1718 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1718 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
- Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach
Events
- February - Prince George William of Wales falls ill (later diagnosed as a heart disease); his parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are allowed by King George I to visit him at Kensington Palace, despite having been banished from the royal presence a few months earlier.[1]
- 11 July - Howell Davis, mate of the Cadogan, is captured by Edward England and decides join the pirates.[2] Davis would subsequently capture another Welsh sailor, Bartholomew Roberts, and turn him to piracy.
- 9 November - Theophilus Evans is ordained by the Bishop of St David's.[3]
- date unknown - The first permanent printing press in Wales is established at Adpar, Cardiganshire.[4]
Arts and literature
New books
- Ifan Gruffudd & Samuel Williams - Pedwar o Ganuau[5]
- Thomas Taylor - The Principality of Wales exactly described... (the first atlas of Wales to be published)[6]
- Alban Thomas - Cân o Senn i'w hen Feistr Tobacco[7]
Births
- July - William Jones, Methodist exhorter (died c.1773)[8]
- date unknown - Sir Hugh Williams, 8th Baronet (died 1794)[9]
Deaths
- 17 February - Prince George William of Wales, the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, aged three months
- 30 April - Sir James Morgan, 4th Baronet,[10]
- 1 May - Robert Daniell, coloniser of The Carolinas, 71 or 72[11]
- 26 December - Mary Steele, wife of Sir Richard Steele, 40[12]
- date unknown
See also
References
- ^ Van der Kiste, John (1997) George II and Queen Caroline. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-1321-5
- ^ Breverton, Terry (2003). The Book of Welsh Pirates and Buccaneers. Sain Tathan: Glyndwr Publishing. ISBN 1-903529-09-3.
- ^ Enid Pierce Roberts. "EVANS, THEOPHILUS". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ Sir William Llewelyn Davies. "CARTER , ISAAC". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ Meic Stephens (1998). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru. University of Wales Press. p. 805. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
- ^ National Library of Wales; M. Gwyneth Lewis (1977). The printed maps of Radnorshire, 1578-1900. The Library. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-901833-81-5.
- ^ Trysorfa y plant: cyhoeddiad misol i ieuenctyd (in Welsh). P.M. Evans. 1913. p. 35.
- ^ William Griffith. "JONES, WILLIAM". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "WILLIAMS, Sir HUGH". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ LEAVES OF A STUNTED SHRUB Vol Two. Richard Baldwin Cook. 2009. pp. 1–3. ISBN 978-0-9791257-6-8.
- ^ George William Logan (1874). A Record of the Logan Family of Charleston, South Carolina. pp. 16.
- ^ George Atherton Aitken (1968). The Life of Richard Steele. Ardent Media. p. 192.
- ^ A. H. Dodd. "BROUGHTON family of Marchwiel, Denbs". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ Thomas Richards. "EVANS, WILLIAM". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ A. H. Dodd. "MYDDELTON". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 February 2017.