1738 in Wales

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1738
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
See also:
1738 in
Great Britain
Ireland
Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1738 to Wales and its people.

Incumbent[]

Events[]

  • March - Howel Harris preaches in Monmouthshire for the first time.
  • 14 May - John Wesley hears William Holland read from the work of Martin Luther, occasioning his own conversion.[1]
  • May - The Bala Eisteddfod takes place, chaired by Edward Wynne. Ellis Cadwaladr is winner of the bardic chair.[2]
  • A new building, designed by James Steer to house the Welsh Charity School is erected in London.
  • A Baptist church is founded at Welsh Neck in South Carolina, United States.[3]
  • Morgan Edwards begins his career as a preacher.

Arts and literature[]

New books[]

  • Newyddion Mawr Oddiwrth y Ser (first edition)

Music[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dictionary of Welsh Biography
  2. ^ Elwyn Evan. "CADWALADR, ELLIS (fl. 1707-40), poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Welsh Neck–Long Bluff–Society Hill Historic District, Darlington County (U.S. Hwy. 15, Society Hill vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014. and Accompanying map Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, Volume 3 (1830), p.447.
  5. ^ Geraint H. Jenkins (7 January 2012). Bard of Liberty: The Political Radicalism of Iolo Morganwg. University of Wales Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7083-2500-1.
  6. ^ "HARLEY, Thomas (c.1667-1738), of Kinsham Court, Herefs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  7. ^ "EDWARDS, Samuel (c.1668-1738), of Frodesley, Salop". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  8. ^ Thomas, Lawrence. "Harris, John (1680–1738), bishop of Llandaff". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
  9. ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins; George Thomas Streather. "Maurice, Mathias (1684-1738), Independent minister and writer". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  10. ^ Evan David Jones. "Stradling family of Glamorganshire". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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