1775 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1775 to Wales and its people.
Incumbent[]
- Monarch - George III
Events[]
- 19 April - Outbreak of the American Revolutionary War:
- Anthony Bacon obtains munitions contracts for his ironworks.
- Fort Belan built commanding the western end of the Menai Strait by Thomas Wynn.
- 8 September - An earthquake measuring 5.1 is felt in Swansea.[1]
- 18 September - Dr Samuel Johnson accompanies Hester Thrale and her husband Henry on a visit to France.
Arts and literature[]
New books[]
- Edward Evans - An Address delivered before the Association of Ministers at Dref Wen, near Newcastle Emlyn, with two Hymns[2]
- Elizabeth Griffith - The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated[3]
- Nicholas Owen (attr.) - History of the Island of Anglesea
Music[]
- Dafydd Jones - Hymnau a Chaniadau Ysprydol (hymns and psalms)
- Morgan Rhys - Golwg o Ben Nebo, 3rd ed. (collection of hymns)
- Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) arrives in London.
Births[]
- 22 February - , minister and author (died 1854)
- 7 May - , minister and author (died 1846)
- 25 November - Charles Kemble, actor (died 1854)
- date unknown
- John Jones (Archdeacon of Merioneth), Anglican priest and writer (died 1834)
- John Roberts, Anglican priest and writer (died 1829)[4]
Deaths[]
- 11 April - Roger Mostyn, Canon of Windsor, 54/55[5]
- 12 April - William Vaughan (MP), politician, about 68[6]
- 10 May - Caroline Matilda, queen consort of Sweden, daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 23 (scarlet fever)[7]
- 14 August - Sir Lynch Cotton, 4th Baronet, about 70[8]
References[]
- ^ W. Toone (1834). A Chronological Record, of the Remarkable Public Events, ... During the Reigns of George the Third and Fourth, and His Present Majesty ... Bennett. p. 149.
- ^ Thomas Rowland Roberts (1908). Eminent Welshmen: A Short Biographical Dictionary of Welshmen who Have Attained Distinction from the Earliest Times to the Present. Educational Publishing Company. p. 99.
- ^ Elizabeth Griffith (1775). The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated. T. Cadell .
- ^ Jenkins, Robert Thomas (2007). "Roberts, John (1775–1829), cleric and author". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- ^ "VAUGHAN, William (?1707-75), of Corsygedol, Merion". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Ward, Adolphus William (1887). "Caroline Matilda". Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900. London: Smith, Elder, & Co. pp. 145–150.
- ^ "COTTON, Sir Lynch Salusbury, 4th Bt. (c.1705-75), of Combermere, Cheshire and Llewenny, Denb". History of Parliament Onlineaccessdate=3 October 2018.
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