1750s in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1750–1759 to Wales and its people.

Events

Arts and literature

New books

1750

Griffith Hughes - Natural History of Barbados
Daniel Rowland - Ymddiddan rhwng Methodist Uniawngred ac un Cyfeiliornus

1752

Theophilus Evans - A History of Modern Enthusiasm

1757

John Dyer - The Fleece
Elizabeth Griffith - A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances
Joseph Harris - An Essay Upon Money and Coins
Joshua Thomas - Tystiolaeth y Credadyn

Music

1751

William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 1

1754

William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 2

1755

Morgan Rhys - Golwg o Ben Nebo, ar Wlad yr Addewid (hymns)

1756

Elis Roberts - "Argulus"

1757

Elis Roberts - "Jeils"

1759

William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Rhai Hymnau a Chaniadau Duwiol

Births

1750

June - William Morgan, actuary (d. 1833)

1751

22 January - David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), poet (d. 1827)
15 October - David Samwell, naval surgeon and companion of Captain Cook (d. 1798)

1752

2 January - Nicholas Owen, priest and antiquary (d. 1811)
18 January - Josiah Boydell, painter (d. 1817)
March - Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin), harpist (d. 1824)
date unknown
- Richard Llwyd, poet and writer (d. 1835)
- Thomas Assheton Smith I, industrialist (d. 1828)

1754

date unknown - Charles Hassall, surveyor (d. 1814)

1755

22 February - Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (d. 1843)
5 July - Sarah Siddons, actress (d. 1831)
14 October - Thomas Charles of Bala, priest (d. 1814)

1756

7 June - Edward Davies ("Celtic" Davies), writer (d. 1831)
23 June - Thomas Jones, mathematician (d. 1807)
date unknown - Thomas Jones of Denbigh, minister and author (d. 1820)

1757

date unknown - Sir Thomas Foley, admiral (d. 1833)

1758

August - Sir Thomas Picton, soldier (d. 1815)

1759

16 March - Sir John Nicholl, politician and judge (d. 1838)
7 August - William Owen Pughe, lexicographer (d. 1835)
18 October - Theophilus Jones, historian (d. 1812)

Deaths

1750

9 January - Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, 56
29 November - Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel
date unknown - Sir Samuel Pennant, Lord Mayor of London

1751

31 March - Frederick, Prince of Wales, 44
date unknown - Thomas Mathews, admiral, 75

1752

31 May - "Madam" Sidney Griffith, Methodist supporter

1754

10 January - Erasmus Lewis, writer and civil servant, 83
March - Henry Vaughan, Radnorshire landowner, 33 (murdered)
12 July - Zachariah Williams, inventor, 81

1755

30 June - Edward Wynne, lawyer and landowner

1756

date unknown - Lewis Evans, surveyor, 56?

1757

December - John Dyer, poet, 56

1758

24 January - William Wogan, religious writer, 79
18 March - Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of Canterbury and former Bishop of Bangor, 65
24 March - Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet, 53

1759

11 August - John Heylyn, Welsh-descended priest, 74
2 November - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist, 50
date unknown - Isaac Maddox, Bishop of St Asaph, 62