1705 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1705 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 29 April - George Bull is consecrated Bishop of St David's.[1]
- May–June - In the 1705 English general election, Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, becomes MP for Anglesey, and Sir Thomas Powell, 1st Baronet, is MP for Monmouth Boroughs.[2]
- date unknown - Edward Brereton is replaced as MP for Denbigh after having offended the local gentry.[3]
Arts and literature
New books
- Myles Davies - The Recantation of Mr. Pollett, a Roman priest
- Thomas Edwardes - Diocesan Episcopacy proved from Holy Scripture[4]
- Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus (the letters of Katherine Philips (posthumously published)
- Walter Morgan - The Parson's Jewel[5]
Births
- 6 May - William Morris, botanist, one of the Morris brothers of Anglesey (d. 1763)
- date unknown
- David Evans, Canon of St Asaph (d. 1788)[6]
- Dafydd Nicolas, poet (d. 1774)
Deaths
- date unknown - Lionel Wafer, explorer, 65
See also
References
- ^ John Lemprière (1810). Universal Biography: Containing a Copious Account, Critical and Historical, of the Life and Character, Labors and Actions of Eminent Persons. E. Sargeant. p. 247.
- ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1878). Parliamentary Papers. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 8.
- ^ David Hayton; Eveline Cruickshanks; Stuart Handley (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. Cambridge University Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-521-78318-7.
- ^ Dafydd Rhys ap Thomas. "Edwardes, Thomas (1652-1721), cleric and Coptic scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ Walter Thomas Morgan. "Morgan, Walter (fl. 1695), author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ Griffith, Robert David (2007). "Evans, David (1705–1788), cleric, author, and musician". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 March 2009.