Our Lady of Fátima is a title of the Virgin Mary, based on reported apparitions to three shepherd children, Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto, near the Portuguese village of Fátima. The first reported vision took place in a field called the Cova da Iria, and further appearances were said to follow monthly, culminating in October with an event witnessed by a large crowd and described as the Miracle of the Sun. The Catholic Church authorized the devotion in 1930, and Fátima became one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the world. The two younger children died in the flu epidemic, and were canonized in 2017, while Lúcia became a nun.
Before and after
- from 17 April 1917 to 19 April 1917Second Battle of Gaza
- 19 April 1917Champaran Satyagraha
- 26 April 1917Birth of I. M. Pei
- 30 April 1917Rise of American Friends Service Committee
- 13 May 1917Our Lady of Fátima
- 29 May 1917Birth of John F. Kennedy
- 4 June 1917Pulitzer Prize
- from 7 June 1917 to 14 June 1917Battle of Messines
- 7 June 1917Founding of Lions Clubs International
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