1719 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1719 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
- Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach
Events
- March - The 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot is raised by Colonel Edmund Fielding as Edmund Fielding's Regiment of Foot.[1]
- date unknown
- The Davies brothers of Bersham begin work on the wrought-iron gates at Chirk Castle.[2]
- The first permanent legal printing press in Wales is established at Adpar by Isaac Carter of Carmarthenshire. It is believed that its first two publications are Cân o Senn i’w hen Feistr Tobacco by Alban Thomas and Cân ar Fesur Triban ynghylch Cydwybod a’i Chynheddfau.[3]
- On the death without heirs of Sir John Wynne, the Wynnstay estate passes to Jane Thelwall, the great-granddaughter of Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet.
- The Welsh Charity School in London moves to Ailesbury Chapel, Clerkenwell, where it remains until about 1721.[4]
Arts and literature
New books
- Christmas Samuel - Catecism o'r Scrythur
- Eglurhad o Gatechism Byrraf y Gymanfa[5]
- Browne Willis - Survey of Llandaff[6]
Births
- February - William Edwards, clergyman and bridge engineer (d. 1789)[7]
- 22 February - Joshua Thomas, writer and Particular Baptist minister (d. 1797)[8]
- 17 June - Joshua Parry, nonconformist minister and writer (d. 1776)[9]
- 30 November - Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, future Princess of Wales (d. 1772)
- date unknown - Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician (d. 1769)[10]
Deaths
- 11 January - Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet, 90[11]
- 4 April - Thomas Powys, judge, 70/71[12]
- 19 June - Captain Howell Davis, pirate, ca 29
- 11 October - Samuel Jones, Dissenting minister and tutor[13]
References
- ^ "41st (the Welsh) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Wales Tourist Board (August 1974). Castles and historic places in Wales. The Board. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-900784-21-7.
- ^ "About Adpar". Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ Temple, Philip, ed. (2008). "Clerkenwell Green". South and East Clerkenwell. Survey of London. Vol. 46. New Haven, London: English Heritage. pp. 86–114. ISBN 9780300137279.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Carter, Isaac". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Parry, George". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Edward Ivor Williams. "Edwards, William (1719-1789), Independent minister, and architect". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Thomas, Joshua (1719-1797), Baptist minister and historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins; Emyr Wyn Jones. "Parry, Joshua (1719-1776), Nonconformist minister, and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Herbert Johnes Lloyd-Johnes. "Lloyd family, of Peterwell". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "POWYS, Sir Thomas (c.1649-1719), of Henley, nr. Ludlow, Salop and Lilford cum Wigsthorpe, Northants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Samuel ([1681?]-1719), Dissenting Academy tutor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.