1747 in Wales
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Events from the year 1747 in Wales.
Incumbents
Events
- August - In the general election, William Morgan of Tredegar Park becomes MP for Monmouthshire.
- Usk Bridge (Usk), designed by William Edwards, is completed.
- Portrait-painter William Williams relocates to Philadelphia.
- Quaker meeting house is established at Quakers Friars in Bristol, the burial place of Llywelyn ap Dafydd.
- James Relly reports on his missionary tour to Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire, and Birmingham.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Boydell - The Bridge Book
Music
- William Williams Pantycelyn - Aleluia (hymns)
Births
- January - Richard Fenton, poet and author (died 1821)
- March 10 - Iolo Morganwg, antiquarian, poet and literary forger (died 1826)
- date unknown - Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet (2nd creation) (died 1828)
Deaths
- probable - David Lloyd, clergyman and translator