On 23 June 1482, Pope Sixtus IV decreed an interdict against the Republic of Venice, unless it abandoned within 15 days its siege of Ferrara.

How did John get an interdict placed on England?

When a dispute arose between King John and the monks of Canterbury, in 1206, about who should succeed to the most senior Church office in England, Innocent took the opportunity to establish his own candidate in the see. ...

What caused the interdict?

In the case of England, a disputed election to the archbishopric of Canterbury, and the rejection of Pope Innocent III's favoured candidate, Stephen Langton, led to the imposition of a general interdict on England and Wales in 1208. It would last for a whole six years.