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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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17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

3rd April 1860: The first Pony Express service went into operation

9th April 1767: John Hancock forcibly removes British customs officials from his ship

25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas

19th June 1978: Garfield cartoon strip first published

18th June 1887: Germany and Russia sign the secret Reinsurance Treaty

17th June 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York from France

16th June 1846: Pope Pius IX begins the longest ever reign of a Catholic Pope

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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