1740s in Wales

none August 2026 1730s | 1750s | Other years in Wales Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1740–1749 to Wales and its people. Events 1740 in Wales 1741 in Wales 1742 in Wales 1743 in Wales 1744 in Wales 1745 in Wales 1746 in Wales 1747 in Wales 1748 in Wales 1749 in Wales Arts and literature New books 1740 John Dyer - The Ruins of Rome Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) - Welsh Piety Zachariah Williams - The Mariners Compass Completed 1742 1744 Jane Brereton - Poems on several occasions (posthumously published) 1746 Anna Williams - Life of the Emperor Julian (translation from the French) 1749 Zachariah Williams - A True Narrative of certain Circumstances relating to Zachariah Williams in the Charterhouse Music 1740 Howell Harris - Llyfr o Hymneu o Waith Amryw Awdwyr (collection of hymns) 1742 Howell Harris & Daniel Rowland - Sail, Dibenion, a Rheolau'r Societies (collection of hymns) 1744 William Williams Pantycelyn - Aleluia (hymns: first part) Births 1740 date unknown - Sir Watkin Lewes, politician (d. 1821) 1741 January 16 - Hester Thrale, diarist and friend of Dr Johnson (d. 1821) August 20 - Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (d. 1811) September 3 - Owen Jones, antiquary (d. 1814) 1742 September 26 - Thomas Jones, landscape painter (d. 1803) December 3 - Sir Erasmus Gower, naval commander (d. 1814) 1745 February 14 - David Davis (Castellhywel), poet (d. 1827) 1746 September 28 - William Jones, philologist (d. 1794) 1747 January - Richard Fenton, poet and author (d. 1821) 1748 September 1 - Thomas Johnes, landowner (d. 1816) 1749 September 23 - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, politician (d. 1789) Deaths 1740 August 7 - Jane Brereton, poet, 55https://biography.wales/article/s-BRER-JAN-1685.html BRERETON, JANE (1685 - 1740), poetess Dictionary of Welsh Biography 3 August 2026 October 20 - Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Gray's Inn, politician, 75? 1741 August - David Owen, 29 ("David of the White Rock"), harpist, date unknown Wil Hopcyn, poet, 41? Robert Roberts, theologian, 61? 1743 July 15 - John Wynne, bishop, 83? date unknown Thomas Morgan, Deist theologian Robert Wynne, clergyman and academic 1744 March 2 - William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Jacobite, husband of Winifred Herbert 1745 May 7 - Sir Thomas Hanmer, politician and literary editor, 68 1746 May 21 - Lewis Morris, Welsh-descended Governor of New Jersey, 74 1748 August 27 - Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet, 53 1749 May - Winifred Herbert, Countess of Nithsdale, 58? August - Angharad James, poet, 72 September 26 - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet, 57 References Category:18th century in Wales Wales Wales Category:Decades in Wales