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1768 in Wales

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Events from the year 1768 in Wales.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
  • Princess of Wales - vacant

    • Events

  • 2 March - Rowland Pugh, a local miner, discovers the "Great Lode" of copper on Parys Mountain and is rewarded with a bottle of whisky and a rent-free house for his lifetime.
  • 10 December - Richard Wilson is a founder member of the Royal Academy of Arts.
  • Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, finances the building of a seminary at Trefeca-isaf for the training of evangelical preachers.
  • Oldest Jews' burial ground in Wales established at Swansea.
  • The Ladies of Llangollen meet for the first time in Ireland.
  • Controversial Bishop of Bangor John Egerton is translated to the see of Lichfield in England.

    • New books

  • Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Y Farddoneg Fabilonaidd

    • Births

  • 29 March - Sir Robert Vaughan, 2nd Baronet, landowner (died 1843)
  • August - Sydenham Teak Edwards, botanical artist (died 1819)
  • 17 September - Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (died 1854)
  • 24 September - Sharon Turner, historian (died 1847)
  • date unknown - Thomas Parry, merchant (died 1824)

    • Deaths

  • 26 March - Humphrey Owen, academic, 65
  • date unknown - Hannah Pritchard, actress

    • References

    1768 in Wales Wikipedia
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