2013 Event Citing frail health, Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation effective February 28, 2013; he is the first Pope to resign since Pope Gregory XII in 1415 1996 Event Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title 1978 Event Superbowl XII: Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos, 27-10 in N Orleans Superbowl MVP: Harvey Martin, Dallas, DE and Randy White, Dallas, DT 1966 Event Gemini XII (Lovell/Aldrin) returns to Earth 1958 Death Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli, Pope (1939-58), dies at 82 1958 Event Pope Pius XII publishes his 39th and last encyclical Meminisse juvat 1957 Event Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV 1957 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Le pelerinage De Lourdes 1957 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Invicti Athletae 1957 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum 1956 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Datis nuperrime 1956 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Laetamur admodum 1956 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus 1956 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas 1955 Event Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music and popular music 1955 Event Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine President Juan Peron 1954 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad caeli Reginam 1954 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad Sinarum gentem 1954 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ecclesiae fastos 1954 Event Pope Pius XII encyclical "Sacra virginitas" (On consecrated virginity) 1953 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgeno corona 1953 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus 1952 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientales Ecclesias 1951 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ingruentium Malorum 1951 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sempiternus Rex 1951 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Evangelii praecones 1951 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Evangelii praecones 1950 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud 1950 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis 1950 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Summi maeroris 1950 Event Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda" 1949 Event Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics 1949 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri 1948 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical In Multiplicibus Curis 1948 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Auspicia quaedam 1947 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax 1947 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei 1947 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur 1946 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum 1945 Event Pope Pius XII encyclical Orientals omnes, about Rutheense church 1945 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum 1944 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae 1943 Event Pope Pius XII encyclical on Divine spirit 1943 Event Pope Pius XII receives German ambassador baron von Weizsacker 1943 Event Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ) 1939 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sertum laetitiae 1939 Event Pope Pius XII publishes his 1st encyclical Summi pontificatus 1939 Event U.S. recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain 1939 Event Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies 1939 Event Eugenio Pacelli chosen as Pope Pius XII 1933 Event Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler 1885 Death Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27 1885 Death Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1875-85), dies at 27 1876 Birthday Pius XII, Euhenio MGG Pacelli, 260th Pope, 1939-58 1857 Birthday Alfonso XII, king of Spain, 1874-85 1829 Death Leo XII, Annibale Sermattei, Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68 1827 Event Dutch King Willem I/Pope Leo XII sign concord 1824 Event Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee 1760 Birthday Leo XII, Annibale Sermattei, Italy, Pope, 1823-29 1740 Death Clement XII, Lorenzo Corsini, blind Pope (1730-40), dies at 87 1732 Event Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome 1730 Event Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII 1718 Death Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead 1718 Death Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), killed in battle at 36 1714 Event King Karel XII leaves Turkish captivity to return to Sweden 1708 Event Swedish King Karel XII beats Russians 1706 Event Treaty of Altranstadt: Charles XII of Sweden and August II of Saksen 1702 Event Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow 1702 Event Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw 1700 Event King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva 1700 Event Battle at Narva: Swedish king Karel XII beats Russians 1700 Death Innocent XII, Antonio Pignatelli, Pope (1691-1700), dies at 85 1697 Event Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden 1691 Event Antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII 1691 Event Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII 1682 Birthday Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1697-1718 1652 Birthday Clement XII, Lorenzo Corsini, Italy, Pope, 1730 - 1740 1615 Birthday Innocent XII, Antonio Pignatelli, Pope, 1691-1700 1575 Death Renee/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies 1515 Event Francois, Duke of Angoulame succeeds Louis XII as Francois I of France 1515 Death Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 1514 Event King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII 1510 Birthday Rene/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII 1509 Event French army under Louis XII enters Alps 1504 Event Treaty of Blois: Philip van Bourgondie and Maximilian I and Louis XII 1504 Event King Louis XII loses last bulwark in Naples, Caeta 1501 Event Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII sign Treaty of Trente 1500 Event Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza 1499 Event French king Louis XII occupies Milan 1499 Event Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown 1477 Birthday Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII 1462 Birthday Louis XII, the Just, King of France, 1498-1515 1415 Event Angelo Correr becomes Pope Gregory XII 1406 Event Angelo Correr elected Pope Gregory XII 1342 Death Benedict XII, Jacques Fournier, Pope (1334-42), dies 964 Death John XII, Octavianus, Pope (955-64), dies 962 Event Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor
