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Шаблон:Use Welsh English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Year in Wales header Events from the year 1768 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer[10][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton[11]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer[12]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome[13]
- Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss (from 30 November)[14]
Events
- 2 March - Rowland Pugh, a local miner, discovers the "Great Lode" of copper on Parys Mountain[15] and is rewarded with a bottle of whisky and a rent-free house for his lifetime.
- By May - Kymer's Canal opens.[16]
- 16 May - Evan Lloyd is fined £50 after being found guilty of libel against William Price.[17]
- 24 August - A seminary is founded at Trefeca-isaf for the training of evangelical preachers, with financial assistance from Selina, Countess of Huntingdon.[18]
- 10 December - Richard Wilson is a founder member of the Royal Academy of Arts.[19]
- Oldest Jews' burial ground in Wales established at Swansea.
- The Ladies of Llangollen meet for the first time in Ireland.
- Controversial Bishop of Bangor John Egerton is translated to the see of Lichfield in England.
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- John Griffith - Some Brief Remarks upon Sundry Important Subjects … principally addressed to the … Quakers … [20]
Welsh language
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Y Farddoneg Fabilonaidd
- William Williams Pantycelyn - Tri Wyr o Sodom[21]
Music
- 14 May - In Dublin, a concert takes place for the benefit of "Jones", a resident of Britain Street, where music will be performed on "that most admired instrument, the Welsh Harp".[22]
Births
- 29 March - Sir Robert Vaughan, 2nd Baronet, landowner (died 1843)[23]
- 17 May (in Brunswick, Germany) - Caroline of Brunswick, future Princess of Wales (died 1821)[24]
- 5 August - Sydenham Edwards, botanical artist (died 1819)[25]
- 17 September - Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (died 1854)[26]
- date unknown
- John Bird, landscape artist (died 1829)[27]
- Thomas Parry, merchant (died 1824)
Deaths
- 26 March - Humphrey Owen, academic, 65[28]
- 31 August - Henrietta Nevill, Baroness Bergavenny, 38[29]
- date unknown
- Robert Morris, industrialist[30]
- Hannah Pritchard, actress
References
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- ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant (reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 42.
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