Pope’s Night is first celebrated in Boston.

(ca.) The event is held annually on the evening of Guy Fawkes Day. It includes a parade through the town that features of the devil, the Pope, and other prominent Catholics. Gangs from the North and South End then engage in a battle to try to capture one another’s effigies at the Mill Creek Bridge. If the North End is victorious, it burns the effigies in front of Faneuil Hall [Copp’s Hill-Deming]; if the South End wins, on Boston Common. The celebration often is accompanied by attacks on Catholic residents, which are particularly violent in 1755, 1762, and 1764.* The holiday is particularly subdued in 1765* and canceled in 1775.*