1779 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1779 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1779 to Wales and its people.

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February - Ship's surgeon David Samwell witnesses the death of Captain James Cook in Hawaii.^[1]
Valentine Morris, governor of St Vincent, negotiates unfavourable surrender terms with the French.
New bridges are built over the River Wye at Builth Wells and River Towy at Llandeilo.
Haverfordwest prison is built on the site of the former castle.
Baptist Assembly at Glynceiriog.
Robert Jones, Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, preaches in London.

Richard Morris creates a list of "Henwau Mesurau Cerdd Dafod a Thant a arferir yn gyffredinol gan y Prydyddion a'r Telynorion yng Nghymru.^[3]

9 August - Morgan Rhys, hymn-writer, 63^[4]
11 December - "Madam" Bridget Bevan, philanthropist, 81^[5]
December - Richard Morris, collector of folk songs, 76^[6]
date unknown
- Edward Jones, composer, 49/50^[7]
- Hugh Williams, Anglican clergyman and writer

^ David Samwell (2007). The Death of Captain Cook and Other Writings. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-2073-0.
^ . "WILLIAM, DAVID (1720-1794), hymn-writer". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. pp. 38–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2358-8.
^ . "Rhys, Morgan (1716-1794), hymn-writer". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
^ Mary Clement. "Bevan, Bridget ('Madam Bevan'; 1698-1779), philanthropist and educationist". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "MORRIS, RICHARD (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ Robert Evans; Maggie Humphreys (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4411-3796-8.