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Arrival of the Black Nazarene in Manila, Philippines from Acapulco, Mexico
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The arrival of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage from Manila going to Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines
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The Coonan Cross Oath was taken by a group of Saint Thomas Christians against the Portuguese.
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Battle of Vienna. Decisive victory of the army of the Holy League
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Encyclical Unigenitus Encyclical Unigenitus condemns Jansenism
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Pope Benedict XIII recognized Cyril VI as the legitimate Patriarch of Antioch and recognized his followers as being in full communion with the Catholic Church
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Pope Benedict XIV,appointed first women as professors to Papal Universities in Bologna, reformed canonization procedures, intellectual open to all sciences.
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Baptism of the first Korean Catholic
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Queen Dowager Jeongsun bans Christianity from Korea.
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Ludwig van Beethoven finishes his Missa solemnis, started in 1819, and dedicates it to his friend and pupil, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, archbishop of Olomouc.
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Gregor Mendel, Augustinian friar, scientist, and father of genetics, begins experiments that lead to the fundamental laws of inheritance.
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St. Francis de Sales is made a Doctor of the Church
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Edward Elgar sets to music Cardinal John Henry Newman's The Dream of Gerontius.
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Holy Year proclaimed by Pope Pius XI. John Vianney, French priest referred to as the Cure d'Ars, is canonized by Pope Pius XI.
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The Assumption of Mary is defined as dogma by Pius XII
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Duns Scotus beatified by Pope John Paul II.
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Mary MacKillop, Australian nun of Scottish descent, is canonized by Pope Benedict XVI. She is the first Australian saint to be canonized. Also canonized is Holy Cross lay brother, Andre Bessette of Montreal, Canada, whose efforts and inspiration led to the building of Saint Joseph's Oratory, Montreal.
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Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina elected as Pope Francis and is the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to be elected Pope.
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Pope Francis accused the Russian Orthodox Church of attempting to manipulate other religions (denominations) in Ukraine.