An original eurozone member — 2013-07-31
• Its calling code is +39 — 2011-08-20
• 2006 World Cup champs — 2011-04-28
• 2006 World Cup champion — 2011-01-16
• "A Farewell to Arms" setting — 2010-06-24
• Where Orvieto can be found — 2010-03-03
• See 2-Down — 2010-02-21
• Land of amore — 2010-02-14
• Milan's home — 2009-10-12
• A G8 nation — 2008-04-16
• G8 member — 2007-04-03
• Eco location — 2006-05-05
• Birthplace of the Renaissance — 2005-11-21
• Europe's "boot" — 2005-03-08
• "Boot" in the Mediterranean — 2004-09-07
• Lire used to be spent here — 2002-09-09
• World Cup powerhouse — 2002-07-14
• *Opera ... wine ... boot — 2002-05-23
• Part of a continental tour — 2002-03-13
• Peninsular land — 2001-10-17
• It surrounds San Marino — 2001-10-09
• Leghorn locale — 2001-08-08
• Geographical "boot" — 2001-07-24
• Where Fiats are made — 2001-04-10