Pope Clement VIII: Timeline

1530   Knights of Malta are formed when the Knights Hospitaller Knights Hospitaller

The Knights Hospitaller is a tradition which began as a Benedictine [i] hospitaller [i] religious order [i] ... 

 are given Malta Malta

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated island nation [i] consis ... 

 by Pope Clement VIII.

1536   Born

1592   The death of Pope Innocent IX Pope Innocent IX

Pope Innocent IX , born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, who was born to a modest working family in t... 

 during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. Ippolito Aldobrandini is elected Pope Clement VIII.

1605   Died