Commemorations

in a.d. 2039

DateAscendingCommemorationTypeAnniversary
01.21Lifting of excommunication for 4 Bishops of SSPX (2009)Church Event30 years
02.02Establishment of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications (1964)Church Event75 years
02.10Death of Pope Pius XI (1939)Pope100 years
02.15Birth of Galileo Galilei (1564)Person475 years
03.02Election of Pope Pius XII (1939)Pope100 years
03.12Coronation of Pope Pius XII (1939)Pope100 years
03.14Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Namibia (1994)Church Event45 years
04.04Opening of the Second Council of Lateran (1139)Ecumenical Council900 years
04.11Closing of the Second Council of Lateran (1139)Ecumenical Council900 years
04.11Establishment of the International Theological Commission (1969)Church Event70 years
04.15Fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris (2019)World Event20 years
04.25Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Malawi and Zambia (1959)Church Event80 years
04.30Inauguration of George Washington as the first President of USA (1789)Person250 years
05.05Beginning of the French Revolution (1789)World Event250 years
05.08Establishment of the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1969)Church Event70 years
05.16First Apparition of Our Lady of Laus (1664)Marian Apparition375 years
05.19Establishment of the Secretariat for Non-Christians (1964)Church Event75 years
06.04Tiananmen Square Massacre (1989)World Event50 years
06.28Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1914)World Event125 years
06.29Encyclical Caritas in Veritate (2009)Papal Document30 years
07.06Closing of the Council of Basel, Ferrara and Florence (1439)Ecumenical Council600 years
07.14Storming of the Bastille in Paris (1789)World Event250 years
07.20First Man on the Moon (1969)World Event70 years
07.25Independence of Portugal (1139)World Event900 years
07.28Beginning of World War I (1914)World Event125 years
08.02Establishment of the Sacred Congregation of the Council (1564)Church Event475 years
08.07Bull Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum restoring the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1814)Church Event225 years
08.12Death of Pope Innocent XI (1689)Pope350 years
08.20Death of Pope Pius X (1914)Pope125 years
09.01Beginning of World War II (1939)World Event100 years
09.03Election of Pope Benedict XV (1914)Pope125 years
09.13Dedication of Italy To the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1959)Church Event80 years
10.01Founding of the People's Republic of China (1949)World Event90 years
10.06Election of Pope Alexander VIII (1689)Pope350 years
11.01Encyclical Ad beatissimi Apostolorum Principis (1914)Papal Document125 years
11.04Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus (2009)Papal Document30 years
11.06Founding of the first diocese in the United States of America (1789)Church Event250 years
11.09Fall of Berlin Wall (1989)World Event50 years
11.10Establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Burundi and Rwanda (1959)Church Event80 years
11.20Dedication of Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (1959)Church Event80 years
11.21Conciliar Constitution Lumen gentium (1964)Conciliar Document75 years
11.21Conciliar Decree Orientalium Ecclesiarum (1964)Conciliar Document75 years
11.21Conciliar Decree Unitatis redintegratio (1964)Conciliar Document75 years
11.28Last Apparition of Our Lady of Kibeho (1989)Marian Apparition50 years
12.09Death of Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1979)Person60 years
12.13Sacerdotal Ordination of Jorge Bergoglio (1969)Pope70 years
12.25Solemn Convocation of the Second Vatican Council (1959)Ecumenical Council80 years

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