This article is about the particular significance of the century 1601–1700 to
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
and
its people.
Events
1601
*June -
John Salusbury is knighted by Queen
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
Eli ...
for his assistance in suppressing the
Essex Rebellion
Essex's Rebellion was an unsuccessful rebellion led by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in 1601 against Queen Elizabeth I of England and the court faction led by Sir Robert Cecil to gain further influence at court.
Background
Robert Devereux, ...
.
*October
**The "Wrexham riot" occurs, when supporters of Sir
John Salusbury are involved in violent clashes with surviving Essex supporters led by Sir Richard Trevor.
**
William Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff, becomes
Bishop of St Asaph.
*
22 November
Events Pre-1600
* 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
* 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Fra ...
-
Francis Godwin
Francis Godwin (1562–1633) was an English historian, science fiction author, divine, Bishop of Llandaff and of Hereford.
Life
He was the son of Thomas Godwin, Bishop of Bath and Wells, born at Hannington, Northamptonshire. He was the great ...
is consecrated the new Bishop of Llandaff.
*December - Sir
John Salusbury becomes MP for
Denbighshire
Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...
.
*
James Price (of Pilleth)
James Price (1571 – 6 January 1641) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1624 to 1626.
Price was the son of John Price (John ap Rys) of Pileth, an officer in the wars of Queen Elizabeth, and educated at the Middle Temp ...
becomes
High Sheriff of Radnorshire for the first time.
1602
*
7 July - Sir
Richard Bulkeley is appointed to the Council of Wales and the Marches.
*
17 July - The
Lord Lieutenancy of Monmouthshire is separated from that of Wales and is held by
Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester
Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, KG, Earl Marshal (c. 1550 – 3 March 1628) was an English aristocrat. He was an important advisor to King James I (James VI of Scots), serving as Lord Privy Seal.
He was the only son of three children ...
.
*Sir
Edmund Morgan (of Llandaff)
Sir Edmund Morgan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons in 1601 and 1621.
Morgan was the second son of Henry Morgan of Llandaff and Penllwyn-Sarth. He was a captain in the army and was knighted pro ...
is
High Sheriff of Monmouthshire.
1603
*
24 March -
Henry Frederick, son of King
James I of England
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...
, is invested as
Duke of Cornwall upon his father's accession.
*''date unknown'' - David Hughes founds
Beaumaris Grammar School.
1604
*
27 February -
Roger Brereton of Borras becomes MP for Flint.
*
Carmarthen
Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, ...
is made a
county corporate by charter of King
James I of England
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...
.
*
Thomas Myddelton becomes
Sheriff of London
Two sheriffs are elected annually for the City of London by the Liverymen of the City livery companies. Today's sheriffs have only nominal duties, but the historical officeholders had important judicial responsibilities. They have attended the ju ...
.
*
John Davies becomes rector of Mallwyd.
*Sir
Richard Bulkeley is elected MP for Anglesey.
1605
*January - Catholic plotter
Thomas Morgan (of Llantarnam)
Thomas Morgan of Llantarnam (or Bassaleg, a branch of the Morgan of Tredegar) (1546–1606), of the Welsh Morgan of Monmouthshire, was a confidant and spy for Mary, Queen of Scots, and was involved in the Babington plot to kill Queen Elizabeth ...
is condemned to death for his part in a conspiracy involving
Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues
Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil (1579–1633) was the favourite mistress of Henry IV of France after Gabrielle d'Estrées died: her sister Marie-Charlotte de Balzac d’Entragues was also a mistress of the king. ...
, but the sentence is not carried out.
*
8 March
Events Pre-1600
*1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''.
* 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.
*1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bourg ...
- Sir
Eubule Thelwall is appointed steward and recorder of Ruthin for life.
*The
earldom of Montgomery is created for
Philip Herbert, a
favourite
A favourite (British English) or favorite (American English) was the intimate companion of a ruler or other important person. In post-classical and early-modern Europe, among other times and places, the term was used of individuals delegated s ...
of King
James I of England
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...
.
1606
*
12 April
Events Pre-1600
* 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
* 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted ...
- A new
Union Flag
The Union Jack, or Union Flag, is the ''de facto'' national flag of the United Kingdom. Although no law has been passed making the Union Flag the official national flag of the United Kingdom, it has effectively become such through precedent. ...
is created by royal decree to mark the union between England and Scotland; Wales is not represented in the design.
*
31 October -
John Griffith, later MP for Beaumaris, matriculates at
Brasenose College, Oxford, aged 15.
*''date unknown''
**
Hawarden High School is founded as a single-classroom grammar school with £300 left by local resident George Ledsham.
**
William Spurstow
William Spurstowe (Spurstow) (c. 1605–1666) was an English clergyman, theologian, and member of the Westminster Assembly. He was one of the Smectymnuus group of Presbyterian clergy, supplying the final WS (read as UUS) of the acronym.
Life
H ...
, MP, is instrumental in the passing of a bill to relieve Welsh cloth from the need to have a seal of content.
**A storm buries the village of St Ismail near modern-day
Kidwelly
Kidwelly ( cy, Cydweli) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, southwest Wales, approximately northwest of the most populous town in the county, Llanelli. In the 2001 census the community of Kidwelly returned a population of 3,289, inc ...
,
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...
.
**John Wynn, eldest son of
Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet
Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet (1553 – 1 March 1627), was a Welsh baronet, Member of Parliament and antiquary.
Life
He was the son of Morys Wynn ap John, whom he succeeded in 1580, inheriting Gwydir Castle in Carnarvonshire. John was educated at ...
, marries Eleanor Cave.
1607
*
30 January -
Bristol Channel floods cause devastation on the Welsh coast, from
Laugharne
Laugharne ( cy, Talacharn) is a town on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tâf.
The ancient borough of Laugharne Township ( cy, Treflan Lacharn) with its Corporation and Charter is a unique survival ...
in
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...
to above
Chepstow
Chepstow ( cy, Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the wester ...
in
Monmouthshire.
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
was the most badly affected town, with the foundations of
St Mary's Church destroyed.
*
26 March
Events Pre-1600
* 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
*1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is ...
-
Peter Mutton is granted the reversion of the office of Attorney General in Wales and Shropshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Cheshire, and Flintshire for life.
*
11 May
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
* 1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across ...
- Marriage of
Blanche Somerset, daughter of the Earl of Worcester, and
Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour
Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour ( – 19 May 1643) was an England, English nobleman son of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour and Lady Mary Wriothesley.
Life
He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour, ...
.
*''date unknown''
**Serious outbreak of
plague
Plague or The Plague may refer to:
Agriculture, fauna, and medicine
*Plague (disease), a disease caused by ''Yersinia pestis''
* An epidemic of infectious disease (medical or agricultural)
* A pandemic caused by such a disease
* A swarm of pe ...
in
Conwy
Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on ...
.
**Walter Jones, of a family of Welsh wool merchants, begins the construction of
Chastleton House
Chastleton House () is a Jacobean country house at Chastleton, Oxfordshire, England, close to Moreton-in-Marsh (). It has been owned by the National Trust since 1991 and is a Grade I listed building.
History
Chastleton House was built betwe ...
in Oxfordshire.
1608
*
7 November
Events Pre-1600
* 335 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.
* 680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.
* 921 – Treaty of ...
-
Charles Vaughan (of Porthamal)
Sir Charles Vaughan (1584-1630) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625.
Vaughan was the eldest son of Sir Walter Vaughan of Dunraven, Glamorgan, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, and Tealstone, Wiltshire (di ...
is knighted.
*
26 November
Events Pre-1600
* 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her king from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
* 1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ...
- Peter Wynne, a member of Captain
Christopher Newport's exploration party to the villages of the Eastern
Siouan
Siouan or Siouan–Catawban is a language family of North America that is located primarily in the Great Plains, Ohio and Mississippi valleys and southeastern North America with a few other languages in the east.
Name
Authors who call the enti ...
Monacan above the falls of the
James River in
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
, writes to
John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater
John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater KB, PC (1579 – 4 December 1649) was an English peer and politician from the Egerton family.
The son of Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley and Elizabeth Ravenscroft, he matriculated at Brasenose ...
, informing him that some members of Newport's party believe the pronunciation of the Monacans' language resembles "Welch", and have asked Wynne to act as interpreter.
*
Richard Wynn, the future 2nd Baronet, enters the service of the Lord Chamberlain in London.
1610
*
4 June
Events Pre-1600
* 1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
* 1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathe ...
-
Henry Stuart is created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.
*''date unknown''
**
Plas Teg is built by
Sir John Trevor near the village of Pontblyddyn, Flintshire.
**The
Old Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Llanwenllwyfo
The Old Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Llanwenllwyfo is a medieval ruined church near Dulas, in Anglesey, Wales, perhaps built in the 15th century to replace another church from which only the 12th-century font survived. Dedicated to Gwenllwyfo, a 7th ...
, undergoes restoration work, as shown by the date of the oak screen and pulpit.
**
Ewenny Pottery
Ewenny Pottery, founded in 1610 in the village of Ewenny, is the oldest working pottery in Wales.
Background
The village of Ewenny is sited above all of the natural resources to make the local red earthenware pottery: clay deposited from the ice ...
started.
**Approximate date of
Kennixton Farmhouse, now located at
St Fagans National History Museum near
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
.
