1759 in Wales

Updated on Feb 05, 2024

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Centuries: 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Decades: 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1759 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Prince of Wales - George (later George III)

Princess of Wales - vacant

19 September - The Dowlais Iron Company is formed.

date unknown - Evan Davies resigns as head of the Welsh Academy, following a rift between the Presbyterian and Congregational Fund Boards.

Blodeu-gerdd Cymry (ed. Dafydd Jones)

John Wesley - Primitive Physick, translated by John Evans of Bala

William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Rhai Hymnau a Chaniadau Duwiol

1 January - Joseph Foster-Barham, owner of the Trecŵn estate (died 1832)

11 February - John Rice Jones, Welsh-born American politician (died 1824)

16 March - Sir John Nicholl, politician and judge (died 1838)

7 August - William Owen Pughe, lexicographer (died 1835)

10 September - George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke (died 1827)

18 October - Theophilus Jones, historian (died 1812)

date unknown - David Thomas ("Dafydd Ddu Eryri"), (died 1822)

11 August - John Heylyn, Welsh-descended clergyman, 74

27 September - Isaac Maddox, Bishop of St Asaph, 62

2 November - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist, 50

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