1719 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1719 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
- Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach
Events
- The wrought-iron gates at Chirk Castle and St Giles' Church, Wrexham, are completed by the Davies Brothers of Bersham.
- The first permanent legal printing press in Wales is established at Adpar by Isaac Carter of Carmarthenshire. It is believed that its first two publications are Cân o Senn i’w hen Feistr Tobacco by Alban Thomas and Cân ar Fesur Triban ynghylch Cydwybod a’i Chynheddfau.[1]
- On the death without heirs of Sir John Wynne, the Wynnstay estate passes to Jane Thelwall, the great-granddaughter of Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet.
Arts and literature
New books
- Christmas Samuel - Catecism o'r Scrythur
Births
- February - William Edwards, clergyman and bridge engineer (d. 1789)
- 22 February - Joshua Thomas, writer and Particular Baptist minister (d. 1797)
- 17 June - Joshua Parry, nonconformist minister and writer (d. 1776)
- 30 November - Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, future Princess of Wales (d. 1772)
- date unknown - Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician (d. 1769)
Deaths
- 19 June - Captain Howell Davis, pirate, ca 29
- date unknown - Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet
References
- ↑ "About Adpar". Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
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