Commemorations

in a.d. 2001

DateAscendingCommemorationTypeAnniversary
Baptism of Armenia (301)World Event1700 years
01.01Discovery of Ceres (1801)World Event200 years
01.01Founding of Australia (1901)World Event100 years
01.03Founding of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music (1911)Church Event90 years
01.03Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Indonesia (1961)Church Event40 years
01.11Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in South Africa (1951)Church Event50 years
01.23First diocese in the Far East (1576)Church Event425 years
02.12Founding of the Vatican Radio (1931)Church Event70 years
02.25Founding of the first diocese in Brazil (1551)Church Event450 years
03.02Birth of Pope Pius XII (1876)Pope125 years
03.14Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Namibia (1994)Church Event7 years
03.25Encyclical Evangelium vitæ (1995)Papal Document6 years
04.12First Man in Space (1961)World Event40 years
05.09Establishment of the Pontifical Council for the Family (1981)Church Event20 years
05.13Attempted Assassination of Pope John Paul II (1981)World Event20 years
05.25Encyclical Ut unum sint (1995)Papal Document6 years
06.10Death of Antoni Gaudí (1926)Person75 years
06.25Independence of Croatia (1991)World Event10 years
06.27Episcopal consecration of Jorge Bergoglio (1992)Pope9 years
06.29Sacerdotal Ordination of Pope Benedict XVI (1951)Pope50 years
07.15Signing of Concordat between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII (1801)Church Event200 years
07.15Establishment of the Pontifical Council Cor unum (1971)Church Event30 years
07.16Vision of Our Lady of Carmel to Saint Simon Stock (1251)Marian Apparition750 years
07.22Death of Pope Clement X (1676)Pope325 years
07.28Earthquake at Tangshan (1976)World Event25 years
08.05Founding of the first diocese in Botswana (1966)Church Event35 years
08.06Encyclical Veritatis splendor (1993)Papal Document8 years
09.07Founding of the Legion of Mary (1921)Church Event80 years
09.09Death of Mao Zedong (1976)Person25 years
09.14Encyclical Fides et ratio (1998)Papal Document3 years
09.21Election of Pope Innocent XI (1676)Pope325 years
10.08Opening of the Council of Chalcedon (451)Ecumenical Council1550 years
10.10Beginning of the Xinhai Revolution in China (1911)World Event90 years
10.12Dedication of Christ the Redeemer of Rio de Janeiro (1931)Church Event70 years
11.01Closing of the Council of Chalcedon (451)Ecumenical Council1550 years
11.14Bomb attack in Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (1921)World Event80 years
11.15Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Papua New Guinea (1966)Church Event35 years
11.18Consecration of Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (1626)Church Event375 years
11.28First Apparition of Our Lady of Kibeho (1981)Marian Apparition20 years
12.07Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)World Event60 years
12.14First expedition to reach the South Pole (1911)World Event90 years
12.26Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)World Event10 years

See Also

Celebrations in 2001

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