1739 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1739 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1739 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

March - Diarist William Bulkeley of Brynddu is a bearer at the funeral of Richard Bulkeley, 5th Viscount Bulkeley, and leaves an account in his diary.[1]
20 May - The roof of St Mary's Church, Swansea, collapses into the nave just before a Sunday morning service; the congregation is waiting outside for the officiating priest, who is running late.[2]
date unknown
- Samuel and Nathaniel Buck tour Wales to produce the first of their prints of the country, following on from their prints of England.
- A new parish church is completed at Willington Worthenbury near Wrexham, designed by Richard Trubshaw.[3]

January - Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant), dramatist and poet (died 1810)
March 14 - Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, second son and third child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1767)
April 3 - Hugh Davies, botanist (died 1821)
date unknown - Richard Crawshay, industrialist (died 1810)

Thomas Richards. "BULKELEY, WILLIAM (1691-1760), squire and diarist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
St. Mary's vestry book. "St. Mary's Church". Explore Gower. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
"St Deiniol's Church, Worthenbury". Coflein. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
Robert (Bob) Owen. "ELLIS, ROWLAND (1650-1731), Welsh-American Quaker". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

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