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1721 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1721 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
  • Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach

    • Events

  • December 30 - Bridget Vaughan marries Arthur Bevan, a barrister.

    • New books

  • Ellis Pugh - Annerch ir Cymru (first Welsh book published in America)

    • Births

  • 17 March - Jonathan Hughes, poet (died 1805)
  • 30 November - John Egerton, bishop of Bangor (died 1787)
  • date unknown - John Walters, lexicographer
  • probable - Hugh Williams, Anglican priest and writer (died 1779)

    • Deaths

  • 8 July - Elihu Yale, benefactor of Yale University, 72
  • 5 September - Thomas Edwards, orientalist, 69
  • date unknown - Sir William Glynne, 2nd Baronet

    • References

    1721 in Wales Wikipedia
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