1705 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1680s; 1690s; 1700s; 1710s; 1720s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1705 in England Ireland Scotland

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

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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.

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[1] 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.

[2] Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1878). Parliamentary Papers. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 8.

[3] David Hayton; Eveline Cruickshanks; Stuart Handley (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. Cambridge University Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-521-78318-7.

[4] Dafydd Rhys ap Thomas. "Edwardes, Thomas (1652-1721), cleric and Coptic scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[5] Walter Thomas Morgan. "Morgan, Walter (fl. 1695), author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

[6] Griffith, Robert David (2007). "Evans, David (1705–1788), cleric, author, and musician". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 March 2009.