1716 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1716 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
- Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach
Events
- 27 July Griffith Jones becomes rector of Llanddowror, under the patronage of his brother-in-law Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet.[1]
- 9 November – In London, Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales, gives birth to a stillborn son, Prince Augustus George of Wales.[2]
Arts and literature
New books
- Myles Davies - Athenae Britannicae (six vols., London)[3]
- Welsh translation of works by Tertullian and Cyprian, probably by John Morgan of Matchin[4]
Births
- date unknown - Henry Owen, theologian (died 1795)
- probable - Howel Davies, Methodist clergyman (died 1770)[5]
Deaths
- 26 January - Daniel Williams, theologian, 72?
- 8 May - Thomas Allgood I, originator of the japanning industry at Pontypool and Usk[6]
- 29 September - David Edwards, Independent minister, 56[7]
- date unknown - Howell Powell, Congregational minister[8]
See also
References
- ^ Jeremy Gregory; Jeffrey Scott Chamberlain (2003). The National Church in Local Perspective: The Church of England and the Regions, 1660-1800. Boydell Press. pp. 277–. ISBN 978-0-85115-897-6.
- ^ H. Eugene Lehman (13 October 2011). Lives of England's Reigning and Consort Queens. Author House. pp. 539–. ISBN 978-1-4634-3055-9.
- ^ John James Jones. "DAVIES, MYLES (or MILES) DAVIES (1662-1715?), religious controversialist and bibliographer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "MORGAN JOHN ('John Morgan of Matchin', 1688? - 1734?),". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "DAVIES, HOWEL (c.1716-1770), Methodist cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Robert Stephen. "ALLGOOD family, of Pontypool and Usk". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Thomas Eurig Davies. "EDWARDS, DAVID (1660-1716), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ John Dyfnallt Owen. "POWELL, HOWELL (d. 1716), Congregational minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.