1738 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1738 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- March - Howel Harris preaches in Monmouthshire for the first time.
- 14 May - John Wesley hears William Holland read from the work of Martin Luther, occasioning his own conversion.[1]
- May - The Bala Eisteddfod takes place, chaired by Edward Wynne. Ellis Cadwaladr is winner of the bardic chair.[2]
- A new building, designed by James Steer to house the Welsh Charity School is erected in London.
- A Baptist church is founded at Welsh Neck in South Carolina, United States.[3]
- Morgan Edwards begins his career as a preacher.
Arts and literature
New books
- Newyddion Mawr Oddiwrth y Ser (first edition)
Music
Births
- 4 June - Prince George, eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (d. 1820)
- date unknown - David Williams, philosopher (d. 1816)
Deaths
- 28 August - John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, 58
- 27 September - Sir Thomas Stradling, 6th Baronet, 28 (in a duel)
- date unknown - Thomas Harley (of Kinsham), former MP for Radnorshire
References
- ^ Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- ^ Elwyn Evan. "CADWALADR, ELLIS (fl. 1707-40), poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Welsh Neck–Long Bluff–Society Hill Historic District, Darlington County (U.S. Hwy. 15, Society Hill vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014. and Accompanying map