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18th April 1506: Construction begins on Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome

18th April 2023
Tagged as: Architecture, Catholicism, Church, Constantine the Great, Julius II, Michelangelo, Papacy, Renaissance, Rome, Urban VIII, Vatican, Vatican City

Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica, one of Catholicism’s most sacred buildings.

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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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18th April 1506: Construction begins on Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome

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

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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

4th October 1927: Work begins on the USA’s Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota

3rd October 1993: The Black Hawk Down incident during the Battle of Mogadishu

2nd October 1627: The Chongzhen Emperor, the last ruler of the Ming Dynasty, ascends the throne

1st October 1957: The phrase ‘In God We Trust’ appears on U.S. paper currency for the first time

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

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

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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