1759 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1759 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George III)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 19 September - The Dowlais Iron Company is formed.
- date unknown - Evan Davies resigns as head of the Welsh Academy, following a rift between the Presbyterian and Congregational Fund Boards.[1]
Arts and literature
New books
- Blodeu-gerdd Cymry (ed. Dafydd Jones)
- John Wesley - Primitive Physick, translated by John Evans of Bala
Music
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Rhai Hymnau a Chaniadau Duwiol
Births
- 1 January - Joseph Foster-Barham, owner of the Trecŵn estate (died 1832)[2]
- 11 February - John Rice Jones, Welsh-born American politician (died 1824)
- 16 March - Sir John Nicholl, politician and judge (died 1838)
- 7 August - William Owen Pughe, lexicographer (died 1835)
- 10 September - George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke (died 1827)
- 18 October - Theophilus Jones, historian (died 1812)
- date unknown -
- William Aubrey, engineer (died 1827)[3]
- David Thomas ("Dafydd Ddu Eryri"), (died 1822)
Deaths
- 11 August - John Heylyn, Welsh-descended clergyman, 74
- 27 September - Isaac Maddox, Bishop of St Asaph, 62
- 2 November - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist, 50
References
- ^ Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 28 May 2014
- ^ Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 28 May 2014
- ^ "William Aubrey". The National Library of Wales - Dictionary of Welsh Biography.