Post 12/1/12

Year 1280

Bishop Goberto becomes Bishop of Agrigento


Year 1289

Between the years 1289 – 1292 Bohemian King Wenceslaus II becomes suzerain of some upper Silesian

duchies.

Year 1338

Cardinal Pierre Roger de Beaufort Turenne is given the title of Cardinal of Sts Nereus and Achilleus.

On 18 December

Born in France

  Year 1372   Friedrich III von Saarwerden becomes Archbishop Elector of Cologne     Year 2008   The Apostolic Prefecture of Galapagos is promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate of Galapagos.

On 15 July

 

Post 11/14/12

Year 1350

Archbishop Miklós Vásári becomes Archbishop of Esztergom


Year 1363

Friedrich II von Truhendingen becomes Bishop of Bamberg


Year 1881

William H Hunt becomes Secretary of the Navy


Year 1886

Fitzhugh Lee becomes Governor of Virginia


Year 1900

Archbishop James August Smith becomes Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh

Post 11/11/12

Year 647

Saint Amand becomes Bishop of Liege


Year 676

Dominus I becomes Pope


Year 684

St Benedict II becomes Pope


Year 701

Pope Sergius I is ordered arrested but Italian garrison refuses


Year 828

Bertin becomes Prince Bishop of Speyer

Post 10/28/12

Year 1635

John West becomes Crown Governor of Virginia


Year 1643

Cardinal Giovanni Stefano Donghi becomes Cardinal Deacon of St George in Velabro


On 31 August

Born in Italy

  Year 1656   Samuel Mathews becomes Commonwealth of England Governor of Virginia     Year 1670   Virginia has an estimated 6000 slaves present in the state     Year 1683   Karl von Leichtenstein resigns as Bishop of Wroclaw by Papal Order  

Post 10/20/12

Year 1638

The town of Barnstable, Massachusetts is incorporated


Year 1641

Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio D’Aragona becomes Cardinal of the Suburbicarian See of Palestrina.


On 1 July

  Year 1671   Cardinal Rinaldo D’Este becomes Cardinal of the Suburbicarian See of Palestrina.

On 24 August

  Year 1844   Alabama Senator William R King resigns his seat.

On 15 April

  Year 1851   Buena Vista County Iowa is established from Clay County Iowa and from Sac County Iowa and is named after the Battle of Buena Vista which was a battle during the Mexican American War

On 15 January

 

Post 10/9/12

Year 1929

Charles F Adams III becomes the Secretary of the Navy


Year 1931

Edward P Costiga becomes a Senator of Colorado


Year 1940

Luigi Delmotte becomes Bishop of Tournai


Year 1945

An announcement of victory over Germany was presented on Moscow Radio at 0200.


On 9 May

  Year 1957   Prince George of Greece and Denmark dies.

On 25 November

   

Post 9/25/12

Year 1458

Pius II becomes Pope; his name is Enea Silvio Piccolomini


Year 1467

King Afonso bombarded the city of Tangier once again

Year 1477

Cardinal Raffaele Sansone Riario della Rovere becomes Cardinal Deacon of St George in Velabro

On 12 December

Born in Spain

  Year 1498   King Charles VIII of France dies.

On 7 April

  Year 1521   John III the Peaceful becomes ruler of the Duchy of Jülich-Cleves-Berg-Ravensberg  

Post 9/22/12

Year 1296

Vollrad von Krempa becomes Bishop of Brandenburg


Year 1300

Eberwin von Kronenberg becomes Bishop of Worms


Year 1328

Bishop Filippo Hambaldi becomes Bishop of Agrigento


Year 1349

Pierre du Forest becomes Bishop of Tournai


Year 1385

Cardinal Adam Easton is imprisoned in the Castle of Nocera, Umbria.


On 12 January

Post 9/9/12

Year 1873

Bishop Christopher Augustine Reynolds becomes Bishop of Adelaide.


On 25 May

  Year 1897   Carlo Gustavo Walravens becomes Bishop of Tournai     Year 1904   Robert W Bonynge becomes a Representative of Colorado     Year 1911   Bishop Francisco Xavier Ricardo Vila y Mateu becomes Vicar Apostolic of Guam     Year 1961   Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer becomes Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen  

Post 9/2/12

Year 1033

Reginhard II of Dillingen becomes Prince Bishop of Speyer


Year 1146

Johann II becomes Bishop of Wroclaw


Year 1164

Alexander II becomes Prince Bishop of Liege


Year 1231

Bishop Geraud becomes Bishop of the Diocese of Agen

Year 1334

Andre Ghini becomes Bishop of Tournai

Post 8/20/12

Year 965

John XIII becomes Pope


Year 976

Warin becomes Archbishop of Cologne


Year 987

Ruprecht becomes Prince Bishop of Speyer


Year 998

Franco from Hesse becomes Bishop of Worms


Year 1018

Wolbodo becomes Bishop of Liege

Post 8/13/12

Year 411

The Catholic Church suppressed a schism in Africa


Year 873

Adelheim becomes Bishop of Worms


Year 910

The early stage of the Piast expansion around the area known as Poland


Year 1000

Hardouin becomes Bishop of Tournai and Noyon


Year 1095

Archbishop Szerafin becomes Archbishop of Esztergom

Post 7/11/12

Year 640

Severinus becomes Pope.


Year 645

Numerianus becomes Bishop of Trier


Year 671

Basinus becomes Bishop of Trier


Year 711

Valencia was overrun by the Muslim armies


Year 745

Saint Boniface becomes Archbishop of Mainz


Year 767

Constantine II becomes Antipope

Post 7/8/12

Year 1971

Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh becomes Bishop of Accra.

On 3 July

 
Year 1975
 
Richard Lamm becomes Governor of Colorado.
 
 
Year 1979
 
Cardinal Franciszek Macharski receives the Cardinal Title of St John at the Latin Gate

On 30 June
Born in Poland

 
Year 1983
 

Cardinal Karl Lehmann becomes Bishop of Mainz.

Year 1987

The Archdiocese of Madurai lost territory to establish the Diocese of Sivagangai

Post 7/4/12

Year 1915

Benjamin C Hilliard becomes a Representative of Colorado


Year 1920

Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Leary becomes Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton.

On 7 June

 
Year 1928
 
Stalin ordered the collectivization of agriculture in Russia.
 
 
Year 1934
 
Bishop Leon Angel Olane y Urteaga becomes Vicar Apostolic of Guam
 
 
Year 1948
 
The Diocese of Ambato is established from the Archdiocese of Quito.

On 28 February

 
Year 1963
 
The Archdiocese of Quito lost territory to establish the Diocese of Latacunga.

On 5 December

 

Post 6/28/12

Year 1667

Clement IX becomes Pope; his name is Giulio Rospigliosi


Year 1672

Even after the Treaty of Xantan in 1614, large parts of the Duchy of Cleves were occupied by the United Provinces


Year 1681

Cardinal Stefano Agostini receives the Cardinal Title of St John at the Latin Gate

On 22 June
Born in Italy

 
Year 1686
 
The town of Falmouth, Massachusetts is incorporated
 
 
Year 1698
 
Francis Nicholson becomes Crown Governor of Virginia
 
 
Year 1707
 
Rene de Beauveau becomes Bishop of Tournai