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Gilded Age Alnwick Hall scheduled for preservation, redevelopment
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1772 – The first traveler s cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, are issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
1773 – The hymn that became known as Amazing Grace , then titled 1 Chronicles 17:16–17 , is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
1788 – First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
1804 – French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black-majority republic and second independent country in North America after the United States.