14 events with tag "burial"
721 BC
ID: 3685
First Kushite pyramid built - Piye buried at El Kurru, begins 1000-year pyramid tradition
ID: 3685
550 BC
ID: 5365
Vix burial of Celtic princess - massive Greek bronze krater (wine vessel) found, 1.64m tall, shows extent of wine trade and Celtic wealth
ID: 5365
530 BC
ID: 5366
Hochdorf chieftain burial - Celtic prince buried with Greek bronze cauldron, drinking horns, shows wine symposium culture adopted by Celts
ID: 5366
275
ID: 3861
St. Eutychian becomes twenty-seventh pope - personally buries 342 martyrs, peaceful pontificate
ID: 3861
481
ID: 2815
Death of Childeric I - buried with rich grave goods (discovered 1653), 15-year-old Clovis inherits small kingdom around Tournai
ID: 2815
512
ID: 5257
January 3, 512
Death of St. Genevieve at 89 - dies after 80 years serving Paris, buried in Saints-Apostles church, immediate veneration
ID: 5257
814
ID: 2923
January 28, 814
Death of Charlemagne - dies at 71 after 46-year reign, buried in Aachen chapel, Louis inherits intact empire
ID: 2923
1000
ID: 5873
November 1000
Death of Aelfthryth at Wherwell - dies at abbey she founded, remembered as both murderess and holy patron
ID: 5873
1087
ID: 2591
September 9, 1087
Death of William the Conqueror - dies from injury falling from horse, buried at Caen
ID: 2591
1154
ID: 2616
October 25, 1154
Death of King Stephen - dies at Dover, Henry peacefully succeeds, Anarchy ends after 19 years
ID: 2616
1231
ID: 172
Christina's tomb opened after seven years - sweet fragrance fills all present, healing graces conferred on faithful
ID: 172
1881
ID: 1031
December 2, 1881
Jenny Marx dies; buried in unconsecrated ground
ID: 1031
1883
ID: 1045
March 17, 1883
Karl Marx dies; buried with red communist wreaths instead of cross
ID: 1045
2025
ID: 3411
April 26, 2025
Pope Francis buried at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica - first pope buried outside Vatican since Leo XIII in 1903
ID: 3411