1611
*
29 June - Creation of the
Wynn Baronetcy for
Sir John Wynn.
*William Lewis Annwill, of the
Anwyl of Tywyn Family, has his pedigree certified by William Hughes and John Davies.
*
John Jones of Gellilyfdy
John Jones of Gellilyfdy (c. 1578 - c. 1658) was a Welsh lawyer, antiquary, calligrapher, manuscript collector and scribe. He is particularly significant for his copying of many historic Welsh language manuscripts which would otherwise have been l ...
is placed in a debtors' prison in London.
1612
*Sir
Thomas Button winters at the mouth of the
Nelson River
The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The river drains Lake Winnipeg and runs before it ends in Hudson Bay. Its full length (including the Saskatchewan River and Bow River) is , i ...
in Canada, naming it after the ship's sailing master, who had died.
1613
*
29 September - Official opening of the
New River, supplying London with fresh water. Sir
Hugh Myddelton
Sir Hugh Myddelton (or Middleton), 1st Baronet (1560 – 10 December 1631) was a Welsh clothmaker, entrepreneur, mine-owner, goldsmith, banker and self-taught engineer. The spelling of his name is inconsistently reproduced, but Myddelton appear ...
, who has been instrumental in its creation, is the brother of Sir
Thomas Myddelton,
Lord Mayor of London
The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional pow ...
in the same year.
1614
*
26 December
Events Pre-1600
* 887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia.
* 1481 – Battle of Westbroek: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by David o ...
- The will of haberdasher
William Jones leaves "nyne thousand pounds to the Company of Haberdashers of London to ordain a Preacher, a Free School and Alms houses for twenty poor and distressed people, as blind and lame as it shall seem best to them, of the Town of Monmouth, where it shall be bestowed".
Monmouth School
Monmouth School for Boys is a public school (independent day and boarding school) for boys in Monmouth, Wales. The school was founded in 1614 with a bequest from William Jones, a successful merchant and trader. The School is run as a trust, t ...
and the
Monmouth Alms Houses are among the establishments founded as a result.
*
Beaumaris
Beaumaris ( ; cy, Biwmares ) is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, of which it is the former county town of Anglesey. It is located at the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal waterway separating Anglesey from th ...
Courthouse built.
*
Marmaduke Lloyd
Sir Marmaduke Lloyd (1585–c.1651) was a Welsh lawyer and landowner, as well as a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
Lloyd was the son of Thomas Lloyd, a precentor at St David's Cathedral, and the nephew of ...
becomes King's Attorney for the Marches and is appointed to the
Council of Wales and the Marches
The Court of the Council in the Dominion and Principality of Wales, and the Marches of the same, commonly called the Council of Wales and the Marches () or the Council of the Marches, was a regional administrative body based in Ludlow Castle wi ...
.
1615
*
Wye Bridge, Monmouth, is rebuilt in stone.
1616
*November -
Charles Stuart is created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, four years after the death of his elder brother.
*
Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard
Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard (c. 1564 – 15 January 1618) was a Staffordshire and Lancashire landowner and politician, a member of six English parliaments for three different constituencies. Although a prominent member of the Essex factio ...
, is appointed President of the Council of Wales and the Marches, replacing
Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure
Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure (24 September 1558 – 1 April 1617), of Ingleby and Malton, Yorkshire, was an English nobleman and politician. The surname, also given as Evers, was at that time probably pronounced "Ewry".
Life
He was the son o ...
.
1617
*
William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton
William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton, KG (died 24 June 1630), known as 2nd Baron Compton from 1589 to 1618, was an English nobleman, peer, and politician.
Northampton was the son of Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton, and Frances Hastings. ...
, becomes President of the
Council of Wales and the Marches
The Court of the Council in the Dominion and Principality of Wales, and the Marches of the same, commonly called the Council of Wales and the Marches () or the Council of the Marches, was a regional administrative body based in Ludlow Castle wi ...
.
*
Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet
Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet (1588 – 19 July 1649) was a Welsh courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1649.
Biography
Wynn was the second and eldest surviving son of Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet ...
, becomes
Groom of the Bedchamber to
Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to a ...
, retaining the position until the prince becomes King Charles I in 1625.
*
Richard Whitbourne is recruited by
William Vaughan to govern his new colony of
Cambriol.
1618
*
John Griffith is appointed
High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire
This is a list of Sheriffs of Caernarvonshire (or Carnarvonshire).
The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in a county but over the centuries most of the responsibi ...
.
Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet
Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet (1553 – 1 March 1627), was a Welsh baronet, Member of Parliament and antiquary.
Life
He was the son of Morys Wynn ap John, whom he succeeded in 1580, inheriting Gwydir Castle in Carnarvonshire. John was educated at ...
, becomes
Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire.
* Sir Richard Bulkeley c. 1544
* John "Wynn" ap Maredudd bef. 1550–1559
* Maurice Wynn bef. 1562 – aft. 1577
* Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester be ...
.
1619
*
Mostyn Colliery
Mostyn Colliery was a coal mine in Flintshire, North Wales, that was owned in the later part of its operating life by the influential Mostyn family. The colliery was located at Mostyn on the banks of the River Dee.
Early history
The Welsh write ...
is recorded as being worth approximately £700 annually to the Mostyn family, which suggests a fairly substantial output.
1620
*Bishop
William Morgan's
Bible translation into Welsh is revised by Bishop
Richard Parry and
John Davies (Mallwyd)
John Davies, Mallwyd ( – 1644) was one of Wales's leading scholars of the late Renaissance. He wrote a Welsh grammar and dictionary. He was also a translator and editor and an ordained minister of the Church of England.
Born in Llanferre ...
as ''Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan'', published in London.
1621
*New MPs include
Lewis Powell,
William Herbert,
Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in ''Silex Scintillans'' in 1650, with a second part in 1655.''Oxfo ...
and
John Trevor.
1622
*
William Vaughan arrives in
Cambriol to begin a stay of three years, during which he writes ''The Golden Fleece''.
1623
*
Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet
Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet (1588 – 19 July 1649) was a Welsh courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1649.
Biography
Wynn was the second and eldest surviving son of Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet ...
, is one of the party accompanying
the Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales ( cy, Tywysog Cymru, ; la, Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. Prior to the conquest by Edward I in the 13th century, it was used by the rulers o ...
to Spain. His account of the journey was published a century later.
1625
*
8 July
Events Pre-1600
*1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
* 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...
- A deputation including Sir
Sackville Trevor
Sir Sackville Trevor (c. 1565–1633) was a Welsh sea captain and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.
Sackville Trevor was son of John Trevor of Trevalyn, Denbighshire, and the brother of Sir Richard Trevor, Sir John Trevor and ...
takes a petition to King Charles I.
1627
*June - Sir
Sackville Trevor
Sir Sackville Trevor (c. 1565–1633) was a Welsh sea captain and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.
Sackville Trevor was son of John Trevor of Trevalyn, Denbighshire, and the brother of Sir Richard Trevor, Sir John Trevor and ...
serves with distinction in the expedition to La Rochelle led by
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.
*September - Sir
Sackville Trevor
Sir Sackville Trevor (c. 1565–1633) was a Welsh sea captain and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.
Sackville Trevor was son of John Trevor of Trevalyn, Denbighshire, and the brother of Sir Richard Trevor, Sir John Trevor and ...
leads a flotilla that blockaded the mouth of the Elbe in support of the land force sent under Sir Charles Morgan to assist King
Christian IV of Denmark
Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years, 330 days is the longest of Danish monarchs and Scandinavian mon ...
.
1636
*The three-arch stone bridge, Pont Fawr, at
Llanrwst
Llanrwst ('church or parish of Saint Grwst'; ) is a market town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy, in Conwy County Borough, Wales, and the historic county of Denbighshire. It developed round the wool trade and became known als ...
is built by
Sir John Wynn of
Gwydir Castle; its design is attributed to
Inigo Jones.
1638
*Bont Fawr at
Dolgellau built.
1639
*
Abergavenny receives its charter of incorporation.
1640
*''date unknown'' -
Godfrey Goodman
Godfrey Goodman, also called Hugh; (28 February 1582 or 158319 January 1656) was the Anglican Bishop of Gloucester, and a member of the Protestant Church. He was the son of Godfrey Goodman (senior) and Jane Croxton, landed gentry living in Wale ...
, Bishop of Gloucester, is imprisoned for 5 weeks for refusing to sign the oath known as the
Laudian canons
Under Charles I, the Puritans became a political force as well as a religious tendency in the country. Opponents of the royal prerogative became allies of Puritan reformers, who saw the Church of England moving in a direction opposite to what ...
.
1643
*September -
Vavasor Powell
Vavasor (or Vavasour) Powell (161727 October 1670) was a Welsh Nonconformist Puritan preacher, evangelist, church leader and writer, who was imprisoned for his role in a plot to depose King Charles II.
Early life
Powell was born in Knuck ...
leads a march of eighty men to Machynlleth.
*
9 November
Events Pre-1600
* 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
*1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement ...
-
Thomas Myddelton takes
Farndon Bridge
Farndon Bridge, also known as Holt Bridge (Welsh: ''Pont Rhedynfre'' or ''Pont Holt''), crosses the River Dee and the England-Wales border between the village of Farndon, Cheshire, England and the town of Holt, Wrexham, Wales (). The bridge, ...
at
Holt on behalf of Parliament.
