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 ...
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1770s
File:1770s montage.jpg, 420x420px, From top left, clockwise: Englishmen and sailor James Cook concludes his inaugural and embarks on his second voyage, leaving a trail of significant milestones along its way such as the discovery of New Caledonia, ...
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
1760 in Wales
Events from the year 1760 in Wales.
Incumbents
*Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (until 25 October)
*Lo ...
1763 in Wales
Events from the year 1763 in Wales.
Incumbents
*Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet
*Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan
*Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – ...
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1764 in Wales
Events from the year 1764 in Wales.
Incumbents
*Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet
*Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan
*Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – T ...
1766 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1766 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
*Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet
*Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – ...
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1767 in Wales
Events from the year 1767 in Wales.
Incumbents
*Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet
*Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan
*Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Tho ...
1769 in Wales
Events from the year 1769 in Wales.
Incumbents
*Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet
*Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan (until 12 April)
*Lord Lieutenant of Cae ...
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, who is best known for his novel ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1766), his pastoral poem ''The Deserted Village'' (1770), and his pl ...
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 ...
- ''Miscellanies in Prose and Verse''
*1767
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Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu)
Evan Welling Thomas III (born April 25, 1951) is an American journalist, historian, lawyer, and author. He is the author of 11 books, including two ''New York Times'' bestsellers.
Early life and career
Thomas was born in Huntington, New York, ...
Thomas Phillips
Thomas Phillips RA (18 October 177020 April 1845) was a leading English portrait and subject painter. He painted many of the great men of the day including scientists, artists, writers, poets and explorers.
Life and work
Phillips was born at ...
, surgeon and educational benefactor (d. 1851)
**8 December -
Morgan John Rhys
Morgan John Rhys, also Rhees (8 December 1760 – 7 December 1804) was a Welsh radical evangelical Baptist minister. He preached the principles of the French Revolution, against slavery, and in favour of the reform of parliament.
Life
Morgan John ...
, minister and author (d. 1804)
*1761
**15 July - Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), writer (d. 1849)
**11 October - David Charles, hymn-writer (d. 1834)
*1762
**12 August - George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV (d. 1830)
*1763
**August -
Peter Bailey Williams
Peter Bayley Williams (August 1763 – 22 November 1836) was a Welsh Anglican priest and amateur antiquarian. It is also claimed that he led the first rock climb recorded in the United Kingdom.
Life
Williams was the son of Peter Williams, one of ...
, clergyman and author (d. 1836)
*1764
**29 April - Julia Ann Hatton, novelist (d. 1838)
**20 June - Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi), first Unitarian minister in Wales (d. 1833)
**''date unknown'' -
Robert Waithman
Robert Waithman (1764 – 6 February 1833) was a master draper who in later life was a British politician; an economic progressive Whig from an industrial background and a political reformist. He became an alderman of the Corporation of London ...
, lord mayor of London (d. 1833)
*1766
**March William Turner, industrialist (d. 1853)
**6 December - Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet (d. 1850)
**25 December -
Christmas Evans
Christmas Evans (25 December 1766 – 19 July 1838) was a Welsh Nonconformist (Protestantism), nonconformist minister, described as "the greatest preacher that the Baptists have ever had in Great Britain."
Life
Evans was born near the village o ...
, preacher (d. 1838)
*1768
**August -
Sydenham Teak Edwards
Sydenham Teast Edwards (5 August 1768 – 8 February 1819) was a natural history illustrator. He illustrated plants, birds and importantly published an illustrated book on the breeds of dogs in Britain, ''Cynographia Britannica''.
Edwards was bo ...
, botanical artist (d. 1819)
**17 September -
Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn
Edward Pryce Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (17 September 1768 – 3 April 1854), known as Sir Edward Lloyd, 2nd Baronet from 1795 to 1831, was a British politician.
Life
He was born the son of Bell Lloyd of Pontryffyd and Bodfach and succeeded his unc ...
(d. 1854)
**24 September -
Sharon Turner
Sharon Turner (24 September 1768 – 13 February 1847) was an English historian.
Life
Turner Was born in Pentonville, the eldest son of William and Ann Turner of Yorkshire, who had settled in London upon marrying.H. R. Loyn,Turner, Sharon (1 ...
, historian (d. 1847)
Deaths
*1760
**April - David Lewis, poet
**25 October - King
George II of Great Britain
, house = Hanover
, religion = Protestant
, father = George I of Great Britain
, mother = Sophia Dorothea of Celle
, birth_date = 30 October / 9 November 1683
, birth_place = Herrenhausen Palace,Cannon. or Leine ...
, former Prince of Wales, 76
*1761
**8 April - Griffith Jones Llanddowror, pioneer in education, 77
*1762
**3 February - Beau Nash, leader of fashion, 87
*1763
**25 November - Richard Morris, father of the noted Morris brothers ("Morrisiaid Môn"), 89
*1764
**18 June -
Christmas Samuel
Christmas Samuel (1674 – 18 June 1764) was a Welsh Independent minister and writer.
He was born in Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire, into a relatively prosperous family. He began to preach at an early age, and by 1707 was in charge of the church at ...
, minister and writer, 90
**22 June -
Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet
Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet PC (c. 1701 – 22 June 1764) was a Welsh Jacobite politician.
Sir John was the son of Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet. He studied at Pembroke College, Oxford, and went on to Lincoln's Inn.
In 1736 he was electe ...
, 63
**26 September - Joseph Harris, Assay-master of the Royal Mint, 60
*1765
**10 April -
Edward Heylyn
Edward Heylyn (1695 – April 10, 1765) was a merchant and entrepreneur who was one of the founders of the Bow porcelain factory.
The Heylyn family originally came from North Wales. Heylyn was the third son of John Heylyn, a saddler of London who ...
, porcelain manufacturer, 70?
**11 April -
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 ...
, hydrographer and writer, eldest of the Morris brothers of Anglesey, 64
*1767
**11 September -
Theophilus Evans
Theophilus Evans (February 1693 – 11 September 1767) was a Welsh clergyman and historian.
Life
Evans' father was from Pen-y-wenallt and he was christened in the church in Llandygwydd in Cardiganshire in 1693.
Evans served curacies in Brecknock ...
Frederick, Prince of Wales
Frederick, Prince of Wales, (Frederick Louis, ; 31 January 170731 March 1751), was the eldest son and heir apparent of King George II of Great Britain. He grew estranged from his parents, King George and Queen Caroline. Frederick was the fath ...
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...