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Browse historical events and people recorded at Pisa in Italy. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Charles VI helped to organise the Council of Pisa in 1409. This council was supposed to arrange for both Gregory and Benedict to resign, so that a new universally recognised Pope could be elected. However, since both Benedict and Gregory refused to abdicate, the only thing that was achieved was that a third candidate to the Holy See was put forward: Peter Philarghi, who assumed the name Alexander V
one of the seven cardinals who, in May 1408, deserted Pope Gregory XII, and, with those following Antipope Benedict XIII of Avignon, convened the Council of Pisa, of which Cossa became the leader. The aim of the council was to end the schism; to this end they deposed both Gregory XII and Benedict XIII and elected a new Pope Alexander V in 1409
Appointed Pope by the invalid Council of Pisa
one of the seven cardinals who, in May 1408, deserted Pope Gregory XII, and, with those following Antipope Benedict XIII of Avignon, convened the Council of Pisa, of which Cossa became the leader. The aim of the council was to end the schism; to this end they deposed both Gregory XII and Benedict XIII and elected a new Pope Alexander V in 1409
A church council was held at Pisa in 1409 under the auspices of the cardinals to try solving the dispute. At the fifteenth session, 5 June 1409, the Council of Pisa deposed the two pontiffs as schismatical, heretical, perjured, and scandalous But added to the problem by electing another incumbent, Alexander V. He reigned from June 26, 1409, to his death in 1410
A church council was held at Pisa in 1409 under the auspices of the cardinals to try solving the dispute. At the fifteenth session, 5 June 1409, the Council of Pisa deposed the two pontiffs as schismatical, heretical, perjured, and scandalous But added to the problem by electing another incumbent, Alexander V. He reigned from June 26, 1409, to his death in 1410
Galileo enrolls in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Pisa.
Galileo observes the regularity of a swinging cathedral lamp, an episode later associated with his investigations of pendulum motion.
Galileo is appointed to the chair of mathematics at the University of Pisa.
Galileo delivers his inaugural university lecture before beginning regular mathematics teaching at Pisa.
Bruno Mussolini, son of Benito Mussolini, is killed in an air accident while testing a Piaggio P.108 bomber near Pisa.
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