Pope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590. Sixtus V was born on 13 December 1521 in what is now Italy. Sixtus V is remembered as a Catholic priest, transitional deacon and Catholic bishop, a citizen of the Papal States. Positions held included Pope and Roman Catholic Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti.
Before and after
- from 1521 to 1523Swedish War of Liberation
- from 1521 to 1526Italian War of 1521–1526
- 18 April 1521Martin Luther defies the Emperor at the Diet of Worms
- 27 April 1521Death of Ferdinand Magellan
- 13 December 1521Birth of Sixtus V
- from 26 June 1522 to 22 December 1522Siege of Rhodes
- from 27 August 1522 to 6 May 1523Knights' War
- 6 September 1522Magellan's expedition completes the first circumnavigation
- from 1524 to 1525German Peasants' War
More in Art, literature & culture
- c. 1500sMona Lisa
- 18 April 1506Construction of St. Peter's Basilica
- from 31 October 1517 to 1 January 1648Protestant Reformation
- 31 October 1517Origins of Lutheranism
- 10 November 1517Origins of Protestantism
- from 17th century to 19th centuryAge of Enlightenment
The era
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