1736 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1736 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1736 to Wales and its people.

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17 April - The Prince of Wales marries Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London.^[1]
4 July - Isaac Maddox is consecrated Bishop of St Asaph.^[2]
28 July - John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, becomes Dean of Wells Cathedral in succession to Isaac Maddox.^[3]
Thomas Frye paints the Prince of Wales for the Worshipful Company of Saddlers.^[4]
date unknown
- Sixty soldiers are drowned after their vessel is wrecked on the Wolves rocks near Flat Holm; the incident leads to the building of a lighthouse on the island.^[5]
- Howell Harris opens a school.
- Fortunatus Wright marries Mary, daughter of William Bulkeley, in Dublin.

Anthony Ellys - A Plea for the Sacramental Test as best Security for the Church established, and very conducive to the Welfare of the State

6 July - Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier and politician, of Welsh ancestry (d. 1802)
10 July - David Jones, Church of England priest and an early supporter of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism (d. 1810)
31 August - David Ellis, clergyman, poet and transcriber of manuscripts (d. 1795)
22 October - John Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian (d. 1769)
date unknown
- Charles Morgan, politician (d. 1787)
- Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough, politician (d. 1807)

^ The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies: For the Year .... 1833. 1833. p. 4.
^ Paul de Rapin-Thoyras (1747). The History of England. J. and P. Knapton. p. 282.
^ Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1914). Reports. p. 531.
^ Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Katharine Baetjer (2009). British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-58839-348-7.
^ Chaplin, Captain W.R. (1960). The History of Flat Holm Lighthouse. Reprinted from the American Neptune V. XX.
^ "GWYN, Edward Prideaux (?1698-1736), of Llansannor, Glam. and Forde Abbey, Dorset". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ William Llewelyn Davies. "WYNN, GRIFFITH (1669?-1736), cleric and translator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ "LEWIS, Thomas (c.1679-1736), of Soberton, Hants". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 9 August 2018.
^ "KEMYS, Edward (c.1693-1736), of Pertholey, Mon". History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 February 2019.