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1730s The 1730s decade ran from January 1, 1730, to December 31, 1739. References {{DEFAULTSORT:1730s ...

1750s File:1750s montage.png, 420x420px, From top left, clockwise: The Treaty of Madrid amends the pre-existing Treaty of Tordesillas (1494). Signed in 1750, this Spanish-Portuguese agreement, enabled Portugal to claim more holdings in what is now Brazi ...

, Other years in Wales , - , , Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1740–1749 to Wales and its people.

Events

: 1740 in Wales :

1741 in Wales Events from the year 1741 in Wales. Incumbents *Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley *Lord Lieutenant of G ...

1742 in Wales Events from the year 1742 in Wales. Incumbents *Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley *Lord Lieutenant of Gl ...

: 1743 in Wales :

1744 in Wales Events from the year 1744 in Wales. Incumbents *Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley *Lord Lie ...

1745 in Wales Events from the year 1745 in Wales. Incumbents *Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley *Lord L ...

1746 in Wales Events from the year 1746 in Wales. Incumbents *Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley *Lord Li ...

: 1747 in Wales :

1748 in Wales Events from the year 1748 in Wales. Incumbents *Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley *Lord Lieutenant of G ...

1749 in Wales Events from the year 1749 in Wales. Incumbents *Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley *Lord Lieutenant of Gl ...

Arts and literature

New books

1740 *

John Dyer John Dyer (1699 – 15 December 1757) was a painter and Welsh poet who became a priest in the Church of England.Shaw, Thomas B. ''A Complete Manual of English Literature''. Ed. William Smith. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1872. 372. Print. He was m ...

- ''The Ruins of Rome'' * Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) - ''Welsh Piety'' *

Zachariah Williams Zechariah most often refers to: * Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), author of the Book of Zechariah * Zechariah (New Testament figure), father of John the Baptist Zechariah or its many variant forms and spellings may also refer to: People * Zechari ...

- ''The Mariners Compass Completed'' 1742 1744 *

Jane Brereton Jane Brereton (1685–1740) was a Welsh poet who wrote in English. She was notable as a correspondent for ''The Gentleman's Magazine''.Alexander Chalmers (Ed.), ''The General Biographical Dictionary'' - A New Edition volume VI' (1812) Biography ...

- ''Poems on several occasions'' (posthumously published) 1746 *

Anna Williams Anna Williams may refer to: * Anna Williams (poet) (1706–1783), writer and friend of Samuel Johnson * Anna Maria Williams (1839–1929), New Zealand teacher and school principal * Anna Wessels Williams (1863–1954), pioneering female doctor an ...

- ''Life of the Emperor Julian'' (translation from the French) 1749 *

- ''A True Narrative of certain Circumstances relating to Zachariah Williams in the Charterhouse''

Music

1740 * Howell Harris - ''Llyfr o Hymneu o Waith Amryw Awdwyr'' (collection of hymns) 1742 * Howell Harris & Daniel Rowland - ''Sail, Dibenion, a Rheolau'r Societies'' (collection of hymns) 1744 * William Williams Pantycelyn - ''Aleluia'' (hymns: first part)

Births

1740 *''date unknown'' - Sir

Watkin Lewes Sir Watkin Lewes (1740 – 13 July 1821) was a Welsh politician in England. Lewes was the second son of Reverend Watkin Lewes, of Pen-y-Benglog, Melinau, and Ann Williams, of Treamlod (Ambleston), Pembrokeshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury Sch ...

, politician (d. 1821) 1741 *

January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...

- Hester Thrale, diarist and friend of Dr Johnson (d. 1821) * August 20 -

Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...

(d. 1811) *

September 3 Events Pre-1600 *36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. * 301 – San Marino, one of the s ...

- Owen Jones, antiquary (d. 1814) 1742 * September 26 - Thomas Jones, landscape painter (d. 1803) * December 3 - Sir Erasmus Gower, naval commander (d. 1814) 1745 *

February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...

- David Davis (Castellhywel), poet (d. 1827) 1746 *

September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...

- William Jones, philologist (d. 1794) 1747 *January - Richard Fenton, poet and author (d. 1821) 1748 *

September 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. * 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...

- Thomas Johnes, landowner (d. 1816) 1749 *

September 23 Events Pre-1600 * 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified. * 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat ...

- Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, politician (d. 1789)

Deaths

1740 * August 7 -

, poet, 55 * October 20 -

Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Gray's Inn Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet (''c.'' 1665 – 20 October 1740), of Glascoed, Llansilin, Denbighshire was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710. Early life Williams was the son of Sir Wi ...

, politician, 75? 1741 *August -

David Owen David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, (born 2 July 1938) is a British politician and physician who served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs as a Labour Party (UK), Labour Party MP under James Callaghan from 1977 t ...

, 29 ("David of the White Rock"), harpist, *''date unknown'' ** Wil Hopcyn, poet, 41? ** Robert Roberts, theologian, 61? 1743 * July 15 - John Wynne, bishop, 83? *''date unknown'' ** Thomas Morgan, Deist theologian **

Robert Wynne The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

, clergyman and academic 1744 * March 2 -

William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale {{Infobox noble, type , name = William Maxwell , title = 5th Earl of Nithsdale , image = , caption = , alt = , CoA = , more = no , succession ...

, Jacobite, husband of

Winifred Herbert {{Infobox noble, type , name = Winifred Maxwell , title = Countess of Nithsdale , image = File:Winifred Maxwell, Countess of Nithsdale.jpg , caption = , alt = , CoA ...

1745 * May 7 - Sir Thomas Hanmer, politician and literary editor, 68 1746 * May 21 -

Lewis Morris Lewis Morris (April 8, 1726 – January 22, 1798) was an American Founding Father, landowner, and developer from Morrisania, New York, presently part of Bronx County. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continen ...

, Welsh-descended Governor of New Jersey, 74 1748 * August 27 - Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet, 53 1749 *May -

Winifred Herbert {{Infobox noble, type , name = Winifred Maxwell , title = Countess of Nithsdale , image = File:Winifred Maxwell, Countess of Nithsdale.jpg , caption = , alt = , CoA ...

, Countess of Nithsdale, 58? *August -

Angharad James Angharad James may refer to: *Angharad James (footballer) Angharad Jane James (born 1 June 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur in the English Women's Super league and the Wales national team. Jam ...

, poet, 72 * September 26 -

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet (c. 169226 September 1749) was a Welsh politician and landowner who sat in the British House of Commons from 1716 to 1749, when he died in office. A member of the Tory party, he was also a prominent Jacobi ...

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