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The Papal State, State of the Church, or Pontifical States were among the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia .The Papal States comprised territories under...

Timeline of Events

1511

10.4.1511

Formation of the Holy League of Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Papal States and the Republic of Venice against France.

1580

10.10.1580

After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 Irish and Papal soldiers and civilians at Dún an Óir, Ireland.

1809

5.17.1809

Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.

1870

9.19.1870

Having invaded the Papal States a week earlier, the Italian Army lays siege to Rome, entering the city the next day, after which the Pope described himself as a Prisoner in the Vatican.

1871

7.2.1871

Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.