1779 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1779 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- February - Ship's surgeon David Samwell witnesses the death of Captain James Cook in Hawaii.
- Valentine Morris, governor of St Vincent, negotiates unfavourable surrender terms with the French.
- New bridges are built over the River Wye at Builth Wells and River Towy at Llandeilo.
- Haverfordwest prison is built on the site of the former castle.
- Baptist Assembly at Glynceiriog.
- Robert Jones, Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, preaches in London.
Arts and literature
New books
- David William - Joy in the Tents of Zion (English edition)[1]
Music
- Richard Morris creates a list of "Henwau Mesurau Cerdd Dafod a Thant a arferir yn gyffredinol gan y Prydyddion a'r Telynorion yng Nghymru.[2]
Births
- 14 March - William Ormsby-Gore, politician (died 1860)
- 24 August - Charles Norris, artist (died 1858)
Deaths
- 9 August - Morgan Rhys, hymn-writer, 63
- 11 December - "Madam" Bridget Bevan, philanthropist, 81
- December - Richard Morris, collector of folk songs, 76[3]
- date unknown - Hugh Williams, Anglican clergyman and writer
References
- ↑ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "WILLIAM, DAVID (1720-1794), hymn-writer". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ↑ Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. pp. 38–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2358-8.
- ↑ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "MORRIS, RICHARD (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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