1740 in Wales
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Events from the year 1740 in Wales.
Incumbents
Events
- November 6 - Charles Wesley records in his diary a visit to the Glascott family home at Cardiff.
- William Williams Pantycelyn is appointed curate to Theophilus Evans at Llanfaes.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Dyer - The Ruins of Rome
- Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) - Welsh Piety
- Zachariah Williams - The Mariners Compass Completed
Music
- Howell Harris - Llyfr o Hymneu o Waith Amryw Awdwyr (collection of hymns)
Births
- 23 February - Benjamin Evans, Congregational minister and author (d. 1821)
- date unknown - Sir Watkin Lewes, politician (died 1821)
Deaths
- 3 April - Thomas Dominic Williams, Roman Catholic bishop
- 7 August - Jane Brereton, poet, 55
- 3 October - Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford, politician, 76
- 20 October - Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Gray's Inn, politician, 75?
- date unknown - Enoch Francis, Baptist