1773 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1773 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1773 to Wales and its people.

Incumbent[]

Monarch - George III

Events[]

22 April - An earthquake occurs in the Caernarfon area, with an estimated strength of 3.7.^[1]
7 November - Richard Morris makes his will.^[2]
25 November - Walter Siddons marries Sarah Kemble.^[3]
date unknown
- Dolauhirion Bridge is built on the Llandovery to Cilycwm road by William Edwards.^[4]
- David Williams, having resigned from the ministry, opens a school in Chelsea.^[5]

Arts and literature[]

New books[]

Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - Rhybudd Cyfr-drist i'r Diofal a Difraw^[6]
- Geirlyfr Ysgrythurol^[7]

Music[]

James Rivington settles in New York, where he begins selling musical instruments, including "Welsh harps".^[8]

Births[]

21 February - Titus Lewis, preacher and writer (died 1811)^[9]
14 November - Stapleton Stapleton-Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, military leader (died 1865)^[10]
date unknown - Joseph Harris (Gomer), writer (died 1825)

Deaths[]

16 February - Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet, 71^[11]
21 July - Howell Harris, Methodist leader, 59^[12]

References[]

^ "Notes on individual earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Parry, William (1719-1775), civil servant, secretary of the first Cymmrodorion Society". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
^ Walter Calvert (1897). Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry: A Record of Over Twenty Years at the Lyceum Theatre. H.J. Drane. p. 3.
^ A. W. Skempton (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland. Thomas Telford. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-7277-2939-2.
^ H. P. Richards (1980). David Williams (1738-1816): Author, Philosopher, Educationist, Politician and Founder of the Royal Literary Fund. D. Brown. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-905928-05-0.
^ Aneirin Lewi. "EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd or Ieuan Brydydd Hir 1731-1788), scholar, poet, and cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
^ John ROBERTS (called Siôn Robert Lewis.) (1773). Geir-lyfr Ysgrythurol: Neu Egwyddor, Yn Dangos Arwyddoccad Y Rhan Fwyaf O Eiriau, Ac Ymadroddion Caled, a Natturiaethu [sic] Creaduriaid, a Gynnhwysir, Yn Yr Hen Destament A'r Newydd ... Wedi Ei Dalfyru, Gan Mwyaf Allan O Eirlyfr Y Parchedig Mr. Wilson, Etc. S. Powell.
^ David Nicholls; Kate V. Keller; Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje (19 November 1998). The Cambridge History of American Music. Cambridge University Press. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-0-521-45429-2.
^ Rhys, William Joseph. "Biography of Titus Lewis". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
^ Shand, Alexander Innes (1902). Wellington's Lieutenants. Smith, Elder & Company. p. 394.
^ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1906), Complete Baronetage volume 5 (1707–1800), 5, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 18 February 2012
^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Harris, Howel(l) 1714–1773". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

[1] "Notes on individual earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

[2] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Parry, William (1719-1775), civil servant, secretary of the first Cymmrodorion Society". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

[3] Walter Calvert (1897). Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry: A Record of Over Twenty Years at the Lyceum Theatre. H.J. Drane. p. 3.

[4] A. W. Skempton (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland. Thomas Telford. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-7277-2939-2.

[5] H. P. Richards (1980). David Williams (1738-1816): Author, Philosopher, Educationist, Politician and Founder of the Royal Literary Fund. D. Brown. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-905928-05-0.

[6] Aneirin Lewi. "EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd or Ieuan Brydydd Hir 1731-1788), scholar, poet, and cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

[7] John ROBERTS (called Siôn Robert Lewis.) (1773). Geir-lyfr Ysgrythurol: Neu Egwyddor, Yn Dangos Arwyddoccad Y Rhan Fwyaf O Eiriau, Ac Ymadroddion Caled, a Natturiaethu [sic] Creaduriaid, a Gynnhwysir, Yn Yr Hen Destament A'r Newydd ... Wedi Ei Dalfyru, Gan Mwyaf Allan O Eirlyfr Y Parchedig Mr. Wilson, Etc. S. Powell.

[NichollsKeller1998-8] David Nicholls; Kate V. Keller; Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje (19 November 1998). The Cambridge History of American Music. Cambridge University Press. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-0-521-45429-2.

[9] Rhys, William Joseph. "Biography of Titus Lewis". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

[10] Shand, Alexander Innes (1902). Wellington's Lieutenants. Smith, Elder & Company. p. 394.

[11] Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1906), Complete Baronetage volume 5 (1707–1800), 5, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 18 February 2012

[12] Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Harris, Howel(l) 1714–1773". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

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