Pontificate of John Paul I
1978 · Event
The 'smiling pope' dies after 33 days, the shortest reign in four centuries; the conspiracy theories never quite die, and the year of three popes ends with Wojtyła.
On these timelines: The Papacy, Master, Christianity, Major Religions
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- Avignon Papacy (1309)
- Walk to Canossa (1077)
- Papal States established (756)
- Benedict XVI resigns (2013)
- Gregorian Reform (1075)
- Pontificate of Leo the Great (440)
- Fourth Lateran Council (1215)
Around 1978
- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)