Mother Teresa, in full St. Teresa of Calcutta, also called St. Mother Teresa, original name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, (baptized August 27, 1910, Skopje, Macedonia, Ottoman Empire [now in Republic of North Macedonia]—died September 5, 1997, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India; canonized September 4, 2016; feast day September 5), founder of the Order of the Missionaries of …

Events Pre-1600. 1244 – Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon.; 1409 – The University of Leipzig opens.; 1601–1900. 1697 – St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London, is consecrated.; 1763 – Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the …