1776 in Wales
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This article is about the significance of the year 1776 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 4 July - United States Declaration of Independence signed in Philadelphia. Sixteen of the 56 signatories are of Welsh descent, Francis Lewis having been born in Llandaff.[1][2]
- 22 July - Sir Richard Philipps, 7th Baronet, is created 1st Baron Milford in the peerage of Ireland.
- John, Lord Mountstuart is created Baron Cardiff of Cardiff Castle.
- Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet, is created Baron Newborough.
- Herbert Mackworth is created a baronet.
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Churchyard - The Worthines of Wales, a Poem
- Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - Casgliad o Bregethau
- Hugh Jones (Maesglasau) - Gardd y Caniadau
- David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân) - Allwydd y Nef. O gasgliad D.P. Off.
Music
Births
- 21 April (bapt.) - Ann Griffiths, hymn-writer (died 1805)
- 2 August - Thomas Assheton Smith II, landowner, industrialist, politician and sportsman (died 1858)
- unknown - William Henry Scourfield, Member of Parliament (died 1843)
Deaths
- 26 January - Evan Lloyd, poet, 41
- 1 November - Miles Harry, Baptist minister, 76
- date unknown
- John Edwards (Sion y Potlau), poet, c.76
- Sir John Powell Pryce, 6th Baronet (in debtors' prison)
References
- ^ "Welsh in the New World". A Brief History of Wales. GoBritannia!. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- ^ Williams, David (Summer 1942). "The Contribution of Wales to the United States of America". National Library of Wales Journal. 2 (3/4). GENUKI. Retrieved 2014-05-07.