The Knights Templar was formally abolished by Pope Clement V, but Molay’s execution secured his place as one of the Order’s most famous members.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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The public saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for the first time when Pope Julius II celebrated All Saints Day mass.
The shortest papacy in history ended after just twelve days following the death of Pope Urban VII, shortly after he introduced Europe’s first smoking ban.
Pope Pius IV issued a Papal bull confirming the decrees of the Council of Trent that defined Catholic doctrine in the face of the Protestant Reformation.
Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica, one of Catholicism’s most sacred buildings.
Pope Pius V issued the Papal bull Regnans in Excelsis which excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England for heresy.
Born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, Pius IX’s election by the Papal conclave of 1846 came at a time of significant political unrest across Europe.
Antipope John XXIII made the Medici Bank the official bank of the Papacy.
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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