1720s in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1720–1729 to Wales and its people. == Events == 1720 Charles Hanbury Williams succeeds to the estate of his godfather, and takes the surname Williams. 1721 December 30 - Bridget Vaughan marries Arthur Bevan, a barrister. 1722 1723 1724 A charity school is built at Caerleon-on-Usk as the result of a bequest from Charles Williams. 1725 4 May - Ann Thomas (the "Maid of Cefn Ydfa") marries Anthony Maddocks. Silvanus Bevan is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on the recommendation of Sir Isaac Newton. 1726 26 July - Prince Frederick, son of the Prince of Wales, is created Baron Snowdon by his grandfather, King George I of Great Britain. 1727 The Piercefield estate is sold for £3,366, 5.6d to Thomas Rous of Wotton-under-Edge. 1728 1729 8 January - Prince Frederick, son of King George II, is created Prince of Wales, nearly two years after his father's accession. 1 March - A St. David's Society is established by Welsh immigrants in Philadelphia. 19 October - John Harris becomes Bishop of Llandaff. Zachariah Williams is admitted as a poor brother pensioner of the Charterhouse in London. == Arts and literature == === New books === 1721 Ellis Pugh - Annerch ir Cymru (first Welsh book published in America) 1723 Henry Rowlands - Mona Antiqua Restaurata Christmas Samuel - Llun Agrippa 1724 Owen Wynne - The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins 1725 Dafydd Lewys - Golwg ar y Byd 1729 Christmas Samuel - Golwg ar y Testament Newydd === Music === == Births == 1720 July 22 - Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician (d. 1769) 1722 May 9 - Morgan Edwards, Baptist historian (d. 1795) 1723 February 23 - Richard Price, philosopher (d. 1791) March 5 - Princess Mary of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (d. 1772) 1724 April - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller (d. 1811) December 4 - Princess Louise of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (d. 1751) 1725 May - Llewellin Penrose, painter September 7 - Francis Homfray, industrialist (d. 1798) 1726 June 14 - Thomas Pennant, traveller and writer (d. 1798) William Jones, poet, antiquary and radical (d. 1795) == Deaths == 1720 March 7 - John Morgan (of Rhiwpera), politician, 49 April/May - Robert Wynne, clergyman and poet August 29 - Charles Williams, merchant, 87 December 31 - John Wynne, industrialist 1721 July 8 - Elihu Yale, benefactor of Yale University, 72 date unknown - Sir William Glynne, 2nd Baronet 1722 February 10 - Bartholomew Roberts, pirate ("Black Bart"), 39 (in battle) November 16 - John Vaughan, reformer, 59 1723 December 28 - Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Milfield, politician, 61 1724 March 22 - John Evans, Bishop of Bangor and Meath, 73? June 1 - Erasmus Saunders, clergyman, 54? date unknown - Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley 1725 December 15 - Francis Edwardes, politician 1729 April 29 - Sir Stephen Glynne, 3rd Baronet, 64 September - Sir Stephen Glynne, 4th Baronet, 35? September 1 - Sir Richard Steele, satirist, 57 == References ==