1717 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1717 to Wales and its people.

← 1716 1715 1714 1713 1712 1717 in Wales → 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1717 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
• Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach

Events

• 31 March - In the presence of King George I of Great Britain, Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Bangor, gives a sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ", beginning the Bangorian Controversy.[1]
• 19 September - Japanning of tinplate begins at Pontypool.[2]
• date unknown
  • The Lower Swansea valley's first copper smelting works is opened by John Lane and John Pollard (possibly his step father-in-law) at Llangyfelach, Landore.[3][4]
  • Welsh-born David Lloyd is appointed Chief Justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania.

Arts and literature

New books

English language

• James Davies – Particular Thoughts on Religion[5]
• Benjamin Hoadly – The Nature of the Kingdom, or Church of Christ

Welsh language

• Meddylieu Neillduol ar Grefydd
• Moses Williams – Cofrestr o'r holl lyfrau printiedig gan mwyaf a gyfansoddwyd yn yr iaith Gymraegcode: cym promoted to code: cy (first-ever catalogue of Welsh printed books)[6]

Births

• 11 February - William Williams (Pantycelyn), poet, hymn-writer and religious leader (died 1791)[7]
• 13 November - Prince George William, first child born to the new Prince and Princess of Wales since they took their titles (died 1718)[8]

Deaths

• 20 May - John Trevor, politician, 80?[9]
• 3 June - Thomas Watson, former Bishop of St David's, 80[10]
• 30 August - William Lloyd, former Bishop of St Asaph, 90[11]
• date unknown - William Robinson, MP, about 50[12]

See also

• 1717 in Scotland

References

1. "Hoadly, Benjamin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13375. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Chris Barber, Eastern Valley: The Story of Torfaen (Llanfoist: Blorenge Books, 1999), p.37
3. The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. 2008.
4. R. O. Roberts, 'Dr John Lane and the foundation of the non-ferrous metal industry in the Swansea valley' Gower 4 (1951), 19-24.
5. Garfield Hopkin Hughes. "DAVIES, JAMES (Iaco ap Dewi; 1648-1722)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
6. Jeff Strabone (26 October 2018). Poetry and British Nationalisms in the Bardic Eighteenth Century: Imagined Antiquities. Springer. p. 159. ISBN 978-3-319-95255-0.
7. Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Williams, William (1717-1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
8. "No. 5587". The London Gazette. 2–5 November 1717. p. 2.
9. Arthur Herbert Dodd. "Trevor family, of Brynkynallt, Denbighshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
10. Handley, S. (2004) "Watson, Thomas (1637–1717)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 21 Aug 2007 (subscription required)
11. Chalmer's Biography 1812, William Lloyd (1627–1717); vol. 20, p. 347
12. "ROBINSON, William (c.1668–1717), of Gwersyllt, Denb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 July 2013.