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Canonizations

Beatifications

• Saint John Joseph of the Cross
• Saint Margaret of Hungary

Venerations

Births

• Saint Anthony Mary Gianelli
• Saint John Hoan
• Saint Marcelino Champagnat

Deaths

Ordinations

Professions

Consecrations

• Archbishop John Carroll

Founded

• Georgetown, the first Catholic college in the United States
• Diocese of Baltimore, Maryland

Elevated

Suppressed

Published

Other Events

• New Jersey becomes first state to ratify the United States Bill of Rights
• The Courier de Boston, believed to be the first Catholic newspaper in America, begins publication
• first presidential election in United States

1788

1790