1997 Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader, dies at 75
1994 Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian Catholic priest, shot dead
1992 Roman Catholic church reinstates Galileo Galilei after 359 years
1991 Frans Dohmen, union leader (Netherlands Catholic Mine Workers), dies at 81
1991 Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church
1988 North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed
1978 Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani), 263rd Catholic Pope, died
1977 Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss)
1976 Gerald Smith, antisemite/catholic (Natl Christian Crusade), dies at 78
1976 Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals
1975 James A. Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)
1970 Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service
1968 Battles between Catholic demonstrators and police in Londonderry
1966 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic and Anglican Church
1966 Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US
1964 Roman Catholic Church in U.S. replaces Latin with English
1964 Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy
1962 Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school
1962 Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's
1962 "Twist" is impure and bans it from all Catholic schools
1952 Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index
1951 James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/Catholic bishop, dies at 67
1950 Polish Catholic church and government sign accord over relations
1945 Utrecht: Catholic People's party (KVP) established
1945 Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens
1944 Bishop forbids membership in non Catholic unions
1943 Catholic University Nijegen closes
1943 Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
1942 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp
1941 Germany bans all Catholic publications
1940 Frank Zappa, born in Baltimore, rocker, Mothers of Invention, Catholic Girls
1939 Catholic church beatified the 1st Native American, Kateri Tekakwitha
1938 Leonardo Boff, Italy, Brazilian Catholic theologian
1936 Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curacao forms
1934 Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite
1933 German party Catholic Center disbands
1933 Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers
1933 Catholic newspaper Germania warns against nazis/communists
1933 German vice-chancellor von Papen demands Catholic aid for Nazis
1926 Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
1925 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
1925 Thomas Winning, Roman Catholic archbishop, Glasgow
1925 Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms
1925 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, dies at 72
1923 Dutch Catholic minority government of Wilhelm Marx forms
1923 Catholic University of Nijmegen Netherlands opens
1922 Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic bishop, Hallam
1921 Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader
1920 John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, Philadelphia, Roman Catholic Archbishop of NY
1918 Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier
1918 John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], 264th Roman Catholic pope, 1978-
1916 Walker Percy, Birmingham, Alabama, writer, Adventures of a Bad Catholic
1915 Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in U.S., opens in NO LA
1915 Andre Frossard, Catholic columnist
1914 Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87
1912 John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope, 1978
1910 German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms
1910 Frans Dohmen, union leader, Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union
1908 Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election
1900 James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80
1897 Pope Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], 262nd Roman Catholic pope, 1963-78
1896 Carl Romme, Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-min Socialist Business
1895 Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education
1895 Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist
1889 Chaplain Ariens founds 1st roman catholic workers group
1884 Jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77
1882 Jacques Maritain, France, Catholic philosopher, exponent of St. Thomas
1882 Ivan S Gagarin, Catholic theologist (Etudes religieuses), dies at 67
1882 Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men
1875 John Baptist van Son, Dutch Catholic politician, dies at 71
1875 James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US
1873 Charles Pierre Peguy, Orleans Fr, Catholic writer, God Speaks
1869 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome
1864 1st U.S. Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore
1862 Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23
1861 Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53
1859 John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 72
1855 Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention
1853 Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in Netherlands
1852 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister
1850 Papal Bull issued, establishes Roman Catholic hierarchy in England
1843 1st Catholic governor in U.S., Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office
1835 Pius X, [Giuseppe Sarto], 257th Roman Catholic pope, 1903-14
1830 James Augustine Healy, born in Macon, Georgia, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop
1827 Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer
1824 Carel JCH van Nispen of Sevenaer, Dutch Catholic politician
1824 Johannes Heykamp, Catholic archbishop of Utrecht
1821 Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st U.S. Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore
1813 Judocus Smits, Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder, The Time
1810 Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope, 1878-1903
1807 Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman
1799 Johann von Dollinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian
1798 Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews
1793 Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st U.S. Roman Catholic priest ordained
1791 1st Catholic college in U.S., Georgetown, opens
1789 Georgetown, 1st U.S. Catholic college, founded
1784 John Carroll appointed supervisor of U.S. Catholic Missions
1780 Anti Catholic demonstration attacks parliament in London
1775 Joachim G le Sage ten Broek, Dutch notary/catholic foreman/publicist
1774 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint, 1975
1764 Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king
1755 515 prominant filipinos baptized as Catholic
1734 Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79
1732 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia
1727 John van Bylevelt, Catholic apostole, dies
1711 Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor
1697 Monarch August van Saksen becomes Catholic
1690 Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II
1690 Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland
1690 Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king
1685 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, rebels against Catholic king James II
1678 Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor, 1705-11
1670 Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna
1641 Catholic uprising in Ulster: 1000s English and Scots killed
1634 Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland
1626 Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic
1626 Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV
1619 Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies
1616 Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index
1609 Catholic German monarchy forms Catholic League
1596 Catholic League disjoins
1595 Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest
1593 France's Protestant King Henri IV converts to Roman Catholic
1590 Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League
1590 Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League
1589 Battle at Arques: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League
1588 Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37
1588 French king Henri III accept demands of Catholic League
1588 Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris
1587 Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League
1585 Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader
1585 Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville
1582 Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days
1582 Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries
1581 Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies
1580 States of Utrecht forbid catholic worship
1573 Maximilian I, duke/ruler of Bayern, Catholic League
1572 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum
1571 Catholic coup in Scotland
1571 Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland
1569 Catholic uprising under Northumberland and Westmoreland
1557 Catholic and Lutheran theology debated in Worm
1550 Henri Guise [le Balafre], French duke/leader, Catholic League
1548 Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist and apostole
1538 Catholic German monarchy signs League of Neurenberg
1536 Danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions
1535 English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights
1535 Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope, 1590-91
1529 Zurich and catholic kantons sign Peace of Kappel
1529 Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons
1525 Catholic German monarchy form Union of Dessau
1521 Martin Luther is excommunicated from Roman Catholic Church
1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church
1519 Innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope, 1591
1519 King Carlos I elected Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V
1504 Isabella I, Catholic Queen of Castille and Aragon (1474-04), dies at 53
1493 Maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor
1488 Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium
1452 Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily, expelled Jews
1419 Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague and throw Catholic councillors out the windows
