 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |  |
Date | Commemoration | Type | Anniversary |
| 01.07 | Election of Pope Pius V (1566) | Pope | 450 years |
| 01.25 | Founding of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates) (1816) | Church Event | 200 years |
| 01.28 | Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (1986) | World Event | 30 years |
| 02.01 | Death of Pope Alexander VIII (1691) | Pope | 325 years |
| 02.12 | Beheading of 21 Coptic Martyrs in Sirte, Libya (2015) | World Event | 1 year |
| 02.21 | Creation of Jorge Bergoglio as Cardinal (2001) | Pope | 15 years |
| 02.28 | Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (2013) | Pope | 3 years |
| 03.11 | Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (2011) | World Event | 5 years |
| 03.13 | Election of Pope Francis (2013) | Pope | 3 years |
| 03.19 | Installation of Pope Francis (2013) | Pope | 3 years |
| 04.11 | Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in China (1946) | Church Event | 70 years |
| 04.14 | Baptism of Poland (966) | Church Event | 1050 years |
| 04.26 | Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster (1986) | World Event | 30 years |
| 05.09 | Establishment of the Pontifical Council for the Family (1981) | Church Event | 35 years |
| 05.15 | Encyclical Rerum novarum (1891) | Papal Document | 125 years |
| 05.24 | Encyclical Laudato si’ (2015) | Papal Document | 1 year |
| 06.10 | Death of Antoni Gaudí (1926) | Person | 90 years |
| 06.15 | Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Japan (1891) | Church Event | 125 years |
| 06.25 | Independence of Croatia (1991) | World Event | 25 years |
| 07.07 | Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum (2007) | Papal Document | 9 years |
| 07.09 | Declaration of Independence of Argentina (1816) | World Event | 200 years |
| 07.12 | Election of Pope Innocent XII (1691) | Pope | 325 years |
| 07.28 | Earthquake at Tangshan (1976) | World Event | 40 years |
| 08.05 | Founding of the first diocese in Botswana (1966) | Church Event | 50 years |
| 08.15 | Death of Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1666) | Person | 350 years |
| 09.09 | Death of Mao Zedong (1976) | Person | 40 years |
| 10 | Election of Pope Damasus I (366) | Pope | 1650 years |
| 10.14 | Defeat of England in the Battle of Hastings (1066) | World Event | 950 years |
| 10.16 | Death of Pope Gregory XIV (1591) | Pope | 425 years |
| 10.29 | Election of Pope Innocent IX (1591) | Pope | 425 years |
| 11.01 | Sacerdotal Ordination of Pope John Paul II (1946) | Pope | 70 years |
| 11.04 | Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus (2009) | Papal Document | 7 years |
| 11.13 | Paris terrorist attacks (2015) | World Event | 1 year |
| 11.15 | Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Papua New Guinea (1966) | Church Event | 50 years |
| 11.28 | First Apparition of Our Lady of Kibeho (1981) | Marian Apparition | 35 years |
| 12.07 | Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941) | World Event | 75 years |
| 12.17 | Birth of Pope Francis (1936) | Pope | 80 years |
| 12.22 | Approval of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) by Pope Honorius III (1216) | Church Event | 800 years |
| 12.26 | Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991) | World Event | 25 years |
| 12.30 | Death of Pope Innocent IX (1591) | Pope | 425 years |
| 12.30 | Execution of Saddam Hussein (2006) | World Event | 10 years |
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