1644
*January -
Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 161212 November 1671), also known as Sir Thomas Fairfax, was an English politician, general and Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War. An adept and talented command ...
breaks the six-week siege of Nantwich.
*September - The first battle of the English Civil War on Welsh soil takes place at
Montgomery.
*
Thomas Bulkeley is created 1st Viscount Bulkeley in recognition of his service to the Royalist cause in the
English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...
.
*
Roch Castle
Roch Castle ( cy, Castell y Garn) is a 12th-century castle, located at Roch near Haverfordwest, Wales.
Built by Norman knight Adam de Rupe in the second half of the 12th century, probably on the site of an earlier wooden structure. ''Roche'' ...
is captured by Parliament; the owner's daughter,
Lucy Walter
Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was a Welsh noblewoman, the first mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James, Duke of Monmouth. During the Exclusion Crisis, a Protestant faction wanted to make her son h ...
, flees to London and thence to The Hague.
1645
*
4 February
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling ...
-
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) was a cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes known as the "Shakespeare of Divines" for his poetic style of expression, and he is fr ...
is among the Royalist prisoners taken during the siege of
Cardigan Castle.
*June - King
Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after hi ...
begins a tour of South Wales, in the wake of his defeat at the
Battle of Naseby
The Battle of Naseby took place on 14 June 1645 during the First English Civil War, near the village of Naseby in Northamptonshire. The Parliamentarian New Model Army, commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, destroyed the main ...
, to rally support.
*
16 July
Events Pre-1600
* 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
* 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
* 1 ...
- King Charles I dines with the Morgans at
Tredegar Park
Tredegar Park ( cy, Parc Tredegar) is a public park situated in the western Coedkernew area of the city of Newport, South Wales. It lies close to junction 28 of the M4 motorway connecting London and West Wales.
History
It formerly for ...
.
*
25 July - King Charles I is entertained by the Morgans of
Ruperra Castle
Ruperra Castle or Rhiwperra Castle is a Grade II* Listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, situated in Lower Machen in the county borough of Caerphilly, Wales. It was built in 1626, now it is in a ruined condition.
History
Built in 1 ...
.
*
5 August
Events Pre-1600
*AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.
* 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ...
- King Charles I visits Colonel Edward Prichard at
Llancaiach Fawr
Llancaiach Fawr Manor is a Tudor manor house near the village of Nelson, located just to the north of the site of the former Llancaiach Colliery in the heart of the Rhymney Valley in South Wales. The semi-fortified house was built on the site o ...
.
*September - King Charles I visits Denbigh.
1646
*
19 August -
Raglan Castle
Raglan Castle ( cy, Castell Rhaglan) is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales. The modern castle dates from between the 15th and early 17th centuries, when the succ ...
surrenders to Parliamentary forces.
*October - Colonel
William Salusbury surrenders
Denbigh Castle
Denbigh Castle and town walls (; cy, Castell Dinbych a waliau tref; ) were a set of fortifications built to control the lordship of Denbigh after the conquest of Wales by Norman King Edward I in 1282. The King granted the lands to Henry de ...
to Parliamentary forces, with the king's written permission.
*Barrister William Philipps buys the island of
Skokholm
Skokholm () or Skokholm Island is an island off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, south of the neighbouring island of Skomer. The surrounding waters are a marine reserve and all are part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Both islands ...
for £300.
1647
*
19 January -
Holt Castle surrenders to Parliamentary forces after an 11-month siege.
*
16 March
Events Pre-1600
* 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.
*1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
* 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to r ...
-
Harlech Castle
Harlech Castle ( cy, Castell Harlech; ) in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a Grade I listed medieval fortification built onto a rocky knoll close to the Irish Sea. It was built by Edward I during his invasion of Wales between 1282 and 1289 at t ...
surrenders to Parliamentary forces, the last Royalist stronghold of the
English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...
on mainland Britain.
*''date unknown'' -
Katherine Fowler ("Orinda") marries James Philips of Cardigan Priory.
1648
*
8 May
Events Pre-1600
* 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin.
* 413 – Emperor Honorius signs ...
-
Battle of St. Fagans
The Battle of St Fagans was a pitched battle during the Second English Civil War in 1648. A detachment from the New Model Army defeated an army of former Parliamentarian soldiers who had rebelled and were now fighting against Parliament.
...
1649
*January -
Thomas Wogan and
John Jones Maesygarnedd
John Jones Maesygarnedd (c. 1597 – 17 October 1660) was a Welsh military leader and politician, known as one of the regicides of King Charles I following the English Civil War. A brother-in-law of Oliver Cromwell, Jones was a Parliamentarian ...
are among the signatories to the death warrant of King Charles I.
*April -
Rowland Laugharne
Major General Rowland Laugharne (1607 – 1675) was a member of the Welsh gentry, and a prominent soldier during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, in which he fought on both sides.
Laugharne began his career as a page to Robert Devereux, 3rd ...
,
John Poyer and
Rice Powell, former Parliamentary commanders, are condemned to death for their role in the rebellion leading to the Battle of St Fagans. They draw lots and the sentence is carried out only on Colonel Poyer.
*
9 April -
Lucy Walter
Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was a Welsh noblewoman, the first mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James, Duke of Monmouth. During the Exclusion Crisis, a Protestant faction wanted to make her son h ...
, mistress of the Prince of Wales, gives birth to
the future Duke of Monmouth.
*
Aberystwyth Castle
Aberystwyth Castle ( cy, Castell Aberystwyth) is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales. It was built in response to the First Welsh War in the late 13th century, replacing an earlier fortress located ...
slighted
Slighting is the deliberate damage of high-status buildings to reduce their value as military, administrative or social structures. This destruction of property sometimes extended to the contents of buildings and the surrounding landscape. It is ...
by
Commonwealth troops.
1650
*
22 February - The
Act for the better propagation and preaching of the Gospel in Wales is passed by Parliament, resulting in the ejection of dissident clergymen and creating English-language schools.
1656
*''date unknown'' - Colonel
Philip Jones buys
Fonmon Castle
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from the St John family.
1657
*
George Fox visits
Dolgellau, resulting in the foundation of a local Quaker community, led by
Rowland Ellis
Rowland Ellis (1650 – September 1731) was a Welsh Quaker leader.
He was the owner of the farm of Bryn Mawr near Dolgellau. He became a Quaker, along with a number of other inhabitants of Dolgellau, after a visit to the town by George Fox i ...
.
*
Jenkin Jones becomes minister at Llanddetty.
1659
*
5 August
Events Pre-1600
*AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.
* 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ...
-
Booth's Rebellion
Booth's Uprising, also known as Booth's Rebellion or the Cheshire Rising of 1659, was an unsuccessful attempt in August 1659 to restore Charles II of England. Centred on North West England and led by George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, George Booth, ...
proclaims Charles II as King. Its leaders include
Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle.
*
19 August - Booth's forces take
Chester.
1660
*
23 July
Events Pre-1600
* 811 – Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.
*1319 – A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios. 160 ...
- Creation of the
Aubrey baronets of Llantrithead
*
17 October -
Hugh Lloyd
Hugh Lewis Lloyd (22 April 1923 – 14 July 2008) was an English actor who made his name in film and television comedy from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was best known for appearances in ''Hancock's Half Hour'', ''Hugh and I'' and other sit ...
becomes
Bishop of Llandaff
The Bishop of Llandaff is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.
Area of authority
The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The bishop's seat is in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (the site of ...
.
*
William Philipps is elected MP for Haverfordwest.
*At about this date,
Elizabeth Cromwell (widow of
Oliver) retires to Wales.
1661
*
20 April
Events Pre-1600
*1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.
1601–1900
*1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament.
*1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroys a ...
- Royalist
Arthur Annesley is created
Earl of Anglesey
Earl of Anglesey was a title in the Peerage of England during the 17th and 18th centuries.
History
The first creation came in 1623 when Christopher Villiers was created Earl of Anglesey, in Wales, as well as Baron Villiers. He was the elder b ...
.
*Bridge at
Carrog
Carrog is a village in Denbighshire, Wales, near Corwen. Formerly referred to as Llansanffraid-Glyn Dyfrdwy, as it lies within the parish of Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, it takes its modern name from the Great Western Railway station on the oppo ...
built over
Dee.
1662
*
Henry Walter and
Charles Edwards are among the ministers ejected as a result of the
Act of Uniformity.
1663
*Baptist leader
John Myles takes the
Ilston Book
The Ilston Book is the earliest record of a Baptist church in Wales. It is named after the location of a Baptist meeting place near the ruins of the old Trinity well, the site of a pre-Reformation chapel, at Ilston Beck in Gower near Swansea.
Fo ...
with him when he and his whole congregation emigrate to North America, where they found the
First Baptist Church in Swansea
The First Baptist Church and Society is a historic Baptist church in Swansea, Massachusetts. The congregation, founded in 1663, is the oldest Baptist congregation in Massachusetts and one of the oldest in the United States.
The congregation w ...
.
*Bangor Bridge built at
Bangor-on-Dee
Bangor-on-Dee ( cy, Bangor-is-y-coed or Bangor Is-coed) is a village and Community (Wales), community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, on the banks of the River Dee, Wales, River Dee. Until 1974 it was in the exclave of Flintshire (historic), F ...
.
