Vatican City Timeline of Events

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Vatican City

Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of approximately , and a population of just over 800...

Timeline of Events

1506

1.22.1506

The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.

1950

10.30.1950

Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.

1984

1.10.1984

The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years.

1994

6.15.1994

Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.