1767 in Wales
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Events from the year 1767 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 30 April - John Guest becomes manager of Dowlais Ironworks.[1]
- 29 August - John Wesley begins a two-week evangelical tour of South Wales.[2]
- Autumn - Cyfarthfa Ironworks probably first comes into blast.
- date unknown - On the death of Daniel Lewis, another local Baptist, Rachel Lewis, hosts meetings of multiple denominations in her home at Merthyr Tydfil.[3]
Arts and literature
New books
- Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu) - Traethawd ar Fywyd Ffydd[4]
Painting
- Thomas Jones is awarded a premium for landscape painting by the Society of Arts.[5]
Births
Deaths
- 29 April - Sir John Morgan, 4th Baronet, of Llangattock, politician, 56[8]
- 11 September - Theophilus Evans, clergyman and historian, 74[9]
- 17 September - Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 28
- date unknown - Richard Nanney, evangelist, 75/76[10]
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gollark: (possibly wrong, from half-remembered plot summaries, may need to spoiler that)
gollark: Possibly misremembered possibly spoiler:: ||Isn't there actually a lot of colonization of other planets in the later books?||
gollark: Are you *sure* space Mormons is something you *want*?
References
- Andrew Lorenz (16 April 2012). GKN: The Making of a Business, 1759 - 2009. John Wiley & Sons. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-470-68588-4.
- John Wesley (1971). John Wesley in Wales, 1739-1790: entries from his journal and diary relating to Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 129.
- Charles Wilkins (1867). The History of Merthyr Tydfil. H.W. Southey. p. 272.
- Thomas Isfryn Jones. "THOMAS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd Ddu; 1733-1814), printer and translator". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- Richard Griffith Owen. "JONES, THOMAS (1742-1803), landscape painter". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- Megan Ellis; Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers. "ROBERTS, JOHN (1767-1834), Independent minister and theologian". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- Robert (Bob) Owen. "EVANS, HUGH (Hywel Eryri; 1767-1841?), poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- "MORGAN, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1710-67), of Kinnersley Castle, Herefs". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- Enid Pierce Roberts. "Evans, Theophilus (1693-1767), cleric, historian, and man of letters". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- Thomas Richards. "Nanney, Richard (1691-1767), Evangelical cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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