Pope Benedict is the regnal name of the current Roman pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI (2005–present) and has been the name of fifteen other popes: Pope Benedict XVI. Born Joseph Ratzinger, he took the name Benedict upon his election to the Papacy on April 19, 2005. ... Pontiff is a title of certain religious leaders. ... His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: ; born April 16, 1927 as Joseph Alois Ratzinger in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria) is the 265th and reigning pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ...

• Pope Benedict I (575–579)
• Pope Benedict II (684–685)
• Pope Benedict III (855–858)
• Pope Benedict IV (900–903)
• Pope Benedict V (964)
• Pope Benedict VI (972–974)
• Pope Benedict VII (974–983)
• Pope Benedict VIII (1012–1024)
• Pope Benedict IX (1032–1044, 1045–1046 & 1047–1048)
• Pope Benedict X (1058–1059)
• Pope Benedict XI (1303–1304)
• Pope Benedict XII (1334–1342)
• Pope Benedict XIII (1724–1730)
• Pope Benedict XIV (1740–1758)
• Pope Benedict XV (1914–1922)
• Pope Benedict XVI (2005–present)

Three antipopes also called Benedict: Benedict I was pope from June 2, 575 to 579. ... Events June 2 - Benedict succeeds John III as Pope The Kingdom of East Anglia founded by the Angle groups North Folk and South Folk, naming the places of Norfolk and Suffolk, respectively. ... Events End of the Northern Qi Dynasty in China. ... Benedict II was pope from 684 to 685. ... Events Wu Ze Tian took power in China. ... Events Umayyad caliph Marwan I (684-685) succeeded by Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (685-705) Justinian II succeeds Constantine IV as emperor of the Byzantine Empire Sussex attacks Kent, supporting Eadrics claim to the throne held by Hlothhere Pope Benedict II succeeded by Pope John V Cuthbert consecrated... Benedict III, prior to his election, had a reputation for learning and piety, and elected on the refusal of the initial choice of clergy and people, Hadrian: a group of important people preferred Anastasius. ... Events Louis II succeeds Lothar as western emperor. ... Events Patriarch Ignatius is imprisoned and (December 25) deposed to be succeeded by patriarch Photius I. Louis the German invades West Francia, hoping to secure Aquitaine from his brother Charles the Bald, but fails. ... Benedict IV was pope from c. ... Events Persian scientist, Rhazes, distinguished smallpox from measles in the course of his writings. ... Events Vikings invade England. ... Benedict V (died July 4, 965), Pope (22 May 964 - 23 June 964), was elected by the Romans on the death of John XII. However the Roman emperor Otto I did not approve of the choice, had him deposed after only a month, and the ex-pope was carried off... Events Nicephorus II begins campaign to recapture Cilicia. ... Benedict VI, Pope (972 - 974), was chosen with great ceremony and installed pope under the protection of the Emperor Otto the Great. ... Events Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess. ... Events Antipope Boniface VII succeeds Pope Benedict VI. The Byzantine Empire retakes Syria including Aleppo from the Abbasids. ... Pope Benedict VII (died 983) belonged to the noble family of the counts of Tusculum. ... Events Antipope Boniface VII succeeds Pope Benedict VI. The Byzantine Empire retakes Syria including Aleppo from the Abbasids. ... Events Hugh Capet, a distant relative of the last Carolingian king of the Franks, is crowned King of France, beginning the Capetian dynasty and, arguably, modern French history. ... Benedict VIII, né Theophylactus (died April 9, 1024), pope (1012-1024), of the noble family of the counts of Tusculum, descended from Theophylact, Count of Tusculum like his predecessor Benedict VI, was opposed by an antipope Gregory, who compelled him to flee from Rome. ... Events Mael Morda starts a rebellion against Brian Boru in Ireland, which would eventually end in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf. ... This article is about the year. ... Benedict IX, né Theophylactus (c. ... Events February 2 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, becomes King of Burgundy. ... Events King Anawrahta seizes the throne of Pagan, Myanmar Births Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known as The Cid (d. ... Events Emperor Go-Reizei ascends the throne of Japan. ... Events First contact between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuks Martyrdom of Gerard Sagredo in Budapest Births Matilda of Tuscany (d. ... Events William the Conqueror, with assistance from King Henry I of France, secured control of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at Caen the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes Births Deaths October 9 - Pope Clement II Categories: 1047 ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ... Pope Benedict X (reigned 1058-1059; died c. ... Events March 17 - King Lulach I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and rival Malcolm Canmore, who later becomes King of Scotland as Malcolm III of Scotland. ... Events Anselm of Canterbury settles at the Benedictine monastery of Le Bec in Normandy. ... Benedict XI, né Nicholas Boccasini (1240 -July 7, 1304), pope (1303 - 1304), succeeded the famous Boniface VIII, but was unable to carry out his Ultramontane policy. ... Events On the 20 April, Pope Boniface VIII founds the University of Rome La Sapienza Edward I of England reconquers Scotland (see also: William Wallace, Wars of Scottish Independence) The Khilji Dynasty conquers Chittor Births Saint Birgitta, patron saint of Europe Deaths October 11 - Pope Boniface VIII Categories: 1303 ... Events 20 July - Fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence. ... Benedict XII, né Jacques Fournier ( 1280s – April 24, 1342), was pope from 1334 to 1342. ... Events Births Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Amadeus VI of Savoy, Count of Savoy (d. ... -1... For Pedro de Luna, see Antipope Benedict XIII. Benedict XIII, né Pietro Francesco Orsini, later Vincenzo Maria Orsini (Gravina di Puglia, February 2, 1649 - March 2, 1730), was pope from 1724 to 1730. ... Events January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. ... Benedict XIV, born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini (Bologna, March 31, 1675 – Rome, May 3, 1758), was pope from 1740 to 1758. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... His Holiness Pope Benedict XV, born Giacomo della Chiesa (November 21, 1854 – January 22, 1922), reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from September 3, 1914 to 1922; he succeeded Pope Saint Pius X. Della Chiesa was born in Genoa, Italy, of a noble... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: ; born April 16, 1927 as Joseph Alois Ratzinger in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria) is the 265th and reigning pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... An antipope is one whose claim to being Pope is the result of a disputed or contested election. ...

• Antipope Benedict X
• Antipope Benedict XIII
• Antipope Benedict XIV