Concordat With Rome
July 15, 1801
Napoleon, the child of the Revolution, knelt to political reality and signed a Concordat with Pius VII, restoring Catholic worship in France while keeping church lands seized by the Republic. Priests would be paid by the state and loyal to it. The altar was reopened; the keys stayed in Paris.
In context
Also in 1801 (7 other events on record)
- Act of Union Creates United Kingdom · Europe · Politics
- Jefferson's First Inaugural · North America · Politics
- British Victory at Alexandria · Middle East · War
- Piazzi Discovers Ceres · Europe · Science
- Tsar Paul Strangled · Europe · Politics
- Jefferson Sends Navy to Tripoli · Africa · War
Before and after in Europe
- Before: 1800: Volta's Electric Pile
- After: March 25, 1802: Peace of Amiens
Before and after in Religion
Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.