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1670: The Secret Treaty of Dover – An Attempt to Return the Catholic Faith to England

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1670: The Secret Treaty of Dover – An Attempt to Return the Catholic Faith to England

On this day in 1670, a secret pact in Dover was made according to which Catholic faith should return to B ...

On this day in 1670, a secret pact in Dover was made according to which Catholic faith should return to Britain. As it is well known, England split from Rome and Catholicism back in the 16th century d ...

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1465: Thomas Palaiologos Converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism

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1465: Thomas Palaiologos Converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism

On this day in 1465, Thomas Palaiologos, a pretender to the title of Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, die ...

On this day in 1465, Thomas Palaiologos, a pretender to the title of Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, died in Rome. Thomas was the younger brother of the last emperor in Constantinople - Constantine X ...

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1689: The Swedish Queen who Unexpectedly Converted to Catholicism

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1689: The Swedish Queen who Unexpectedly Converted to Catholicism

The former Swedish Queen Christina died in Rome on this day in 1689. She ruled Sweden when this country w ...

The former Swedish Queen Christina died in Rome on this day in 1689. She ruled Sweden when this country was a powerful European superpower. Specifically, she ruled present-day Finland and Estonia, and ...

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1981: Prince Yasuhiko Asaka – The First Member of the Japanese Imperial Dynasty who Became a Roman Catholic

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1981: Prince Yasuhiko Asaka – The First Member of the Japanese Imperial Dynasty who Became a Roman Catholic

The General Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, the first member of the Japanese imperial dynasty who converted to Cat ...

The General Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, the first member of the Japanese imperial dynasty who converted to Catholicism, died on this day in 1981. He was a cousin of the Japanese Emperor Hirohito (through t ...

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1675: Who painted the “Girl with a Pearl Earring”?

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1675: Who painted the “Girl with a Pearl Earring”?

The famous painter Johannes Vermeer van Delft, particularly known for his painting “Girl with a Pearl Ear ...

The famous painter Johannes Vermeer van Delft, particularly known for his painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, died on this day in the year 1675. At the time of his death, he was only 43 years old. N ...

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1900: Oscar Wilde Dies a Catholic

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1900: Oscar Wilde Dies a Catholic

The famous artist Oscar Wilde died on this day. He was very controversial during his life, and remained f ...

The famous artist Oscar Wilde died on this day. He was very controversial during his life, and remained famous for his artistic genius, as well as for his unusual personality. Today there is practical ...

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1789: Why is Baltimore the Capital of Catholicism in the United States?

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1789: Why is Baltimore the Capital of Catholicism in the United States?

On this day in 1789, the oldest Catholic diocese in the United States was established. It was located in ...

On this day in 1789, the oldest Catholic diocese in the United States was established. It was located in the city of Baltimore, in the U.S. state of Maryland. Selecting the city of Baltimore was not a ...

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1850: Renewed Strength of the Catholic Church in England

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1850: Renewed Strength of the Catholic Church in England

On this day in 1850, the Catholic hierarchy in England was restored after a few-hundred-year period. In f ...

On this day in 1850, the Catholic hierarchy in England was restored after a few-hundred-year period. In fact, there had been no Catholic bishops since the death of the last bishop appointed by the Cat ...

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