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

27th September 2021
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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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th July 1948: Launch of the National Health Service in England and Wales

4th July 1950: Radio Free Europe broadcasts for the first time

3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph

2nd July 1964: Civil Rights Act signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson

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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