1361 Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor, 1378-1400
1352 Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king
1313 Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies
1298 Duke Albrecht von Habsburg chosen Roman Catholic German king
1283 Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor, 1314-47
1247 Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor
1228 Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king, 1237-54
1215 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1212 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1211 Henry VII, Roman catholic German king, 1220-35
1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV
1198 Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen crowned king of Roman Catholic Germany
1197 Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), dies
1017 Henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor, 1046-56
996 Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas
973 Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor, 1002/14-24
905 Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured
891 Formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
891 Stephen V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
884 St. Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
884 Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
882 Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding John VIII
872 John VIII elected as Catholic Pope
867 Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
858 Benedict III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
855 Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
855 St. Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
847 St. Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
847 Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
844 Gregory IV begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope
824 St. Paschal I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
817 St. Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Stephen IV
795 St. Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
795 Adrian I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
772 Stephen III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
768 Stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
768 [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
768 [Philip] begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope
767 St. Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
757 St. Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
752 Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies
752 Stephen II elected Catholic Pope (or 23rd)
741 St. Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III
741 St. Gregory III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
731 St. Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
715 St. Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
715 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
708 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope
707 John VII ends his reign as Catholic Pope
705 John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope
705 John VI, Catholic Pope (701-05), dies
701 John VI of Greece begins his reign as Catholic Pope
701 St. Sergius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
687 St. Sergius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Conon
686 Conon begins his reign as Catholic Pope
685 John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
685 St. Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
684 St. Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
683 St. Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
682 St. Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
678 St. Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope
676 Donus begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Pope Adeodatus II
676 Deusdedit III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
672 Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
672 St. Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
657 St. Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I
657 St. Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
653 St. Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
649 St. Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
649 Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
642 Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
642 John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
640 John IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
640 Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638)
638 Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope; Pope Severinus elected
625 Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
625 Boniface V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
619 Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
618 St. Deusdedit I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
615 St. Deusdedit I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
615 St. Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
609 Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church
608 St. Boniface IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
607 Boniface III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
607 Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
590 St. Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
579 Pelagius II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
579 Benedict I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
575 Benedict I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
574 John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
561 John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I
556 Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
555 Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
537 St. Silverius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
536 St. Silverius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
536 St. Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
535 St. Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
535 John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
533 John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
532 Boniface II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
530 [Discorus] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
530 Boniface II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
530 St. Felix IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
530 [Discorus] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
526 St. Felix IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
523 St. John I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
523 St. Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope
498 Anastasius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
496 Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope
496 St. Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
492 St. Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
492 St. Gelasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
483 St. Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
468 St. Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius
468 St. Hilary, Catholic Pope (461-468), dies
461 St. Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope
461 St. Leo I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
440 St. Sixtus III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
432 St. Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
432 St. Celestine I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
422 St. Celestine I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
422 St. Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
419 [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
418 St. Boniface I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
418 [Etalius] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
418 St. Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
417 St. Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
401 St. Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
401 St. Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
399 St. Anastasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
399 St. Siricius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
384 St. Damasus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
366 Liberius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
365 [Felix II] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
352 Liberius begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Julius I
337 St. Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
336 St. Mark ends his reign as Catholic Pope
336 Saint Mark elected Catholic Pope
335 St. Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
314 St. Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
314 St. Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope
311 St. Militiades begins his reign as Catholic Pope
310 St. Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
310 St. Eusebius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
308 Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies
306 St. Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
296 St. Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
296 St. Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
283 St. Gaius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
283 St. Eutychian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
274 St. Felix I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
274 St. Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
269 St. Felix I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
268 St. Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
260 St. Dionysius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
258 St. Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
257 St. Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
257 St. Stephen I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
254 Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope
253 St. Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
250 Saint Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50)
236 St. Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
236 St. Anterus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
235 St. Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
235 St. Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
230 St. Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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