1768 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1768 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Events from the year 1768 in Wales.

Incumbents

2 March - Rowland Pugh, a local miner, discovers the "Great Lode" of copper on Parys Mountain and is rewarded with a bottle of whisky and a rent-free house for his lifetime.
24 August - A seminary is founded at Trefeca-isaf for the training of evangelical preachers, with financial assistance from Selina, Countess of Huntingdon.^[1]
10 December - Richard Wilson is a founder member of the Royal Academy of Arts.^[2]
Oldest Jews' burial ground in Wales established at Swansea.
The Ladies of Llangollen meet for the first time in Ireland.
Controversial Bishop of Bangor John Egerton is translated to the see of Lichfield in England.

14 May - In Dublin, a concert takes place for the benefit of "Jones", a resident of Britain Street, where music will be performed on "that most admired instrument, the Welsh Harp".^[4]

29 March - Sir Robert Vaughan, 2nd Baronet, landowner (died 1843)
17 May (in Brunswick, Germany} - Caroline of Brunswick, future Princess of Wales (died 1821)
August - Sydenham Teak Edwards, botanical artist (died 1819)
17 September - Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (died 1854)
24 September - Sharon Turner, historian (died 1847)
date unknown - Thomas Parry, merchant (died 1824)

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