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

18th April 2018
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 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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18th April 1506: Construction begins on Saint Peter’s Basilica

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

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10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures

9th May 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels

2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau

5th April 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

20th April 1965: Windows of the Houston Astrodome painted to stop glare

19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium

18th April 1775: Paul Revere’s Ride signals American Revolution

17th April 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion launched by Brigade 2506

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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