1st » 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 called Olney, England, Great Britain.
12th » The first public Thirteen Colonies e.g Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.
17th » Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle.