1767 in Wales
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Events from the year 1767 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 13 April - John Guest becomes manager of Dowlais Ironworks.
- September - John Wesley begins an evangelical tour of South Wales.
- Autumn - Cyfarthfa Ironworks probably first comes into blast.
Arts and literature
New books
- Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu) - Traethawd ar Fywyd Ffydd[1]
Painting
- Thomas Jones is awarded a premium for landscape painting by the Society of Arts.[2]
Births
- 25 February - John Roberts, theologian (died 1834)[3]
- date unknown - Hugh Evans (Hywel Eryri), poet (died c.1841)[4]
Deaths
- 11 September - Theophilus Evans, clergyman and historian, 74
- 17 September - Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 28
- date unknown - Richard Nanney, evangelist
References
- ↑ Thomas Isfryn Jones. "THOMAS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd Ddu; 1733-1814), printer and translator". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ↑ Richard Griffith Owen. "JONES, THOMAS (1742-1803), landscape painter". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ↑ Megan Ellis; Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers. "ROBERTS, JOHN (1767-1834), Independent minister and theologian". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ↑ Robert (Bob) Owen. "EVANS, HUGH (Hywel Eryri; 1767-1841?), poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
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