1768 in Wales
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Events from the year 1768 in Wales.
Incumbents
Events
- 2 March - Rowland Pugh, a local miner, discovers the "Great Lode" of copper on Parys Mountain and is rewarded with a bottle of whisky and a rent-free house for his lifetime.
- 10 December - Richard Wilson is a founder member of the Royal Academy of Arts.
- Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, finances the building of a seminary at Trefeca-isaf for the training of evangelical preachers.
- Oldest Jews' burial ground in Wales established at Swansea.
- The Ladies of Llangollen meet for the first time in Ireland.
- Controversial Bishop of Bangor John Egerton is translated to the see of Lichfield in England.
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Y Farddoneg Fabilonaidd
Music
Births
- 29 March - Sir Robert Vaughan, 2nd Baronet, landowner (died 1843)
- August - Sydenham Teak Edwards, botanical artist (died 1819)
- 17 September - Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (died 1854)
- 24 September - Sharon Turner, historian (died 1847)
- date unknown - Thomas Parry, merchant (died 1824)
Deaths
- 26 March - Humphrey Owen, academic, 65
- date unknown - Hannah Pritchard, actress