1664
*
Thomas Wogan, former Parliamentary commander and regicide, escapes from York Castle and flees to the Netherlands.
1666
*Last recorded news of
Thomas Wogan, resident in
Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...
and plotting against King
Charles II.
1667
*
Francis Davies becomes
Bishop of Llandaff
The Bishop of Llandaff is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.
Area of authority
The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The bishop's seat is in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (the site of ...
.
1668
*Rhydwilym Baptist Chapel in
Llangolman
Llangolman () is a village and parish in the southeastern Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is part of the community of Mynachlog-ddu. There are prehistoric remains nearby and the parish has a history of slate and clay quarrying.
His ...
is founded.
1669
*
Henry Morgan
Sir Henry Morgan ( cy, Harri Morgan; – 25 August 1688) was a privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he raided settlements and shipping on the Spanish Main, becoming we ...
lands on
ÃŽle-Ã -Vache
ÃŽle-Ã -Vache, (French, also expressed ÃŽle-Ã -Vaches, former Spanish name Isla Vaca; all translate to Cow Island) is a Caribbean island, one of Haiti's satellite islands. It lies in the Baie de Cayes about off the coast of the country's south ...
and begins using it as the base for his piracy.
1673
*
17 June - Land for a
Friends meeting house
A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), where meeting for worship is usually held.
Typically, Friends meeting houses are simple and resemble local residential buildings. Steeples, spires, and ...
at The Pales in Powys is acquired; by the early 21st century it will be Wales's oldest in continuous use.
1678
*The gardens of
Bodysgallen Hall
Bodysgallen Hall is a manor house in Conwy county borough, north Wales, near the village of Llanrhos. Since 2008 the house has been owned by The National Trust. It is a Grade I listed building, currently used as a hotel. This listed building, lis ...
are laid out.
*
17 November
Events Pre-1600
* 887 – Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt, leading his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia, to declare himself king of the East Frankish Kingdom in late November.
* 1183 &nd ...
- During the
Popish Plot John Arnold of Monmouthshire captures
Jesuit priest
David Lewis at
St Michael's Church, Llantarnam.
1679
*
27 August
Events Pre-1600
* 410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
*1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England.
* 1232 – Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Ka ...
- Jesuit priest
David Lewis (b. 1616) is
hanged
Hanging is the suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. Hanging as method of execution is unknown, as method of suicide from 1325. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' states that hanging i ...
at
Usk
Usk ( cy, Brynbuga) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, northeast of Newport. It is located on the River Usk, which is spanned by an arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town. Usk Castle, above the town, overlooks th ...
for
high treason
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...
. He will be
canonized
Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of s ...
in 1970.
1680
*
9 September
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Evolution of the Arabic digit
In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...
- Regicide
Henry Marten dies a prisoner in
Chepstow Castle
Chepstow Castle ( cy, Castell Cas-gwent) at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Located above cliffs on the River Wye, construction began in 1067 under the instruction of the Norma ...
.
1681
*
12 September - Great fire at
Presteigne
Presteigne (; cy, Llanandras: the church of St. Andrew) is a town and community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales on the south bank of the River Lugg. Formerly the county town of the historic county of Radnorshire, the town has, in common with ...
.
1682
*
30 August
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple.
*1282 – Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.
*1363 – The five-week Battle of Lake Po ...
- A group of Welsh settlers, including
Thomas Wynne
Thomas Wynne (July 20, 1627 – January 16, 1692) was personal physician of William Penn and one of the original settlers of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania. Born in Ysceifiog, Wales, where his family dated back seventeen generatio ...
, set sail for
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
. Settlement of
Bala Cynwyd
Bala Cynwyd ( ) is a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. It is located on the Philadelphia Main Line in Southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering the western edge of Philadelphia at U.S. Route 1 (City Avenue). It was originally two separ ...
begins.
*
14 September
Events Pre-1600
* AD 81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
* 629 – Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire.
* 786 – "Nigh ...
-
Bishop Gore School
The Bishop Gore School ( cy, Ysgol Esgob Gore) is a secondary school in Swansea in Wales, founded on 14 September 1682 by Hugh Gore (1613–1691), Bishop of Waterford and Lismore. It is situated in Sketty, close to Singleton Park and Swans ...
is founded in Swansea by Bishop Hugh Gore.
1686
*
Rowland Ellis
Rowland Ellis (1650 – September 1731) was a Welsh Quaker leader.
He was the owner of the farm of Bryn Mawr near Dolgellau. He became a Quaker, along with a number of other inhabitants of Dolgellau, after a visit to the town by George Fox i ...
and his fellow Quakers leave Wales for Pennsylvania to avoid religious persecution.
1688
*
10 December
Events Pre-1600
*1317 – The "Nyköping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköpin ...
-
Mary of Modena, queen consort of King
James II of England
James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Re ...
, flees to France, taking with her the six-month-old
James Francis Edward Stuart
James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 16881 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs, was the son of King James II and VII of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his second wife, Mary of Modena. He was Prince of Wales fro ...
, Prince of Wales.
*The chief officers of the corporation of
Abergavenny refuse to take the oath of allegiance to
King William III
William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the ...
, and the town's charter is annulled.
1689
*
25 July -
Council of Wales and the Marches
The Court of the Council in the Dominion and Principality of Wales, and the Marches of the same, commonly called the Council of Wales and the Marches () or the Council of the Marches, was a regional administrative body based in Ludlow Castle wi ...
is abolished.
1690
*
27 December
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – The second Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is consecrated.
*1512 – The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.
*1521 &ndash ...
- great fire at
Builth
Builth Wells (; cy, Llanfair-ym-Muallt) is a market town and community in the county of Powys and historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying at the confluence of rivers Wye and Irfon, in the Welsh (or upper) part of ...
.
*''date unknown''
**
Blast furnace at Coed Ithel.
**Jenkin Lewis is appointed personal servant to
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (24 July 1689 – 30 July 1700), was the son of Princess Anne (later Queen of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1702) and her husband, Prince George of Denmark. He was their only child to survive infanc ...
, second in line to the throne.
1694
*
7 January
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting.
* 1325 – Alfonso IV ...
- Following the death of the incumbent,
Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, PC (c. 16187 January 1694) was an English aristocrat, soldier and courtier.
Early life
The eldest son of Sir Charles Gerard, he was a member of an old Lancashire family, his great-grandfather having ...
, the
Lord Lieutenancy of Wales is divided between North and South Wales.
1695
*
7 March - Sir
John Trevor,
Speaker of the House of Commons Speaker of the House of Commons is a political leadership position found in countries that have a House of Commons, where the membership of the body elects a speaker to lead its proceedings.
Systems that have such a position include:
* Speaker of ...
, is found guilty of taking a bribe and expelled from the Commons.
1697
*
Pont Cysylltau built.
1699
*
Bryn Celli Ddu
Bryn Celli Ddu is a prehistoric site on the Welsh island of Anglesey located near Llanddaniel Fab. Its name means 'the mound in the dark grove'. It was archaeologically excavated between 1928 and 1929. Visitors can get inside the mound thr ...
is plundered by grave robbers.
*American-born East India merchant
Elihu Yale
Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British-American colonial administrator and philanthropist. Although born in Boston, Massachusetts, he only lived in America as a child, spending the rest of his life in England, Wales and India ...
returns to his family home at Plas Grono near
Wrexham
Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...
where he spends much of the rest of his life.
1700
*Quaker emigrant
Rowland Ellis
Rowland Ellis (1650 – September 1731) was a Welsh Quaker leader.
He was the owner of the farm of Bryn Mawr near Dolgellau. He became a Quaker, along with a number of other inhabitants of Dolgellau, after a visit to the town by George Fox i ...
is elected to represent
Philadelphia
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in the provincial assembly.
Arts and literature
Books
1600
*
Robert Holland - '
*
William Vaughan - ''Golden Grove''
1603
*
John Davies of Hereford
John Davies of Hereford (c. 1565 – July 1618) was a writing-master and an Anglo-Welsh poet. He referred to himself as ''John Davies of Hereford'' (after the city where he was born) in order to distinguish himself from others of the same nam ...
- ''Microcosmos''
*'P.G.' - ''A most strange and true report of a monsterous fish, who appeared in the forme of a woman, from her waste upwards''
*
Wiliam Midleton - '
*
George Owen of Henllys
George Owen of Henllys (1552 – 26 August 1613) was a Welsh antiquarian, author, and naturalist.
Early life
George Owen was the eldest son born to Elizabeth Herbert and William Owen in Henllys of the parish of Nevern, near Newport, Pembroke ...
- ''The Description of Pembrokeshire''
1611
*
Lewis Bayly - ''Practice of Piety''
1613
*
Lewis Dwnn - ''Heraldic Visitations of the Three Counties of North Wales above Conway''
1615
*"R.A., Gent." (
Robert Anton,
Robert Aylett or
Robert Armin
Robert Armin (c. 1568 – 1615) was an English actor, and member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men. He became the leading comedy actor with the troupe associated with William Shakespeare following the departure of Will Kempe around 1600. Also a p ...
?) - ''The Valiant Welshman, or the true Chronicle History of the Life and Valiant Deedes of Caradoc the Great, King of Cambria, now called Wales. As it hath beene sundry times acted by the Prince of Wales his Servants''
1616
*
Rhosier Smyth - '
1618
*
Ben Jonson
Benjamin "Ben" Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for t ...
