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Pope

  • 24 Apr 2005

    Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as Pope Benedict XVI.

  • 19 Apr 2005

    Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected as Pope under the name Pope Benedict XVI.

  • 8 Apr 2005

    Over 4 million people pay their last respects to Pope John Paul II.

  • 3 Oct 1992

    A picture of Pope John Paul II was torn up by the Irish singer Sinead O'Connor on Saturday Night Live.

  • 3 Feb 1986

    Mother Teresa and The Pope met in Calcutta, where they both fed the sick.

  • 20 Dec 1985

    Pope John Paul II established World Youth Day, an event for young Christians around the world.

  • 26 Mar 1985

    Pope John Paul II proclaimed the day as the first-ever World Youth Day.

  • 12 May 1982

    Juan María Fernández y Krohn tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.

  • 20 Jun 1981

    Pope John Paul II was sent to hospital for 55 days after contracting an infection.

  • 13 May 1981

    An assassination attempt was made on Pope John Paul II.

  • 6 Oct 1979

    Pope John Paul II became the first pope to visit the White House in Washington, D.C.

  • 29 Sep 1979

    John Paul II became the first pope to visit the Republic of Ireland.

  • 2 Jun 1979

    Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit a communist country.

  • 14 Sep 1975

    Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Anne Seton as the first American saint.

  • 29 Jul 1968

    Pope Paul VI declared the prohibition of birth control.

  • 4 Oct 1965

    Pope John Paul IV visited New York, becoming the first Pope to visit the Western Hemisphere.

  • 21 Jun 1963

    Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini becomes Pope Paul VI.

  • 29 Feb 1944

    Future Pope John Paul II was almost killed by a Nazi truck in Krakow, Poland.

  • 16 May 1920

    Pope Benedict XV canonized Joan of Arc.

  • 18 Jul 1870

    The first Vatican Council, also known as Vatican I, decrees the doctrine of Papal infallibility.

  • 16 Jun 1846

    The longest papal reign began when Pope Pius IX was elected.

  • 13 Mar 1826

    Pope Leo XII renewed the prohibition of members of the Catholic Church from joining the Freemasons.

  • 7 Aug 1814

    Pope Pius VII restored the Society of Jesus.

  • 22 May 1762

    The Trevi Fountain, one of Rome's most famous landmarks, was opened to the public by Pope Clement XIII.

  • 20 Sep 1676

    Benedetto Odescalchi was elected as Pope Innocent XI.

  • 2 Sep 1649

    The Wars of Castro ended when Pope Innocent X and his forces destroyed the Italian city of Castro.

  • 29 Oct 1591

    Pope Innocent IX was elected.

  • 4 Oct 1582

    Pope Gregory XIII introduced the concept of the Gregorian Calendar to Europe.

  • 17 Dec 1538

    Pope Paul III excommunicated King Henry VIII of England.

  • 11 Jul 1533

    Pope Clement VII excommunicated King Henry VIII of England for his terrible behavior.

  • 23 May 1533

    Henry VIII declared his marriage to Catherine of Aragon officially null and void, despite Pope Clement VII's refusal to allow it.

  • 5 Jan 1531

    King Henry VIII was forbidden to remarry in a letter sent to him by Pope Clement VII.

  • 4 May 1493

    Pope Alexander VI divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.

  • 11 Aug 1492

    Pope Alexander VI, born Rodrigo de Borja became Pope.

  • 30 Nov 1406

    Pope Gregory XII was appointed head of the Catholic Church by a conclave of 15 cardinals in Rome.

  • 6 Jul 1348

    Pope Clement VI issued two papal bulls stating that Jews were not to blame for the Black Death.

  • 13 Dec 1294

    Pope Celestine V resigned after just five months in the job to return to his life as an ascetic hermit.

  • 11 Nov 1215

    Pope Innocent III brought together the council for the Fourth Council of the Lateran, which was held at the Lateran Palace in Rome, Italy.

  • 21 Oct 1209

    Otto IV was crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.

  • 5 Apr 0823

    Pope Paschal I crowned Lothair I as the Emperor of Italy.

  • 9 Apr 0715

    Pope Constantine died.

  • 21 Nov 0695

    Pope Sergius I consecrated Willibrord as bishop of the Frisians at the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome, Italy.

  • 17 Aug 0682

    Pope Leo II became the bishop of Rome.

  • 2 Jan 0533

    Mercurius became Pope John II, making him the first pope to change their name after attaining popehood.

  • 13 Aug 0523

    Saint John I became the Catholic Pope.

  • 19 Nov 0461

    Pope Hilarius became the Bishop of Rome.

  • 22 Dec 0401

    Pope Innocent I was elected.

  • 27 Nov 0399

    Pope Anastasius I became the Bishop of Rome, reigning until his death.

  • 10 Jan 0236

    Pope Fabian succeeded Anterus and became the twentieth pope of Rome.