1740 Benedict XIV, Prospero Lambertini.
1758 Clement XIII, Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico. The papacy loses Avignon for the second time (1768). The Neapolitans seize Benevento.
1769 Clement XIV, Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli. He suppresses the Jesuits.
1775 Pius VI, Giovanni Angelo Braschi. The French seize his states and carry him to France a prisoner.
1800 Pius VII, Gregorio Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti. Ratifies concordat with France; crowns Napoleon emperor (1804). The French take his states and imprison him (1809). Is restored 1814.
1823 Leo XII, Annibale della Genga.
1829 Pius VIII, Francesco Castiglione.
1831 Gregory XVI, Bartolommeo Alberto Cappellari.
1846 Pius IX, Mastai Ferretti. Begins as a reformer but afterwards changes his policy. In 1870 the last of his dominions are added to the kingdom of Italy.
1878 Leo XIII, Giacchino Pecci.