1776 in Wales
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This article is about the significance of the year 1776 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 4 July - United States Declaration of Independence signed in Philadelphia. Sixteen of the 56 signatories are of Welsh descent, Francis Lewis having been born in Llandaff.[1][2]
- 22 July - Sir Richard Philipps, 7th Baronet, is created 1st Baron Milford in the peerage of Ireland.
- John, Lord Mountstuart is created Baron Cardiff of Cardiff Castle.
- Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet, is created Baron Newborough.
- Herbert Mackworth is created a baronet.
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Churchyard - The Worthines of Wales, a Poem
- Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - Casgliad o Bregethau
- Hugh Jones (Maesglasau) - Gardd y Caniadau
- David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân) - Allwydd y Nef. O gasgliad D.P. Off.
Music
Births
- 21 April (bapt.) - Ann Griffiths, hymn-writer (died 1805)
- 2 August - Thomas Assheton Smith II, landowner, industrialist, politician and sportsman (died 1858)
- unknown - William Henry Scourfield, Member of Parliament (died 1843)
Deaths
- 26 January - Evan Lloyd, poet, 41[3]
- 1 November - Miles Harry, Baptist minister, 76[4]
- date unknown
- John Edwards ("Sion y Potiau"), poet, c.76[5]
- Sir John Powell Pryce, 6th Baronet (in debtors' prison)[6]
References
- ↑ "Welsh in the New World". A Brief History of Wales. GoBritannia!. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- ↑ Williams, David (Summer 1942). "The Contribution of Wales to the United States of America". National Library of Wales Journal. GENUKI. 2 (3/4). Archived from the original on 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- ↑ Cecil John Layton Price. "LLOYD, EVAN (1734-1776), cleric and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ Edward William Price Evans. "HARRY, MILES (1700-1776), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ Garfield Hopkin Hughes. "EDWARDS, JOHN ('Siôn y Potiau'; 1699?-1776); translator and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd. "PRYCE family, of Newtown Hall, Montgomeryshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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