1719 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1719 to Wales and its people.

← 1718 1717 1716 1715 1714 1719 in Wales → 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1719 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

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

1. "41st (the Welsh) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2018.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
2. Wales Tourist Board (August 1974). Castles and historic places in Wales. The Board. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-900784-21-7.
3. "About Adpar". Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
4. Temple, Philip, ed. (2008). "Clerkenwell Green". South and East Clerkenwell. Survey of London. 46. New Haven, London: English Heritage. pp. 86–114. ISBN 9780300137279.
5. William Llewelyn Davies. "Carter, Isaac". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
6. William Llewelyn Davies. "Parry, George". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
7. Edward Ivor Williams. "Edwards, William (1719-1789), Independent minister, and architect". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
8. "Thomas, Joshua (1719-1797), Baptist minister and historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
9. 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.
10. Herbert Johnes Lloyd-Johnes. "Lloyd family, of Peterwell". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
11. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Wynn, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
12. "POWYS, Sir Thomas (c.1649-1719), of Henley, nr. Ludlow, Salop and Lilford cum Wigsthorpe, Northants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
13. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Samuel ([1681?]-1719), Dissenting Academy tutor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.