1738 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1738 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1738 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

March - Howel Harris preaches in Monmouthshire for the first time.
14 May - John Wesley hears William Holland read from the work of Martin Luther, occasioning his own conversion.^[1]
May - The Bala Eisteddfod takes place, chaired by Edward Wynne. Ellis Cadwaladr is winner of the bardic chair.^[2]
A new building, designed by James Steer to house the Welsh Charity School is erected in London.
A Baptist church is founded at Welsh Neck in South Carolina, United States.^[3]
Morgan Edwards begins his career as a preacher.

4 June - Prince George, eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (d. 1820)
date unknown - David Williams, philosopher (d. 1816)

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