- ''
For the Honour of Wales'' (masque, first performed
February 17)
1621
*
Edmwnd Prys
Edmund (Edmwnd) Prys (1542/3 – 1623) was a Welsh clergyman and poet, best known for Welsh metrical translations of the Psalms in his ''Salmau Cân''.
Life
Prys was born in Llanrwst, Denbighshire 1542 or 1543, son of Siôn ap Rhys ap Gruff ...
- ''Salmau Cân''
1630
*
Rowland Vaughan
Rowland Vaughan (1559–1629) was an English manorial lord who is credited with the introduction of a new irrigation system that greatly improved the grass and hay production of meadows through a system of periodic "drownings". This method so i ...
- '
1632
*
John Davies (Mallwyd)
John Davies, Mallwyd ( – 1644) was one of Wales's leading scholars of the late Renaissance. He wrote a Welsh grammar and dictionary. He was also a translator and editor and an ordained minister of the Church of England.
Born in Llanferre ...
- ''Dictionarium duplex''
1636
*
Sir Thomas Salusbury, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Salusbury, 2nd Baronet (March 1612 – 1643) was a Welsh poet, politician and soldier, who supported King Charles I in English Civil War and was a colonel of a Royalist regiment.
Life
Salusbury was born in March 1612, the eldest son ...
- ''The History of Joseph''
1645
*
James Howell - ''
Epistolae Ho-Elianae
''Epistolae Ho-Elianae'' (or ''Familiar Letters'') is a literary work by the 17th-century Anglo-Welsh historian and writer, James Howell. It was mainly written when Howell was in the Fleet Prison, during the 1640s; but its content reflects earlie ...
'', vol. 1
1650
*
James Howell - ''
Epistolae Ho-Elianae
''Epistolae Ho-Elianae'' (or ''Familiar Letters'') is a literary work by the 17th-century Anglo-Welsh historian and writer, James Howell. It was mainly written when Howell was in the Fleet Prison, during the 1640s; but its content reflects earlie ...
'', vol. 3
[
*]Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in ''Silex Scintillans'' in 1650, with a second part in 1655.''Oxfo ...
- ''Silex scintillans'', part 1
1651
*Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in ''Silex Scintillans'' in 1650, with a second part in 1655.''Oxfo ...
- ''Olor Iscanus''
1652
*Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in ''Silex Scintillans'' in 1650, with a second part in 1655.''Oxfo ...
- ''The Mount of Olives''
1653
*William Erbery
William Erbery or Erbury (1604 – April 1654) was a Welsh clergyman and radical Independent theologian. He was the father of the militant Quaker Dorcas Erbery.
Life
Erbery was born in Roath, Cardiff. He graduated from Brasenose College, ...
- ''A Mad Mans Plea''
*Morgan Llwyd
Morgan Llwyd (1619 – 3 June 1659) was a Puritan Fifth Monarchist and Welsh language poet and prose author.
Biography
Morgan Llwyd was born to a cultured and influential family in the parish of Maentwrog, Gwynedd. His grandfather, Huw ...
- '
1654
* Alexander Griffith
**''Strena Vavasoriensis; or, a New Year's Gift for the Welsh Itinerants. Or an Hue and Cry after Mr. Vavasor Powell, Metropolitan of the Itinerants, and one of the Executioners of the Gospel by Colour of the late Act for the Propagation thereof in Wales''
**''True and Perfect Relation of the whole Transaction concerning the Petition of the Six Counties of South Wales, and the County of Monmouth''
1655
*Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) was a cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes known as the "Shakespeare of Divines" for his poetic style of expression, and he is fr ...
- ''Golden Grove; or a Manuall of daily prayers and . .''
1656
*Morgan Llwyd
Morgan Llwyd (1619 – 3 June 1659) was a Puritan Fifth Monarchist and Welsh language poet and prose author.
Biography
Morgan Llwyd was born to a cultured and influential family in the parish of Maentwrog, Gwynedd. His grandfather, Huw ...
- '
1657
*Morgan Llwyd
Morgan Llwyd (1619 – 3 June 1659) was a Puritan Fifth Monarchist and Welsh language poet and prose author.
Biography
Morgan Llwyd was born to a cultured and influential family in the parish of Maentwrog, Gwynedd. His grandfather, Huw ...
- '
1658
*Rowland Vaughan
Rowland Vaughan (1559–1629) was an English manorial lord who is credited with the introduction of a new irrigation system that greatly improved the grass and hay production of meadows through a system of periodic "drownings". This method so i ...
- '
1660
*Rowland Vaughan
Rowland Vaughan (1559–1629) was an English manorial lord who is credited with the introduction of a new irrigation system that greatly improved the grass and hay production of meadows through a system of periodic "drownings". This method so i ...
- '
1678
*Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in ''Silex Scintillans'' in 1650, with a second part in 1655.''Oxfo ...
- ''Thalia Rediviva''
1688
*'
Births
1601
* James Lewis, MP for Cardiganshire
1602
*''date unknown'' - Sir John Glynne, judge (d. 1666)
*''probable'' - Henry Wynn, MP for Merioneth (d. 1671)
1603
*''date unknown'' - Richard Jones, Anglican priest and writer (d. c.1655)
1604
* 4 May - Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet
Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet (4 May 1604 – October 1670) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1626 and 1660. He sided originally with the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War, but the strength of his ...
, politician (d. 1670)
*''date unknown''
**William Erbery
William Erbery or Erbury (1604 – April 1654) was a Welsh clergyman and radical Independent theologian. He was the father of the militant Quaker Dorcas Erbery.
Life
Erbery was born in Roath, Cardiff. He graduated from Brasenose College, ...
, theologian (d. 1654)
**Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes (20 October 182222 March 1896) was an English lawyer, judge, politician and author. He is most famous for his novel ''Tom Brown's School Days'' (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. ...
, politician (d. 1664)
**Sir Thomas Morgan, 1st Baronet
Major-General Sir Thomas Morgan, 1st Baronet (1604 – 13 April 1679) was a professional soldier from Wales who fought for Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. As deputy Commander-in-Chief, Scotland, he played an important role in t ...
, soldier (d. 1679)
*''probable'' - Richard Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury
Richard Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury (''c.'' 1604 – 13 May 1655) was an Anglo-Welsh Member of Parliament, a Royalist who fought with the rank of colonel in the English Civil War, and a peer whose membership of the House of Lor ...
, Royalist soldier and politician (d. 1655)
1605
* 14 March - Francis Davies, Bishop of Llandaff (d. 1675)
*''date unknown'' - Herbert Price, politician (d. 1678)
*''probable'' - John Edwards (Siôn Treredyn), priest and translator (d. 1656)
1607
*''date unknown'' - Kenrick Eyton, lawyer and politician (d. 1681)
1608
*''date unknown'' - Robert Morgan, Bishop of Bangor (d. 1673)
*''probable''
** Arthur Owen, politician (d. 1678)
** Thomas Powell, priest and writer (d. 1660)
1610
*July/August - Humphrey Lloyd, Bishop of Bangor (d. 1689)
*''date unknown''
** William Foxwist, judge and politician (d. )
**Robert Pugh
Robert Pugh (born 11 October 1950) is a Welsh actor, known for his many television appearances, including the role of Craster in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones''.
Life and career
Pugh was born in the Tynte, Mountain Ash and grew up in Cilf ...
, Jesuit priest and controversialist (d. 1679)
1611
*''date unknown'' - Henry Walter, Puritan priest (d. )
1613
*2 February
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law".
* 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: Kin ...
- William Thomas, Bishop of St David's (d. 1689)
*''date unknown'' - Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in ''Silex Scintillans'' in 1650, with a second part in 1655.''Oxfo ...
the younger, MP (d. 1676)
1615
*''date unknown'' - Jonathan Edwards, priest and brother-in-law of John Jones Maesygarnedd
John Jones Maesygarnedd (c. 1597 – 17 October 1660) was a Welsh military leader and politician, known as one of the regicides of King Charles I following the English Civil War. A brother-in-law of Oliver Cromwell, Jones was a Parliamentarian ...
(d. 1681)
1617
*''date unknown'' - Vavasor Powell
Vavasor (or Vavasour) Powell (161727 October 1670) was a Welsh Nonconformist Puritan preacher, evangelist, church leader and writer, who was imprisoned for his role in a plot to depose King Charles II.
Early life
Powell was born in Knuck ...
, religious writer (d. 1670)
*''probable'' - George Probert, AS (m. 1677
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Jean Racine's tragedy ''Phèdre'' is first performed, in Paris.
* January 21 – The first medical publication in America (a pamphlet on smallpox) is produced in Boston.
* February ...
)
1619
*''date unknown''
**Morgan Llwyd
Morgan Llwyd (1619 – 3 June 1659) was a Puritan Fifth Monarchist and Welsh language poet and prose author.
Biography
Morgan Llwyd was born to a cultured and influential family in the parish of Maentwrog, Gwynedd. His grandfather, Huw ...
, writer (d. 1659)
** William Price, Royalist colonel (d. 1691)
1620
*''approx. date'' - William Maurice, antiquary (d. 1680)
1621
* 17 April
**Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in ''Silex Scintillans'' in 1650, with a second part in 1655.''Oxfo ...
, poet (d. 1695)
** Thomas Vaughan, philosopher (d. 1666)
1627
*20 July
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.
