Historedia
Person

Antonio Canova

Events
2
Episodes
5
Years
1765–1831

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Antonio Canova, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Death of Pope Clement XIII

    1765–1773

    Role: sculptor of the later monument to Clement XIII

    1. 7 January 1765 – 1768 · papal acts issued from RomeClement XIII's Defense of the Jesuits

      Clement XIII praised the Jesuits in the 1765 bull Apostolicum pascendi, but expulsions by Catholic powers continued regardless.

    2. January 1769 · demand addressed to the Holy SeeBourbon Demand for Suppression

      In January 1769 the Bourbon powers jointly demanded total suppression of the Jesuits, seizing papal enclaves in the dispute.

    3. night of 2 February 1769 · RomeDeath of Clement XIII in Rome

      Clement XIII died during the night of 2 February 1769 in Rome, amid Bourbon demands for Jesuit suppression.

    4. 1773 · Holy SeeActual Timing of the Jesuit Suppression

      The Holy See abolished the Jesuit order in 1773 under Clement XIV, not on the eve of Clement XIII's death.

  2. Fire destroys the North Carolina State House and Canova's Washington

    1831

    Role: Sculptor

    1. June 21, 1831 · North Carolina State HouseFire Destroys State House and Statue

      On June 21, 1831, a fire destroyed the North Carolina State House in Raleigh and Canova's statue of George Washington housed in its rotunda.

Sources

  1. Pope Clement XIII Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-30
  2. George Washington (Canova) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-11