| 1414 | Pope Sixtus IV is born. | |
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| 1431 | Pope Alexander VI is born. | |
| 1432 | Pope Innocent VIII is born. | |
| 1439 | Pope Pius III is born. | |
| 1443 | Pope Julius II is born. | |
| 1455 | Pope Callistus III elected. | |
| 1458 | Pope Pius II elected. | |
| 1459 | Pope Adrian VI is born. | |
| 1464 | Pope Paul II elected. | |
| 1471 | Pope Sixtus IV elected. | |
| 1475 | Pope Leo X is born. | |
| 1478 | Pope Clement VII is born. | |
| 1484 | Pope Innocent VIII elected. | |
| 1484 | Pope Sixtus IV dies. | |
| 1487 | Pope Julius III is born. | |
| 1492 | Pope Alexander VI elected. | |
| 1492 | Pope Innocent VIII dies. | |
| 1502 | Pope Gregory XIII is born. | |
| 1503 | Pope Pius elected. | |
| 1503 | Pope Julius II elected. | |
| 1503 | Pope Alexander VI dies. | |
| 1503 | Pope Pius III dies. | |
| 1504 | Pope Julius II allows Henry VIII to marry Catharine of Aragon. | |
| 1506 | Pope Julius II orders work on St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. | |
| 1507 | Pope appoints Cajetan as vicar general of Dominicans. | |
| 1511 | Cajetan publishes A Comparison of the Authority of the Pope and Councils | |
| 1513 | Giovanni de Medici becomes Pope Leo X. | |
| 1513 | Pope Julius II dies. | |
| 1517 | Cajetan named cardinal by pope Leo X. | |
| 1517 | Pope Leo X commissions Prierias to respond to Luther's 95 thesis. Prierias' *Dialogus* is sent to Luther who responds with *Responsio.* | |
| 1519 | Pope Innocent IX is born. | |
| 1521 | Pope Leo X calls King Henry VIII “Defender of the Faith” for his publication of an anti-Luther tract. | |
| 1521 | Pope Leo X dies. | |
| 1522 | Pope Adrian VI elected. | |
| 1522 | Cajetan sent by pope Adrian VI as legate to Hungary. | |
| 1523 | Pope Clement VII elected. | |
| 1523 | Pope Adrian VI dies. | |
| 1527 | Henry VIII appeals to Pope Clement VII for annulment for marriage to Catharine of Aragon. | |
| 1533 | Henry VIII is excommunicated. | |
| 1534 | Pope Paul III elected. | |
| 1534 | Pope Clement VII dies. | |
| 1535 | Pope Gregory XIV is born. | |
| 1536 | Gasparo Contarini asked by pope Paul III to lead papal reform commission. | |
| 1536 | Pope Clement VIII is born. | |
| 1542 | Pope Paul III establishes the Congregation of the Inquisition. | |
| 1550 | Pope Julius III elected. | |
| 1554 | Pope Gregory XV is born. | |
| 1555 | Pope Marcellus II elected. | |
| 1555 | Pope Paul IV elected. | |
| 1555 | Pope Julius III dies. | |
| 1559 | Pope Pius IV elected. | |
| 1559 | Pope Paul IV approves and publishes the first Index of Forbidden Books. | |
| 1566 | Pope Pius V elected. | |
| 1572 | Pope Gregory XIII elected. | |
| 1585 | Pope Gregory XIII dies. | |
| 1591 | Pope Gregory XIV dies. | |
| 1591 | Pope Innocent IX dies. | |
| 1605 | Pope Clement VIII dies. | |
| 1623 | Pope Gregory XV dies. |