* 792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defeats ...
- Thomas Wynne
Thomas Wynne (July 20, 1627 – January 16, 1692) was personal physician of William Penn and one of the original settlers of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania. Born in Ysceifiog, Wales, where his family dated back seventeen generatio ...
, personal physician of William Penn
William Penn ( – ) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy a ...
(d. 1691)
c.1630
*Lucy Walter
Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was a Welsh noblewoman, the first mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James, Duke of Monmouth. During the Exclusion Crisis, a Protestant faction wanted to make her son h ...
, mistress of Charles II of England (d. 1658)
1634
*''date unknown'' - William Williams, politician (d. 1700)
1649
* 5 April - Elihu Yale
Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British-American colonial administrator and philanthropist. Although born in Boston, Massachusetts, he only lived in America as a child, spending the rest of his life in England, Wales and India ...
, founder of Yale University (d. 1721)
* 9 April - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, son of the future King Charles II of England and Lucy Walter
Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was a Welsh noblewoman, the first mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James, Duke of Monmouth. During the Exclusion Crisis, a Protestant faction wanted to make her son h ...
(d. 1685)
1655
*''date unknown'' - Henry Rowlands, antiquary (d. 1723)
1671
*''date unknown'' - Ellis Wynne
Ellis Wynne (7 March 1671 – 13 July 1734) was a Wales, Welsh clergyman and author. He is remembered mainly for one of the most important and influential pieces of Welsh language literature, Welsh-language literature.
Life
Born in Lasynys Faw ...
, priest and author (d. 1734)
1674
*18 October
Events Pre-1600
* 33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation.
* 320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philoso ...
- Beau Nash
Beau Nash (18 October 1674 – 3 February 1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. He is best remembered as the Master of Ceremonies at the spa town of Bath.
Biography
Nash was born in ...
, leader of fashion (d. 1762)
1675
*''date unknown'' – William Jones, mathematician (d. 1749)
1677
*16 July
Events Pre-1600
* 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
* 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
* 1 ...
– Angharad James, poet (d. 1749)
1682
* 17 May – Bartholomew Roberts
)
, type=Pirate
, birth_place = Casnewydd Bach, near Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Kingdom of England
, death_place = At sea off of Cape Lopez, Gabon
, allegiance=
, serviceyears=1719–1722
, base of operations= Off the coast of the Americ ...
, pirate ("Black Bart") (d. 1722)
1683
*1 March
Events Pre-1600
*509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor Diocletian ...
– Caroline of Ansbach, future Princess of Wales (d. 1737)
*10 November
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
* 937 – Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yan ...
- Prince George of Hanover, future Prince of Wales (d. 1760)
1684
*early – Griffith Jones, religious minister and educationalist (d. 1761)
1688
* 1 November - Morgan Morgan
Colonel Morgan Morgan (November 1, 1688 — November 17, 1766) was an American pioneer. He was thought to have founded the first permanent settlement in present-day West Virginia at Cool Spring Farm.
Biography
Early life
Little direct evidence ...
, American colonist
1693
*February – Theophilus Evans, historian (d. 1767)
*6 April
Events Pre–1600
*46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus.
* 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
* 1 ...
– Hugh Hughes, poet ("Y Bardd Coch o Fôn"; d. 1776)
1696
*''date unknown'' - Marged ferch Ifan, harpist and wrestler (d. 1793)
1697
*''date unknown'' – Thomas William, minister and writer (d. 1778)
1698
* 30 October (baptised) – Bridget Bevan
Bridget Bevan (née Vaughan; baptised 30 October 1698 – 11 December 1779), also known as Madam Bevan, was a Welsh educationalist and public benefactor. She was the chief supporter of Griffith Jones and his system of circulating schools.
Life ...
, educationalist and public benefactor (d. 1779
Events
January–March
* January 11 – British troops surrender to the Marathas in Wadgaon, India, and are forced to return all territories acquired since 1773.
* January 11 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manip ...
)
1699
* 15 May – Sampson Lloyd
Sampson Lloyd II (15 May 1699 – 1779) was an English iron manufacturer and banker, who co-founded Lloyds Bank. He was a member of the notable Lloyd family of Birmingham.
Career
Sampson Lloyd was the third son of Sampson Lloyd (1664†...
, Welsh-descended banker (d. 1779)
* 8 November – Sir Erasmus Philipps, 5th Baronet
Sir Erasmus Philipps, 5th Baronet (8 November 1699 – 5 October 1743), of Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1726 to 1743.
Philipps was the eldest surviving son of Sir John Philipps, 4th ...
, of Picton Castle
Picton Castle ( cy, Castell Pictwn) is a medieval castle near Haverfordwest in the community of Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Originally built at the end of the 13th century by a Flemish knight, it later came into the ha ...
, politician (d. 1743
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors ...
)
1700
*8 March
Events Pre-1600
*1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''.
* 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.
*1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bourg ...
– William Morgan the elder, of Tredegar, politician (d. 1731)
*''date unknown'' - Guto Nyth Brân, legendary athlete (d. 1737)
*''probable'' – Lewis Evans, surveyor (d. 1756)
Deaths
1601
* 19 January – Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, KG, KB (in or after 153819 January 1601) was a Welsh nobleman, peer and politician of the Elizabethan era. He was the nephew of Catherine Parr, and brother-in-law of Lady Jane Grey, through his first wife ...
, Lord President of Wales, about 63
*13 March
Events Pre-1600
*624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh.
*1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
* 1591 – At the Battle of To ...
– Sir Gelli Meyrick
Sir Gelli Meyrick (also Gelly or Gilly) (1556? – 13 March 1601) was a Welsh supporter of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and conspirator in Essex's rebellion. He was executed for his part in it.
Life
He was the eldest son of Rowland Meyric ...
, executed for his part in Essex's rebellion, about 45
* 17 June – Gabriel Goodman
Gabriel Goodman (6 November 1528 – 17 June 1601) became the Dean of Westminster on 23 September 1561 and the re-founder of Ruthin School, in Ruthin, Denbighshire. In 1568 he translated the “First Epistle to the Corinthians" for the “Bi ...
, Dean of Westminster, 72
* 17 October – Hugh Lloyd
Hugh Lewis Lloyd (22 April 1923 – 14 July 2008) was an English actor who made his name in film and television comedy from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was best known for appearances in ''Hancock's Half Hour'', ''Hugh and I'' and other sit ...
, head of Winchester College, 54/5
*''date unknown'' – Owen Holland, MP for Anglesey
1602
*3 April
Events Pre-1600
* 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
* 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
* 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created ...
– Siôn Tudur
Siôn Tudur (also ''John Tudur'', c. 1522–1602) was a 16th century Welsh language poet.
After serving as a yeoman in the courts of Edward VI and Mary
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people ...
, Welsh language poet, about 80
* 3 June – Francis Bevans
Francis Bevans (1530 – 3 June 1602) was a Welsh lawyer who was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, from 1586 to 1602.
Life
Bevans was born in Carmarthen. He became a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1573. He gained a B.C.L. in 1579, ...
, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 71/72
*after May – John Price, politician
1603
*''date unknown''
** Thomas Floyd, writer
** Philip Jones, politician
** Matthew Herbert, Monmouthshire landowner and politician
** Thomas Morgan, politician
*''probable'' - Richard Herbert, politician
1604
*6 January
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
- Henry Williams (alias Cromwell)
Sir Henry Williams (1537 – 6 January 1604), also known as Sir Henry Cromwell, was a knight of the shire ( MP) for Huntingdonshire during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was the grandfather of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell.
Early life
Sir Henry ...
, knight of Welsh descent, 66/7
*10 September
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
*1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
*1509 – An eart ...
- Bishop William Morgan, Bible translator, 59
*''date unknown'' - Meredith Hanmer
Meredith Hanmer (1543–1604) was a Welsh clergyman, known as a controversialist, historian, and translator. He was considered embittered, by the Lord-Deputy William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh; but he appears now as a shrewd observer ...
, controversialist, historian, and translator, about 60
1606
*''date unknown''
** John Lloyd, MP for Denbighshire, mid-50s
** Simwnt Fychan, poet,
**Thomas Morgan (of Llantarnam)
Thomas Morgan of Llantarnam (or Bassaleg, a branch of the Morgan of Tredegar) (1546–1606), of the Welsh Morgan of Monmouthshire, was a confidant and spy for Mary, Queen of Scots, and was involved in the Babington plot to kill Queen Elizabeth ...
, Catholic spy
1607
* 19 January - Anne Morgan, Baroness Hunsdon
Anne Morgan, Baroness Hunsdon ( – 19 January 1607) was an English official. She was the wife of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, by whom she had a total of 13 children. On 14 December 1595, she was appointed by Queen Elizabeth I of England to th ...
, 77/8
* 30 March - Richard Vaughan, Bishop of London, about 57
*''date unknown'' - Thomas Lewis (of Harpton), politician
1609
*26 March
Events Pre-1600
* 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
*1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is ...
- John Dee, mathematician and occultist
* 15 May – Sir Edward Stradling, politician, antiquary and literary patron, c. 80
*July - Hugh Hughes, politician
*''date unknown''
** John Griffith (of Cefnamlwch), politician
**Twm Siôn Cati
Twm Siôn Cati (also sometimes spelt Twm Sion Cati, historically Twm Shon Catti or Twm Shon Catty) is a figure in Welsh folklore.
