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Rome in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Rome in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

20 records17 event labels12 people50โ€“1538

Historical events in Rome

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Rome-Britain War
Caractacus ยท Roman Empire-Britain War

While held captive makes a forceful speech in front of Claudius & is spared his life. Sent to captivity in Rome

709

709
Abdication
Cenred ยท House of Mercia

Abdicates in order to journey to Rome

728

728
Pilgrimage
Ine ยท House of Wessex

Ine travels to Rome

853

853
Visit to Rome
Alfred the Great ยท Government of Wessex

Alfred visits Rome as a young royal prince and is honoured by Pope Leo IV.

855

855
Alfred returns to Rome with his father Aethelwulf during a royal pilgrimage
Alfred the Great ยท Government of Wessex

Alfred returns to Rome with his father Aethelwulf during a royal pilgrimage and diplomatic journey.

874

874
Exile of Burgred
Burgred ยท Viking Invasions

Burgred was driven from Mercia by the Viking army and went into exile at Rome.

1061

1061
Pilgrimage
Tostig ยท Roman Catholic Church

Tostig & his wife Judith & Gyrth go as pilgrims to Rome & meet Pope Nicholas II

1155

1155
Rule of Rome
Adrian IV ยท Roman Catholic Church

Restores Papal authority in Rome

1205

1205
Consecration
Peter Des Roches ยท Roman Catholic Church

Roches is consecrated Bishop Peter of Winchester by Innocent III in person

1517

1517
Cromwell leads an embassy to Rome to obtain from Pope Leo X
Thomas Cromwell ยท Government of England

Cromwell leads an embassy to Rome to obtain from Pope Leo X a Papal Bull of Indulgence for the town of Boston in Lincolnshire

1517
Papal Bull
Thomas Cromwell ยท Government of England

Cromwell leads an embassy to Rome to obtain from Pope Leo X a Papal Bull of Indulgence for the town of Boston in Lincolnshire

1521

1521
Papal Dedication
Henry VIII ยท House of Tudor

Dedicates the Defence of the Seven Sacraments to Pope Leo X as a statement of Catholic orthodoxy.

1527

1527
Capture of Rome
Henry VIII ยท House of Tudor

Rome is captured by the Habsburgs ruining Henry's chances of an easy divorce

1529

1529
Collectanea Satis Copiosa
Thomas Cranmer ยท Church of England

Cranmer is requested to join the royal team in Rome to gather opinions from the universities, Edward Foxe coordinates the research effort and the team produce the Collectanea Satis Copiosa ("The Sufficiently Abundant Collections") and The Determinations, historical and theological support for the king to exercise supreme jurisdiction within his realm

1529
Reformation, The
Edward Foxe ยท Church of England

Cranmer is requested to join the royal team in Rome to gather opinions from the universities, Edward Foxe coordinates the research effort and the team produce the Collectanea Satis Copiosa ("The Sufficiently Abundant Collections") and The Determinations, historical and theological support for the king to exercise supreme jurisdiction within his realm

1529
Reformation, The
Thomas Cranmer ยท Church of England

Cranmer is requested to join the royal team in Rome to gather opinions from the universities, Edward Foxe coordinates the research effort and the team produce the Collectanea Satis Copiosa ("The Sufficiently Abundant Collections") and The Determinations, historical and theological support for the king to exercise supreme jurisdiction within his realm

1532

1532
Ambassador
Thomas Cranmer ยท Church of England

Cranmer is appointed the resident ambassador at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V

1532
Reformation, The
Thomas Cranmer ยท Church of England

Cranmer is appointed the resident ambassador at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V

1533

11 July 1533
Excommunication
Henry VIII ยท House of Tudor

Pope Clement VII threatens Henry VIII with excommunication unless he abandons the marriage to Anne Boleyn.

1538

17 December 1538
Defender of the Faith
Henry VIII ยท House of Tudor

Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII after the break with Rome and rejection of papal authority.

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