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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

27th September 2017
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

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

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10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa

6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA

19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction

21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction

20th September 1066: Harald Hardrada wins Battle of Fulford

19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

18th September 1931: Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese bomb

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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

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