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.
- dates unknown –
- Herbert Mackworth is created a baronet.
- John, Lord Mountstuart is created Baron Cardiff of Cardiff Castle.
- Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet, is created Baron Newborough in the Peerage of Ireland.[3]
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
- April (baptized 21 April) – Ann Griffiths, hymn-writer (d. 1805)
- 2 August – Thomas Assheton Smith II, landowner, industrialist, politician, and sportsman (d. 1858)
- 20 October – Sir Thomas Mostyn, 6th Baronet, politician (d. 1831)
- date unknown –
- William Henry Scourfield, Member of Parliament (d. 1843)
Deaths
- 26 January – Evan Lloyd, poet, 41[4]
- 6 April – Hugh Hughes ("Y Bardd Coch"), poet, 83[5]
- 1 November – Miles Harry, Baptist minister, 76[6]
- December – John Edwards ("Sion y Potiau"), poet, 76/77[7]
- dates unknown –
- Sir John Powell Pryce, 6th Baronet (in debtors' prison)[8]
- William Evans, lexicographer, age unknown[9]
- Aaron Williams, composer, about 45[10]
References
- ^ "Welsh in the New World". A Brief History of Wales. GoBritannia!. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ Williams, David (Summer 1942). "The Contribution of Wales to the United States of America". National Library of Wales Journal. 2 (3/4). GENUKI. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "WYNN, Thomas (1736-1807), of Glynnllivon, Caern. ". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ Cecil John Layton Price. "LLOYD, EVAN (1734-1776), cleric and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Edward William Price Evans. "HARRY, MILES (1700-1776), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Garfield Hopkin Hughes. "EDWARDS, JOHN ('Siôn y Potiau'; 1699?-1776); translator and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd. "PRYCE family, of Newtown Hall, Montgomeryshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Evans, William(fl. 1768-1776), Presbyterian minister, and lexicographer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ Cymmrodorion Society; Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England). (1931). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 98.