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326 First church built on the site of Vatican City, traditional place of Saint Peter
's tomb.
846 August: Arab
pirates sack the Vatican
.
1626 The new St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican
is consecrated, the anniversary of that of the previous church in 326.
1860 Victor Emmanuel
, King of Sardinia
seizes the whole of the Papal States except Rome
(see Vatican City) and unites Italy
.
1861 First issue of Vatican
's newspaper L'Osservatore Romano was published.
1881 Some Vatican
archives opened to scholars for the first time
1929 Italy
and the Vatican
sign the Lateran Treaty
1929 The Lateran Treaty, making Vatican City a sovereign state, is ratified
1932 Pope Pius XI
meets Benito Mussolini
in the Vatican City
1960 December 2 — The Archbishop of Canterbury
, the Most Rev. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, talks with Pope John XXIII
for about an hour in the Vatican
. It is the first time in more than 500 years that a head of the Anglican Church had visited the Pope.
1966 Pope Paul VI
and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko meet in the Vatican
- the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic Church
and the Soviet Union
.
1984 The United States
and the Vatican
establish full diplomatic relations.
1984 The Peace and Friendship Treaty is signed between Argentina
and Chile
in Vatican City.
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