Polity Vatican City State

This article is about the specific polity Vatican City State and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Is an independent city-state, microstate and enclave within Rome, Italy. Its predecessor, the Papal States, was a major regional power from its start in 729 AD to its conquest by the Kingdom of Italy in 1870. The Vatican City State became independent from Italy with the Lateran Treaty of 1929.

Establishment

  • June 1929: The Vatican City State, also known as The Vatican, became independent from Italy with the Lateran Treaty (1929).

Chronology

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