1721 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1721 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
- Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach[1]
Events
- 11 January - Printer Isaac Carter marries Ann Lewis at Cenarth.[2]
- May - Prince William, the youngest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, is taken ill with suspected smallpox; it turns out to be a false alarm, but inoculation becomes popular among aristocratic families as well as the royal family.[1]
- 30 December - Bridget Vaughan marries Arthur Bevan, a barrister.
Arts and literature
New books
- Ellis Pugh - Annerch ir Cymru (first Welsh book published in America)[3]
- John Prichard Prys - Difyrwch Crefyddol[4]
Births
- 17 March - Jonathan Hughes, poet (died 1805)[5]
- 30 November - John Egerton, bishop of Bangor (died 1787)
- date unknown - John Walters, lexicographer[6]
- probable - Hugh Williams, Anglican priest and writer (died 1779)
Deaths
- 8 July - Elihu Yale, American-born East India merchant and benefactor of Yale University, 72 (died in London)[7]
- 28 July - Sir Edward Williams, MP, 61[8]
- 3 September - Sir William Glynne, 2nd Baronet, 58[9]
- 5 September - Thomas Edwards, orientalist, 69[10]
References
- ^ a b Cedric A. Mims (19 June 2000). The War Within Us: Everyman's Guide to Infection and Immunity. Elsevier. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-0-08-054267-6.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "CARTER, ISAAC (d. 1741), printer". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ Bob Owen. "Ellis, Rowland (1650-1731), Welsh-American Quaker". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Ray Looker. "Prys, John Prichard (fl. c. 1704-1721), poet, of Eglwys-ael (Llangadwaladr) in Anglesey". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Welsh Biography Online
- ^ Crowe, Richard (May 2005). "Walters, John (bap. 1721, d. 1797)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ "Boston Erects Tablet in Honor of Elihu Yale". The Harvard Crimson. 25 January 1927. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ Hayton, D. W. (2002). "Williams, Sir Edward (1659-1721)". In Hayton, David; Cruickshanks, Eveline; Handley, Stuart (eds.). The House of Commons 1690-1715. The History of Parliament Trust.
- ^ "GLYNNE, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (1663-1721), of Bicester and Ambrosden, Oxon., and Hawarden, Flints". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ^ Welsh Biography Online.