# Pope Pius IV - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pius-iv
Pontificate: 26 December 1559 – 9 December 1565
Number in the papal list: 224
Born-Died: 1499 - 1565
Papal era: Counter-Reformation
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_IV

Subject of the Duchy of Milan. Reopened and closed the Council of Trent (1563).

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Paul IV](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-paul-iv)
- Next in list: [Pope Pius V](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pius-v)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1559 - [Index of Forbidden Books](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1559-index-of-forbidden-books)
- 1560 - [Scottish Reformation](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1560-scottish-reformation)
- 1562 - [French Wars of Religion](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1562-french-wars-of-religion)
- 1563 - [Heidelberg Catechism](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1563-heidelberg-catechism)
- 1563 - [Thirty-nine Articles](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1563-thirty-nine-articles)