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1736 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1736 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales - Frederick
  • Princess of Wales - Augusta

    • Events

  • April 17 - The Prince of Wales marries Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London.
  • John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, becomes Dean of Wells Cathedral.
  • Thomas Frye paints the Prince of Wales for the Worshipful Company of Saddlers.
  • Isaac Maddox becomes Bishop of St Asaph.
  • Sixty soldiers are drowned after their vessel is wrecked on the Wolves rocks near Flat Holm; the incident leads to the building of a lighthouse on the island.
  • Howell Harris opens a school.
  • Fortunatus Wright marries Mary, daughter of William Bulkeley, in Dublin.

    • New books

  • Anthony Ellys - A Plea for the Sacramental Test as best Security for the Church established, and very conducive to the Welfare of the State

    • Births

  • 6 July - Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier and politician, of Welsh ancestry (d. 1802)
  • 10 July - David Jones, Baptist minister (d. 1810)
  • 31 August - David Ellis, clergyman, poet and transcriber of manuscripts (d. 1795)
  • 22 October - John Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian (d. 1769)
  • date unknown
  • Charles Morgan, politician (d. 1787)
  • Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough, politician (d. 1807)

    • Deaths

  • none known

    • References

    1736 in Wales Wikipedia
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