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2000 Peter Levi, poet, writer, professor of poetry, University of Oxford, Catholic, spent time in the priesthood, dies
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, National 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 1931 Peter Levi, born in Ruislip, England, poet, writer, professor of poetry, University of Oxford, Catholic, spent time in the priesthood 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 1925 Ernesto Cardenal, born in Granada, Nicaragua, Catholic priest, famous Nicaraguan Sandinista liberation theologian, served as culture minister, poet, established primitivist art community 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 1913 Kofi Busia, born in Wenchi, Ghana, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Catholic, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972 1912 John Paul I, Albino Luciano, 263rd Roman Catholic pope, 1978 1912 Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees 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-Minister 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, Netherlands/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 Italian 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 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 - 1347 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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