# Pope Innocent VIII - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-innocent-viii
Pontificate: 29 August 1484 – 25 July 1492
Number in the papal list: 213
Born-Died: 1432 - 1492
Papal era: Renaissance Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_VIII

Citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Appointed Tomás de Torquemada as the inquisitor general of the Spanish Inquisition.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Sixtus IV](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-sixtus-iv)
- Next in list: [Pope Alexander VI](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-alexander-vi)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1491 - [Baptism of the King of Kongo](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1491-baptism-of-the-king-of-kongo)
- 1492 - [Expulsion of the Jews from Spain](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1492-expulsion-of-the-jews-from-spain)
- 1492 - [Columbus reaches the Americas](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1492-columbus-reaches-the-americas)