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Events on Thursday 29 August 1799 2
1717 – 1799Pope Pius VI (1717-1799)Died 29 August 1799, aged 81Pope from 1775, whose reign saw the Catholic Church in France upended by the Revolution. French forces occupied Rome in 1798 and proclaimed a republic there. He was taken into French captivity and died a prisoner at Valence.
1717 – 1799Pope Pius VI (1717-1799)Died 29 August 1799, aged 81Pope from 1775, whose reign saw the Catholic Church in France upended by the Revolution. French forces occupied Rome in 1798 and proclaimed a republic there. He was taken into French captivity and died a prisoner at Valence.