Commemorations

in a.d. 2004

DateAscendingCommemorationTypeAnniversary
01.09Birth of Pope Gregory XV (1554)Pope450 years
01.21Death of Vladimir Lenin (1924)Person80 years
02.01Disintegration of Space Shuttle Columbia (2003)World Event1 year
02.02Establishment of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications (1964)Church Event40 years
02.06Founding of the first diocese in the Philippines (1579)Church Event425 years
02.10Death of Pope Leo XII (1829)Pope175 years
02.11Signing of the Lateran Treaty, Establishment of the State of Vatican City (1929)Church Event75 years
02.11Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Russia (2002)Church Event2 years
02.15Destruction of the Abbey of Monte Cassino (1944)Church Event60 years
02.21Creation of Jorge Bergoglio as Cardinal (2001)Pope3 years
02.23Beginning of the Darfur Genocide (2003)World Event1 year
03.12Death of Pope Gregory I (604)Pope1400 years
03.14Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Namibia (1994)Church Event10 years
03.25Consecration of Russia and the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1984)Church Event20 years
03.25Encyclical Evangelium vitæ (1995)Papal Document9 years
03.31Election of Pope Pius VIII (1829)Pope175 years
04.07Beginning of the Rwandan Genocide (1994)World Event10 years
04.11Establishment of the International Theological Commission (1969)Church Event35 years
04.12Sack of Constantinople (1204)World Event800 years
04.17Encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia (2003)Papal Document1 year
04.25Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Malawi and Zambia (1959)Church Event45 years
04.25Carnation Revolution in Lisbon (1974)World Event30 years
05.07End of Battle of Điện Biên Phủ in Vietnam (1954)World Event50 years
05.08Establishment of the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1969)Church Event35 years
05.15Opening of the First Council of China (1924)Church Event80 years
05.19Establishment of the Secretariat for Non-Christians (1964)Church Event40 years
05.25Encyclical Ut unum sint (1995)Papal Document9 years
06.06D-Day (1944)World Event60 years
06.12Closing of the First Council of China (1924)Church Event80 years
06.28Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1914)World Event90 years
07.16Excommunication of Patriarch Cerularius of Constantinope (1054)Church Event950 years
07.28Beginning of World War I (1914)World Event90 years
08.10Sacerdotal Ordination of Pope John XXIII (1904)Pope100 years
08.20Death of Pope Pius X (1914)Pope90 years
08.21Apparition of Our Lady of Knock (1879)Marian Apparition125 years
09.03Election of Pope Benedict XV (1914)Pope90 years
09.14Encyclical Fides et ratio (1998)Papal Document6 years
10.24Beginning of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 (1929)World Event75 years
11.01Encyclical Ad beatissimi Apostolorum Principis (1914)Papal Document90 years
11.10Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Burundi and Rwanda (1959)Church Event45 years
11.15Founding of the first dioceses in America (1504)Church Event500 years
11.21Birth of Pope Benedict XV (1854)Pope150 years
11.21Conciliar Constitution Lumen gentium (1964)Conciliar Document40 years
11.21Conciliar Decree Orientalium Ecclesiarum (1964)Conciliar Document40 years
11.21Conciliar Decree Unitatis redintegratio (1964)Conciliar Document40 years
11.28Last Apparition of Our Lady of Kibeho (1989)Marian Apparition15 years
12.02Coronation of Napoleon by Pope Pius VII (1804)World Event200 years
12.08Definition of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1854)Church Event150 years
12.09Death of Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1979)Person25 years
12.10Consecration of Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls (1854)Church Event150 years
12.12Episcopal consecration of Pope Paul VI (1954)Pope50 years
12.13Sacerdotal Ordination of Jorge Bergoglio (1969)Pope35 years
12.14Death of Mélanie Calvat of La Salette (1904)Person100 years
12.20Sacerdotal Ordination of Pope Pius XI (1879)Pope125 years
12.25Solemn Convocation of the Second Vatican Council (1959)Ecumenical Council45 years

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Celebrations in 2004

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