Date | Commemoration | Type | Anniversary |
01.21 | Death of Vladimir Lenin (1924) | Person | 90 years |
01.21 | Lifting of excommunication for 4 Bishops of SSPX (2009) | Church Event | 5 years |
01.28 | Death of Charlemagne (814) | Person | 1200 years |
02.02 | Establishment of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications (1964) | Church Event | 50 years |
02.10 | Death of Pope Pius XI (1939) | Pope | 75 years |
02.11 | Announcement of resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (2013) | Pope | 1 year |
02.15 | Birth of Galileo Galilei (1564) | Person | 450 years |
02.15 | Destruction of the Abbey of Monte Cassino (1944) | Church Event | 70 years |
02.18 | Death of Michelangelo (1564) | Person | 450 years |
02.28 | Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (2013) | Pope | 1 year |
03.02 | Election of Pope Pius XII (1939) | Pope | 75 years |
03.12 | Coronation of Pope Pius XII (1939) | Pope | 75 years |
03.13 | Election of Pope Francis (2013) | Pope | 1 year |
03.14 | Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Namibia (1994) | Church Event | 20 years |
03.19 | Installation of Pope Francis (2013) | Pope | 1 year |
03.25 | Consecration of Russia and the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1984) | Church Event | 30 years |
04.02 | Death of Pope John Paul II (2005) | Pope | 9 years |
04.07 | Beginning of the Rwandan Genocide (1994) | World Event | 20 years |
04.11 | Establishment of the International Theological Commission (1969) | Church Event | 45 years |
04.19 | Election of Pope Benedict XVI (2005) | Pope | 9 years |
04.25 | Carnation Revolution in Lisbon (1974) | World Event | 40 years |
05.07 | End of Battle of Điện Biên Phủ in Vietnam (1954) | World Event | 60 years |
05.08 | Establishment of the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1969) | Church Event | 45 years |
05.15 | Opening of the First Council of China (1924) | Church Event | 90 years |
05.16 | First Apparition of Our Lady of Laus (1664) | Marian Apparition | 350 years |
05.19 | Establishment of the Secretariat for Non-Christians (1964) | Church Event | 50 years |
05.24 | Abdication of Napoleon (1814) | World Event | 200 years |
06.04 | Tiananmen Square Massacre (1989) | World Event | 25 years |
06.06 | D-Day (1944) | World Event | 70 years |
06.12 | Founding of the Diocese of Funchal (1514) | Church Event | 500 years |
06.12 | Closing of the First Council of China (1924) | Church Event | 90 years |
06.28 | Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1914) | World Event | 100 years |
06.29 | Encyclical Caritas in Veritate (2009) | Papal Document | 5 years |
06.29 | Encyclical Lumen Fidei (2013) | Papal Document | 1 year |
07.07 | Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum (2007) | Papal Document | 7 years |
07.28 | Beginning of World War I (1914) | World Event | 100 years |
08.02 | Establishment of the Sacred Congregation of the Council (1564) | Church Event | 450 years |
08.07 | Bull Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum restoring the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1814) | Church Event | 200 years |
08.11 | Bull Transiturus (1264) | Papal Document | 750 years |
08.12 | Death of Pope Innocent XI (1689) | Pope | 325 years |
08.20 | Death of Pope Pius X (1914) | Pope | 100 years |
09.01 | Beginning of World War II (1939) | World Event | 75 years |
09.03 | Election of Pope Benedict XV (1914) | Pope | 100 years |
10.06 | Election of Pope Alexander VIII (1689) | Pope | 325 years |
11.01 | Encyclical Ad beatissimi Apostolorum Principis (1914) | Papal Document | 100 years |
11.04 | Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus (2009) | Papal Document | 5 years |
11.06 | Founding of the first diocese in the United States of America (1789) | Church Event | 225 years |
11.09 | Fall of Berlin Wall (1989) | World Event | 25 years |
11.16 | Opening of the Council of Constance (1414) | Ecumenical Council | 600 years |
11.21 | Conciliar Constitution Lumen gentium (1964) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
11.21 | Conciliar Decree Orientalium Ecclesiarum (1964) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
11.21 | Conciliar Decree Unitatis redintegratio (1964) | Conciliar Document | 50 years |
11.24 | Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (2013) | Papal Document | 1 year |
11.28 | Last Apparition of Our Lady of Kibeho (1989) | Marian Apparition | 25 years |
12.12 | Episcopal consecration of Pope Paul VI (1954) | Pope | 60 years |
12.13 | Sacerdotal Ordination of Jorge Bergoglio (1969) | Pope | 45 years |
12.26 | Indian Ocean earthquake and Indonesian tsunami (2004) | World Event | 10 years |
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