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| 0718 | Boniface |  |
| Given the job of converting Germany to Chris tianity by Pope Gregory II |
| Known as the "apostle of Germany" |
| 0955 | John XII |  |
| Vatican Appointed Pope, originally Octavian |
| 0965 | John XIII |  |
| Vatican Appointed Pope, originally Romano |
| 0972 | Otto I the Great |  |
| Appoints John XIII Pope |
| 0996 | Otto III |  |
| Appoints Gregory V Pope |
| Appoints his cousin Bruno of Carinthia as Pope Gregory V |
| 1043 | Adalbert |  |
| Hamberg Appointed Archbishop of Hamberg-Bremen |
| 1046 | Clement II |  |
| Vatican Appointed Pope, Sudiger the Bishop of Bamberg |
| 1047 | Clement II |  |
| Begins a program of reform |
| 1053 | Adalbert |  |
| Appointed Papal Legate |
| 1058 | Clement III |  |
| Appointed Imperial Chancellor for Italy, 1058-63 |
| 1073 | Clement III |  |
| Ravenna Appointed Archbishop of Ravenna |
| 1080 | Clement III |  |
| Appointed Anti-Pope, elected by a synod convoked by Henry IV |
| 1084 | Clement III |  |
| Crowns Henry IV as Emperor |
| 1102 | Otto of Bamberg |  |
| Bamberg Appointed Bishop of Bamberg by Emperor Henry IV |
| 1106 | Otto of Bamberg |  |
| Consecrated at Rome |
| 1137 | Otto of Freising |  |
| Freising Appointed Bishop of Freising |
| 1152 | Albert I the Bear |  |
| Brandenburg Receives the Bishopric of Brandenburg |
| Havelburg Receives the Bishopric of Havelberg |
| 1187 | Clement III |  |
| Vatican Appointed Pope |
| 1189 | Otto of Bamberg |  |
| Otto is Canonized |
| 1201 | Albert |  |
| Riga Founds the Bishopric of Riga |
| 1513 | Albert |  |
| Appointed Archbishop of Magdeburg |
| 1514 | Albert |  |
| Mainz Appointed Elector of Mainz |
| 1518 | Albert |  |
| Appointed Cardinal |
| 1518 | Albrecht |  |
| Rome Albrecht sues Luther in Rome |
| 1521 | Aleandro, Girolamo |  |
| Worms The Papal nuncio at the Diet, Girolamo Aleandro, draws up and proposes the fierce denunciations of Luther embodied in the edict, which permitted anyone to kill Luther without legal consequence |
| 1784 | Maximilian Franz |  |
| Cologne Appointed Archbishop-Elector of Cologne |
| 1873 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von |  |
| Berlin The "May Laws" of 1873-75 require state approval for training & licensing of priests |
| Berlin The "May Laws" of 1873-75 require state approval for training & licensing priests |