1770s in Wales

none August 2026 1760s | 1780s | Other years in Wales Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1770–1779 to Wales and its people. Events 1770 in Wales 1771 in Wales 1772 in Wales 1773 in Wales 1774 in Wales 1775 in Wales 1776 in Wales 1777 in Wales 1778 in Wales 1779 in Wales Arts and literature New books Thomas Churchyard - The Worthines of Wales, a Poem (1776) Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - Casgliad o Bregethau (1776) Williams Evans - A New English-Welsh dictionary: Containing All Words Necessary for Reading an English Author (1771) Elizabeth Griffith - The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated (1775) Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - Duwdod Crist (1777) Jinny Jenks - Tour through Wales (1772) Dafydd Jones - Marwnad Enoch Ffransis (1774) Hugh Jones (Maesglasau) Cydymaith yr Hwsmon (1774) Gardd y Caniadau (1776) Robert Jones Lleferydd yr Asyn (1770) Drych i'r Anllythrennog (1778) Iolo Morganwg - Dagrau yr Awen (1772) Nicholas Owen - British Remains (1777) Thomas Pennant - British Zoology, vol. 4 (1777) David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân) - cy Allwydd y Nef. O gasgliad D.P. Off. (1776) Daniel Rowland - Pum Pregeth ac Amryw o Hymnau (1772) Nathaniel Williams - Dialogus (1778) William Williams Pantycelyn - Ductor Naptiarum: Neu Gyfarwyddwr Priodas (1777) Sir John Wynn - History of the Gwydir Family (posthumously published in 1770) Music Dafydd Jones - Difyrrwch i'r Pererinion, vol. 3 Births 1770 15 January - Sir John Edwards, Baronet, politician (died 1850) 14 April - John Evans, explorer (died 1799) 30 April - David Thompson, explorer (died 1857) 1772 10 January - William Jenkins Rees, antiquary (died 1855) July - Edward Hughes (Y Dryw), bard (died 1850) 25 October - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (died 1840) 1773 14 November - Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, military leader (died 1865) 1774 May - John Elias, preacher (died 1841) 24 June - Azariah Shadrach, writer (died 1844) 1775 25 November - Charles Kemble, actor (died 1854) 1776 April - Ann Griffiths, hymn-writer (died 1805) 2 August - Thomas Assheton Smith I, industrialist and politician (died 1858) 1777 15 June - David Daniel Davis, royal obstetrician (died 1841) 29 August - John James, hymn-writer (died 1848) 15 September - John Jones of Ystrad, MP (died 1842) 1778 29 September - Benjamin Hall, industrialist and politician (died 1817) 1779 24 August - Charles Norris, artist (died 1858) Deaths 1771 15 May - Thomas Morgan (of Rhiwpera), politician, 43 date unknown Lewis Hopkin, poet Alban Thomas, doctor, librarian and antiquarian Richard Trevor, former bishop of St David's 1772 16 October - Richard Farrington, antiquary, 71 1773 21 July - Howell Harris, Methodist leader, 59 1774 date unknown - Dafydd Nicolas, poethttps://biography.wales/article/s-NICO-DAF-1705.html NICOLAS, DAFYDD (1705? - 1774), poet Dictionary of Welsh Biography 3 August 2026 1775 14 August - Sir Lynch Cotton, 4th Baronet 1776 1 November - Miles Harry, Baptist minister, 76 date unknown - Sir John Powell Pryce, 6th Baronet (in debtors' prison) 1777 4 March - Edward Richard, teacher and poet, 62 April - John Hodges, Methodist, 77 1 July - Sir John Glynne, 6th Baronet, 64 30 August - Dafydd Jones, hymn-writer, 66 18 December - William Lloyd, translator, 60 1778 6 October - William Worthington, priest and author, 74 1779 11 December - "Madam" Bridget Bevan, philanthropist, 81 References Category:18th century in Wales Wales Wales Category:Decades in Wales