# Pope Pius VI - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pius-vi
Pontificate: 15 February 1775 – 29 August 1799
Number in the papal list: 250
Born-Died: 1717-12-25 - 1799-08-29
Papal era: Baroque & Enlightenment
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_VI

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Condemned the French Revolution; expelled from the Papal States by the French from 1798 until his death.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Clement XIV](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-clement-xiv)
- Next in list: [Pope Pius VII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pius-vii)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1784 - [Catholic Church in Korea](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1784-catholic-church-in-korea)
- 1784 - [Methodist Episcopal Church](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1784-methodist-episcopal-church)
- 1787 - [Christian abolitionism](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1787-christian-abolitionism)
- 1790 - [Civil Constitution of the Clergy](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1790-civil-constitution-of-the-clergy)
- 1791 - [First Amendment](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1791-first-amendment)
- 1792 - [William Carey and modern missions](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1792-william-carey-and-modern-missions)
- 1793 - [Dechristianization of France](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1793-dechristianization-of-france)