Background
Tales about him vary on details, but he is usually said to have been born in or very near to Tregaron ...
, outlaw, about 77
*''probable'' - Siôn Dafydd Rhys, physician and grammarian, about 75
1610
* 17 May - Gervase Babington, Bishop of Llandaff 1591-94
*10 December
Events Pre-1600
*1317 – The "Nyköping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköpin ...
- John Roberts
John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as the 17th chief justice of the United States since 2005. Roberts has authored the majority opinion in several landmark cases, including '' Nat ...
, Catholic martyr (executed)
*''probable'' - Edward James
Edward Frank Willis James (16 August 1907 – 2 December 1984) was a British poet known for his patronage of the surrealist art movement.
Early life and marriage
James was born on 16 August 1907, the only son of William James (who had inherite ...
, priest and translator
1611
*''date unknown''
**Henry Adams
Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. Presidents.
As a young Harvard graduate, he served as secretary to his father, Charles Fr ...
, MP for Pembroke
** Gabriel Powell, Anglican priest
1612
*24 July
Events Pre-1600
* 1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
*1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
*1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of ...
- Sir John Salusbury, poet and politician, 45
*6 November
Events Pre-1600
* 447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
* 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is d ...
- Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, 18
*''date unknown'' - Robert Parry, poet, romancier and translator
1613
* 26 August - George Owen of Henllys
George Owen of Henllys (1552 – 26 August 1613) was a Welsh antiquarian, author, and naturalist.
Early life
George Owen was the eldest son born to Elizabeth Herbert and William Owen in Henllys of the parish of Nevern, near Newport, Pembroke ...
, antiquary, 61
*4 September
Events Pre-1600
* 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus Fall of the Western Roman Empire, ending the Western Roman Empire.
* 626 – Li Shimin, Posthumous name, posthumously known as ...
- John Williams, principal of Jesus College, Oxford
*''date unknown'' - Owen ap Hugh
Owen ap Hugh (1518–1613), of Bodeon, near Llangadwaladr, Anglesey was a Welsh politician.
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century ...
, MP for Newborough
1615
*January - William Jones, haberdasher and philanthropist, c.65
*12 April
Events Pre-1600
* 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
* 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted ...
- William Lower, astronomer, 45
*''date unknown'' - George Lloyd, Bishop of Chester
1616
*30 May
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometre ...
- Sir Thomas Parry, diplomat, 75
*6 July
Events Pre-1600
*371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
* 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt). ...
- Henry Rowlands, Bishop of Bangor, 64/5
1617
*''date unknown'' - Henry Perry, linguistic scholar and priest
1618
*July - John Davies of Hereford
John Davies of Hereford (c. 1565 – July 1618) was a writing-master and an Anglo-Welsh poet. He referred to himself as ''John Davies of Hereford'' (after the city where he was born) in order to distinguish himself from others of the same nam ...
, poet, 53
* 13 December - Roger Puleston, politician, 53
1620
*June - Griffith Powell, principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 58/9
1621
* 24 May - Barbara Sidney, Countess of Leicester, 57
*28 June
Events Pre-1600
* 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
* 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
* 1461 – ...
- Sir Richard Bulkeley, politician, 88
1622
*''date unknown'' - John Owen, epigrammatist
1626
*10 December
Events Pre-1600
*1317 – The "Nyköping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköpin ...
- Edmund Gunter
Edmund Gunter (158110 December 1626), was an English clergyman, mathematician, geometer and astronomer of Welsh descent. He is best remembered for his mathematical contributions which include the invention of the Gunter's chain, the Gunter's qu ...
, mathematician
1627
*1 March
Events Pre-1600
*509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor Diocletian ...
- Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet
Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet (1553 – 1 March 1627), was a Welsh baronet, Member of Parliament and antiquary.
Life
He was the son of Morys Wynn ap John, whom he succeeded in 1580, inheriting Gwydir Castle in Carnarvonshire. John was educated at ...
1629
*27 March
Events Pre-1600
*1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
* 1329 – Pope John XXII ...
- Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet
1630
* 8 October - Sir Eubule Thelwall, lawyer, academic and politician
1631
*10 December
Events Pre-1600
*1317 – The "Nyköping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköpin ...
- Sir Hugh Myddelton
Sir Hugh Myddelton (or Middleton), 1st Baronet (1560 – 10 December 1631) was a Welsh clothmaker, entrepreneur, mine-owner, goldsmith, banker and self-taught engineer. The spelling of his name is inconsistently reproduced, but Myddelton appear ...
, goldsmith and hydraulic engineer
1633
*''probable'' - Sir Sackville Trevor
Sir Sackville Trevor (c. 1565–1633) was a Welsh sea captain and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.
Sackville Trevor was son of John Trevor of Trevalyn, Denbighshire, and the brother of Sir Richard Trevor, Sir John Trevor and ...
, sea captain
1634
*April - Sir Thomas Button, explorer and admiral
*23 August
Events Pre-1600
*30 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar ...
''(buried)'' - Tomos Prys
Tomos Prys (c.1564–1634) was a Welsh soldier, sailor and poet. He was the eldest son of Ellis Price MP, of Plas Iolyn, Pentrefoelas, Denbighshire.
Life
He followed a seafaring life for many years, joining expeditions under both Sir Walter Ral ...
, poet
1636
*''date unknown'' - John Lougher, MP for Pembroke
1641
* 9 August - Augustine Baker
Fr. Augustine Baker OSB (9 December 1575 – 9 August 1641), also sometimes known as "Fr. Austin Baker", was a well-known Benedictine mystic and an ascetic writer. He was one of the earliest members of the English Benedictine Congregation ...
, Benedictine mystic and ascetic writer, 65 (dies of bubonic plague in London)
*August - William Vaughan, writer and colonist
1644
*December - Rhys Prichard ("Yr Hen Ficer"), 65
1646
*30 June
Events Pre-1600
* 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
* 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.
*1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan ...
- Philip Powell, Catholic martyr, 52 (executed)
1649
* 30 January - Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after hi ...
, former Prince of Wales, 48 (executed)
*24 April
Events Pre-1600
* 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
*1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ma ...
- John Poyer, rebel commander (executed)
1650
*25 March
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
* 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to v ...
- John Williams, Archbishop of York
John Williams (22 March 1582 – 25 March 1650) was a Welsh clergyman and political advisor to King James I. He served as Bishop of Lincoln 1621–1641, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1621–1625, and Archbishop of York 1641–1646. He was the l ...
, 68
*March/April - Thomas Howell (Bishop of Bristol)
Thomas Howell (1588–1650) was a Welsh clergyman who was the Bishop of Bristol from 1644 to 1646.
Early life and education
Howell was born in Llangamarch, Brecknockshire, Wales. He was the older brother of James Howell, and a descendant of Hy ...
, 62
1656
* 9 June - Thomas Tomkins
Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 9 June 1656) was a Welsh-born composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In addition to being one of the prominent members of the English Madrigal School, he was a skilled composer of keyboard and consort mus ...
, composer
1658
*September/October - Lucy Walter
Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was a Welsh noblewoman, the first mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James, Duke of Monmouth. During the Exclusion Crisis, a Protestant faction wanted to make her son h ...
, former mistress of King Charles II
1659
* 3 June - Morgan Llwyd
Morgan Llwyd (1619 – 3 June 1659) was a Puritan Fifth Monarchist and Welsh language poet and prose author.
Biography
Morgan Llwyd was born to a cultured and influential family in the parish of Maentwrog, Gwynedd. His grandfather, Huw ...
, Puritan preacher and writer
1660
*13 August
Events Pre-1600
* 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
* 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
* 554 – Em ...
- Sir Owen Wynn, 3rd Baronet, 68
* 13 October (or 17) - John Jones Maesygarnedd
John Jones Maesygarnedd (c. 1597 – 17 October 1660) was a Welsh military leader and politician, known as one of the regicides of King Charles I following the English Civil War. A brother-in-law of Oliver Cromwell, Jones was a Parliamentarian ...
, regicide (executed)
* 31 December – Thomas Powell, Welsh writer and cleric, 52/53 (born )
1663
* 6 December - David Jenkins, judge
1664
*22 June
Events Pre-1600
*217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
*168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Roman Republic, Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Luciu ...
- Katherine Philips
Katherine or Catherine Philips (1 January 1631/2 – 22 June 1664), also known as "The Matchless Orinda", was an Anglo-Welsh royalist poet, translator, and woman of letters. She achieved renown as a translator of Pierre Corneille's '' Pompée'' ...
, poet, 33
1670
* 27 October - Vavasor Powell
Vavasor (or Vavasour) Powell (161727 October 1670) was a Welsh Nonconformist Puritan preacher, evangelist, church leader and writer, who was imprisoned for his role in a plot to depose King Charles II.
Early life
Powell was born in Knuck ...
, Nonconformist leader and writer
1674
* 5 September - Colonel Philip Jones of Fonmon, 56?
1675
* 16 November ''(buried)'' - Rowland Laugharne
Major General Rowland Laugharne (1607 – 1675) was a member of the Welsh gentry, and a prominent soldier during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, in which he fought on both sides.
Laugharne began his career as a page to Robert Devereux, 3rd ...
, soldier
1676
*26 December
Events Pre-1600
* 887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia.
