1760s in Wales

none August 2026 1750s | 1770s | Other years in Wales Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1760–1769 to Wales and its people. Events 1760 in Wales 1761 in Wales 1762 in Wales 1763 in Wales 1764 in Wales 1765 in Wales 1766 in Wales 1767 in Wales 1768 in Wales 1769 in Wales Arts and literature New books 1762 Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Tri Chydymaith Dyn Oliver Goldsmith - The Life of Richard Nash 1763 Goronwy Owen et al. - Diddanwch Teuluaidd 1764 Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards 1766 David Jones of Trefriw (ed.) - Cydymaith Diddan John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) - Drych y Cristion Anna Williams - Miscellanies in Prose and Verse 1767 Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu) - Traethawd ar Fywyd Ffydd 1768 Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Y Farddoneg Fabilonaidd Music Births 1760 6 July - Thomas Phillips, surgeon and educational benefactor (d. 1851) 8 December - Morgan John Rhys, minister and author (d. 1804) 1761 15 July - Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), writer (d. 1849) 11 October - David Charles, hymn-writer (d. 1834) 1762 12 August - George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV (d. 1830) 1763 August - Peter Bailey Williams, clergyman and author (d. 1836) 1764 29 April - Julia Ann Hatton, novelist (d. 1838) 20 June - Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi), first Unitarian minister in Wales (d. 1833) date unknown - Robert Waithman, lord mayor of London (d. 1833) 1766 March William Turner, industrialist (d. 1853) 6 December - Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet (d. 1850) 25 December - Christmas Evans, preacher (d. 1838) 1768 August - Sydenham Teak Edwards, botanical artist (d. 1819) 17 September - Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (d. 1854) 24 September - Sharon Turner, historian (d. 1847) Deaths 1760 April - David Lewis, poet 25 October - King George II of Great Britain, former Prince of Wales, 76 1761 8 April - Griffith Jones Llanddowror, pioneer in education, 77 1762 3 February - Beau Nash, leader of fashion, 87 1763 25 November - Richard Morris, father of the noted Morris brothers ("Morrisiaid Môn"), 89 1764 18 June - Christmas Samuel, minister and writer, 90 22 June - Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet, 63 26 September - Joseph Harris, Assay-master of the Royal Mint, 60 1765 10 April - Edward Heylyn, porcelain manufacturer, 70? 11 April - Lewis Morris, hydrographer and writer, eldest of the Morris brothers of Anglesey, 64 1767 11 September - Theophilus Evans, clergyman and historian, 74 17 September - Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 28 1768 26 March - Humphrey Owen, academic, 65 1769 July - Goronwy Owen, poet, 46https://biography.wales/article/s-OWEN-GOR-1723.html OWEN, GORONWY (1723 - 1769), cleric and poet Dictionary of Welsh Biography 3 August 2026 References Category:18th century in Wales Wales Wales Category:Decades in Wales