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27th September 1590: Pope Urban VII dies, ending the the shortest papal reign in history

27th September 2019
Tagged as: Catholicism, Europe, Mexico, Papacy, Papal States, Pope, Rome, Smoking, Tobacco, Urban VII, Urban VIII, Vatican

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.

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16th June 1846: Pope Pius IX begins the longest ever reign of a Catholic Pope

16th June 2019
Tagged as: Catholicism, Italy, Liberalism, Papacy, Papal States, Pius IX, Pope, Religion, Vatican City

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.

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27th September 1590: Pope Urban VII dies, ending the the shortest papal reign in history

16th June 1846: Pope Pius IX begins the longest ever reign of a Catholic Pope

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8th February 1904: Russo-Japanese War triggered by Japanese torpedo attack on Port Arthur

18th February 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published in the United States

2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate

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20th February 1472: Orkney and Shetland Isles given to Scotland as a wedding dowry

19th February 1913: Pedro Lascurain began the world’s shortest ever presidency in Mexico

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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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