1758 in Wales
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Events from the year 1758 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George III)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- April - Goronwy Owen becomes headmaster of the grammar school attached to the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
- July 13 - Josiah Tucker becomes Dean of Gloucester.
- October - Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) becomes curate of Llanllechid.
- The Llangibby estate passes into the hands of the Addams-Williams family when the original Williams line dies out.
- The Welsh Charity School becomes co-educational.[1]
Arts and literature
New books
- Peter Williams - Blodau i Blant
Music
- John Thomas - Caniadau Sion, vol. 1
Births
- August - Sir Thomas Picton, soldier (died 1815)
- 18 October - Theophilus Jones, lawyer and historian (died 1812)
- probable - Isaac Davis, advisor to Kamehameha I of Hawaii (died 1810)
Deaths
- January 24 - William Wogan, religious writer, 79
- March 18 - Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of Canterbury and former Bishop of Bangor, 65
- March 24 - Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet, 53
References
- ↑
- Jones, Emrys, ed. (2001). The Welsh in London, 1500-2000. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. pp. 63–66. ISBN 0708317103.
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