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31st March 1499
Giovanni Angelo Medici, also known as Pope Pius IV, was born in Milan to Bernardino de' Medici and his wife, Clelia Serbelloni.
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11th March 1513
Giovanni di Lorenzo de’Medici was proclaimed Pope.
He took the name Leo X after being elected on 9th March.
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7th February 1550
Giovanni Maria del Monte was elected Pope Julius III.
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30th January 1593
Ippolito Aldobrandini was elected as Pope.
He took the name Pope Clement VIII.
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28th January 1600
Giulio Rospigliosi, also known as Pope Clement IX, was born in Pistoia, Tuscany, to Giacomo and Caterina Rospigliosi.
He became Pope on 20th June 1667.
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5th January 1531
Pope Clement VII wrote to Henry VIII forbidding him to remarry, and threatening him with excommunication if he did not heed the warning and ignored Rome.
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18th November 1523
Giulio Giuliano de’ Medici was elected as Pope Clement VII.
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27th September 1570
Pope Urban VII died in of malaria in Rome.
Born Giovanni Battista Castagna, his was the shortest Papal rule at just twelve days. He was buried in the Vatican.
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14th September 1523
Adriaan Florensz Boeyens, also known as Pope Adrian VI died in Rome.
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11th August 1492
Rodrigo Borgia was elected Pope and was known as Pope Alexander VI.
He was the nephew of Pope Calixtus III.
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25th July 1492
Pope Innocent VIII died in Rome.
Born Giovanni Battista Cibo, he became head of the Catholic Church on 29th August 1484.
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1st May 1555
Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi also known as Pope Marcellus II, died in Rome.
He became Pontiff on 9th April 1555 and his tenure only lasted 22 days.
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10th April 1585
Pope Gregory XIII died in Rome.
He introduced the use of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
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9th April 1555
Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi was elected as Pope and took the name Pope Marcellus II.
He ruled the Papal state for only 22 days until his death on 1st May 1555.
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31st March 1499
Giovanni Angelo Medici, also known as Pope Pius IV, was born in Milan to Bernardino de' Medici and his wife,Clelia Serbelloni.
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11th March 1513
Giovanni di Lorenzo de’Medici was proclaimed Pope. He took the name Leo X after being elected on 9th March.
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7th March 1530
Pope Clement VII forbade King Henry VIII from marrying again until the annulment case concerning his first marriage had been decided.
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7th February 1550
Giovanni Maria del Monte was elected Pope and took the name Julius III.
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30th January 1593
Ippolito Aldobrandini was elected as pope and took the name Pope Clement VIII.
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