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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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12th October 1915: British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad

17th November 1903: The Bolshevik-Menshevik split within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

6th May 1983: The Hitler Diaries proven to be forgeries

28th September 1066: William of Normandy lands in England

27th October 1960: Ben E. King records Stand By Me

26th October 1881: The gunfight at the O.K. Corral involving Wyatt Earp

25th October 1415: The Battle of Agincourt is fought

24th October 1926: Harry Houdini performs his final show despite suffering from acute appendicitis

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

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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