* 1481 – Battle of Westbroek: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by David o ...
- Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in ''Silex Scintillans'' in 1650, with a second part in 1655.''Oxfo ...
, politician, 63
1677
*2 November
Events Pre-1600
* 619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu.
*1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the A ...
- Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1 December 1595 – 2 November 1677) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1625 and then succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Leicester.
Life
Sidney was born ...
, son of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Barbara Gamage
* 21 December - John Parry, Bishop of Ossory
1679
* 10 March - Francis Howell, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 54
*13 April
Events Pre-1600
*1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1601–1900
*1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
- Sir Thomas Morgan, 1st Baronet
Major-General Sir Thomas Morgan, 1st Baronet (1604 – 13 April 1679) was a professional soldier from Wales who fought for Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. As deputy Commander-in-Chief, Scotland, he played an important role in t ...
, soldier, 75
*22 July
Events Pre-1600
* 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
*1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of J ...
- Philip Evans and John Lloyd
Philip Evans and John Lloyd were Welsh Roman Catholic priests. They are among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Philip Evans
Philip Evans was born in Monmouth in 1645, and educated at Jesuit College of St. Omer (in Artois, now in Fran ...
, Roman Catholic priests (executed at Cardiff)
1680
*27 March
Events Pre-1600
*1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
* 1329 – Pope John XXII ...
- William Maurice, antiquary (b. c.1620)
* 28 April - William Morgan (of Machen and Tredegar)
Sir William Morgan (c. 1640 – 28 April 1680) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1659 and 1680.
Life
William Morgan was the eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas Morgan (died 1664), and his ...
, politician
1681
*18 December
Events Pre-1600
* 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (å…ƒ yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China.
*1499 – A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversion ...
- Edward Turberville, informer
1682
* 8 October – Thomas Jones, priest
1683
* 24 August – John Owen, theologian. 67?
*29 August
Events Pre-1600
* 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
* 870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantin ...
– Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke
Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, 4th Earl of Montgomery KB (1652/53 – 29 August 1683) was an English nobleman and politician who succeeded to the titles and estates of two earldoms on 8 July 1674 on the death of his brother William Her ...
*''date unknown'' – Edward Vaughan (MP)
1685
*6 February
Events Pre-1600
*1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1601–1900
*1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of h ...
– King Charles II of England, former Prince of Wales, 54
* 15 July – James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, son of King Charles II and Lucy Walter
Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was a Welsh noblewoman, the first mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James, Duke of Monmouth. During the Exclusion Crisis, a Protestant faction wanted to make her son h ...
, 36 (executed)
*1 September
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 Ancona ...
– Sir Leoline Jenkins
Sir Leoline Jenkins (1625 – 1 September 1685) was a Welsh academic, diplomat involved in the negotiation of international treaties (e.g. Nimègue), jurist and politician. He was a clerical lawyer who served as Judge of the High Court of Admi ...
, academic, jurist and politician, 60
1686
* 3 December – Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery
Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery KB, PC (c. 1600 – 1686), styled The Honourable from 1621 until 1628 and then Lord Vaughan until 1634, was a Welsh soldier, peer and politician.
Born the son of a Welsh noble with an Irish peerage, Vaugha ...
, Carmarthenshire landowner, politician and soldier
1687
* 13 February – John Lloyd, Bishop of St David's, 48/9
1688
* 25 August – Henry Morgan
Sir Henry Morgan ( cy, Harri Morgan; – 25 August 1688) was a privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he raided settlements and shipping on the Spanish Main, becoming we ...
, privateer
1689
*18 April
Events Pre-1600
* 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days.
*1428 – Peace of Ferrara betwe ...
– George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, the "hanging judge"
1690
*8 September
Events Pre-1600
* 617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty.
*1100 – Election of Antipope Theodo ...
– Sir William Glynne, 1st Baronet, politician, 62
*''date unknown''
** Rhys Cadwaladr, poet
** David Edwardes, landowner and herald, about 60
1691
*16 March
Events Pre-1600
* 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.
*1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
* 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to r ...
– Elizabeth Herbert, Marchioness of Powis
Elizabeth Herbert, Marchioness of Powis (c.1634 – 16 March 1691), formerly Lady Elizabeth Somerset, was an English court official and noblewoman, the wife of William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis. She was the daughter of Edward Somerset, 2 ...
, about 56
*March – Bishop Hugh Gore, founder of Swansea Grammar School, 77/8
*21 April
Events Pre-1600
*753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date).
*43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered s ...
– Henry Herbert, 4th Baron Herbert of Chirbury
Henry Herbert, 4th Baron Herbert of Chirbury (died 1691) was an English aristocrat, soldier and politician.
Life
He was associated with George Booth's royalist rising in 1659, and served under the Duke of Monmouth, as captain of a troop of horse ...
* 30 October – Henry Maurice, theologian, about 44
*''date unknown'' – William Price, Royalist colonel
1692
* 16 January – Thomas Wynne
Thomas Wynne (July 20, 1627 – January 16, 1692) was personal physician of William Penn and one of the original settlers of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania. Born in Ysceifiog, Wales, where his family dated back seventeen generatio ...
, personal physician of William Penn
William Penn ( – ) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy a ...
and one of the original settlers of Philadelphia, 64
*22 January
Events Pre-1600
* 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.
* 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw V ...
– Lewis Owen, politician, 69/70
*16 February
Events Pre-1600
*1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
*1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Kar ...
– David Lloyd, biographer, 56
* 31 May – Thomas Jones, judge, 77
*September – Richard Williams, politician, about 38
*''date unknown''
** Jane Myddelton, court beauty, wife of Charles Myddelton of Ruabon
1693
**Sir Trevor Williams, 1st Baronet
Sir Trevor Williams, 1st Baronet (c. 1623 – 1692) of Llangibby ( cy, Llangybi), Monmouthshire, was a Welsh gentry landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1692. He played a significant part ...
*22 July
Events Pre-1600
* 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
*1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of J ...
– John Davies, translator, 68
*22 November
Events Pre-1600
* 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
* 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Fra ...
– Thomas Phillips
Thomas Phillips Royal Academy, RA (18 October 177020 April 1845) was a leading English Portrait painting, portrait and subject Painting, painter. He painted many of the great men of the day including scientists, artists, writers, poets and explo ...
, engineer
1694
*4 February
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling ...
– Eubule Thelwall, lawyer and landowner, 73
*10 September
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
*1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
*1509 – An eart ...
– Thomas Lloyd, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania
*''date unknown'' – Siôn Dafydd Las, one of the last household bards
1695
*26 March
Events Pre-1600
* 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
*1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is ...
– George Nevill, 12th Baron Bergavenny
George Nevill, ''de facto'' 12th (''de jure'' 1st) Baron Bergavenny (21 April 1665 – 26 March 1695) was an English peer.
The son of George Nevill, 11th Baron Bergavenny and Mary Gifford, daughter of Thomas Gifford and Anne Brooksby, he succe ...
, 29
* 28 April – Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in ''Silex Scintillans'' in 1650, with a second part in 1655.''Oxfo ...
, poet, 73
1696
* 2 June – William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis
William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, PC (16262 June 1696) was an English nobleman, best remembered for his suffering during the Popish Plot. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Powis in 1667 and was created Earl of Powis in 1674 by King C ...
, 69
* 7 September – John Powell, judge, 63/4
*23 December
Events Pre-1600
* 484 – The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity.
* 558 – Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
* 583 – Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
* 962 – ...
– Sir William Williams, 6th Baronet
Sir William Williams, 6th Baronet (– 23 December 1696) of Faenol (Vaynol) was a Welsh politician and landowner elected as MP for Caernarvonshire from 1689 until his death.
Career
Williams was born in around 1663, the son of Sir Griffith ...
, politician
*''date unknown'' – Thomas Mackworth, Shropshire politician, married into the Bulkeley family, 68/9
1697
*18 January
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
* 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chines ...
– Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet, of Picton Castle, 63/4
*September – Samuel Jones, Nonconformist minister, 69
1698
*10 September
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
*1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
*1509 – An eart ...
''(buried)'' – Henry Bulkeley
Henry Bulkeley (–1698) was an English courtier and politician.
Bulkeley was the fifth son of Thomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount Bulkeley and Blanche Coytmore. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and admitted at Gray's Inn in 1654. He w ...
, politician, about 57
1699
*25 May
Events Pre-1600
*567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
* 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo ...
– Bussy Mansell, politician, 75
*May – Pierce Lewis
Pierce Lewis (11 April 1664 – May 1699) was a Wales, Welsh cleric who helped to "correct" the 1690 edition of the Welsh Bible.
Lewis was born to Pierce and Elizabeth Lewis, who lived on Anglesey in North Wales. His father was the registrar ...
, clergyman and Bible editor, 36
*20 August
Events Pre-1600
* AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile.
* 636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take con ...
– Thomas Wilkins, antiquarian, 63/65
1700
* 27 June - Hugh Owen, Independent minister, 60?
* 11 July - William Williams, Speaker of the House of Commons, 66
*September – Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet, politician
*8 December
Events Pre-1600
* 395 – Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope.
* 757 – The poet Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city duri ...
- Edward Harley, politician, 76
*16 December
Events Pre-1600
* 714 – Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom.
* 75 ...
- Thomas Morgan (of Dderw), politician, 36 (smallpox)
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