Historical place archive

Vatican in History

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

13 records4 event labels9 people955โ€“1940

Historical events in Vatican

955

955
Pope
John XII ยท Roman Catholic Church

Appointed Pope, originally Octavian

965

965
Pope
John XIII ยท Roman Catholic Church

Appointed Pope, originally Romano

999

999
Pope
Otto III ยท House of Saxony

Appoints Sylvester II as Pope

1046

1046
Pope
Clement II ยท Roman Catholic Church

Appointed Pope, Sudiger the Bishop of Bamberg

1073

1073
Pope
Henry IV ยท House of Salian House

Gregory VII is appointed Pope without Henry IV being notified, conflict is inevitable

1080

1080
Excommunication
Henry IV ยท Empire-Papacy War

Excommuincated again by Greogory VII

1080
Holy Roman Empire
Henry IV ยท Empire-Papacy War

Excommuincated again by Greogory VII

1162

1162
Excommunication
Frederick I Barbarossa ยท House of Hohenstaufen

Excommunicated by the new Pope Alexander III

1177

1177
Excommunication
Frederick I Barbarossa ยท House of Hohenstaufen

Makes peace with Alexander II who rescinds his excommunication

1187

1187
Pope
Clement III ยท Roman Catholic Church

Appointed Pope

1229

29 October 1229
Excommunication
Frederick II ยท Holy Crusades, 6th

Excommunicated by the Pope Gregory IX

1230

1230
Excommunication
Frederick II ยท House of Hohenstaufen

Forces Pope Gregory to reverse his excommunication

1940

28 June 1940
Peace
Adolf Hitler ยท World War, 2nd

The Pope writes a letter to Hitler offering mediation for "a just & honorable peace"

Provenance

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