1769 in Wales

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1769
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
  • 1760s
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
See also:
1769 in
Great Britain
Ireland
Scotland

Events from the year 1769 in Wales.

Incumbent[]

Events[]

  • August
    • John Wesley is turned away from Welshpool town hall by the bailiff when he attempts to preach there during his tour of Wales.[1]
    • Wesley speaks at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, and Llanidloes.
  • August/September - Robert Williams, a Welsh travelling preacher, arrives in America, the first licensed preacher to obtain permission from John Wesley to address the Methodist societies there.[2]
  • 16 November - Henry Bayley succeeds to the barony of Beaudesert and takes the surname Paget.
  • date unknown

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References[]

  1. ^ John Wesley (1829). The works of Rev. John Wesley, A. M. John Mason. p. 374.
  2. ^ Dee E. Andrews (31 March 2002). The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760-1800: The Shaping of an Evangelical Culture. Princeton University Press. p. 40. ISBN 0-691-09298-2.
  3. ^ John Bell (1797). Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays. Cawthorn. pp. 2–.
  4. ^ Ramage, Helen Myfanwy (2007). "Thomas, John (1736–1769), cleric and antiquary". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  5. ^ Thomas Jackson (1841). The Life of the Rev. Charles Wesley. Mason. p. 542.
  6. ^ David Gwenallt Jones. "Owen, Goronwy (1723-1769)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  7. ^ Phillips, Bethan (2004). "Lloyd, Sir Herbert, first baronet (1720–1769)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/62906. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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