1771 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1771 to Wales and its people.

← 1770 1769 1768 1767 1766 1771 in Wales → 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1771 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• 4 February - First meeting of the Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion is held; Owen Jones is its president.[1]
• 21 December - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, marries, as his second wife, Charlotte Grenville.[2]

Arts and literature

New books

• Henry Evans - Cynghorion Tad i'w Fab (translated from English)[3]
• David Williams - The Philosopher, in Three Conversations

Music

• Elis Roberts - Tair Rhan Oes Dyn[4]
• Peter Williams (1722-1796) - Hymns on Various Subjects (includes "Prayer for Strength", the first English translation of the hymn "Cwm Rhondda")

Births

• 14 May - Robert Owen, socialist (d. 1858)

Deaths

• 15 May - Thomas Morgan (of Rhiwpera), politician, 43[5]
• 9 June - Richard Trevor, former bishop of St David's, 63[6]
• 17 November - Lewis Hopkin, poet, 63[7]
• date unknown
  • Alban Thomas, physician[8]

References

1. Jenkins, R.T.; Ramage, Helen M. (1951). A History of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and of the Gwyneddigion and Cymreigyddion Societies (1751-1951). Y Cymmrodor. 50. London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. pp. 91–128.
2. "WYNN, Sir Watkin Williams, 4th Bt. (1748-89), of Wynnstay, Denb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
3. Walter Thomas Morgan. "EVANS, HENRY ('Harri Evan William'; fl. end of 17th cent.), poet and translator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
4. University of Wales. Board of Celtic Studies (1950). Llên Cymru. Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. p. 83.
5. Walter Thomas Morgan. "Morgan family, of Tredegar Park, Monmouth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
6. "TREVOR family, of Trevalun, Denbs., Plas Têg, Flints., and Glynde, Sussex". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
7. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hopkin, Lewis" . Dictionary of National Biography. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
8. William Llewelyn Davies. "Thomas, Alban". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2019.