1746 in Wales
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Events from the year 1746 in Wales.
Incumbents
Events
- The Wales and Berwick Act 1746 is passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. It specifies that all future laws applying to England will also be applicable to Wales and Berwick-upon-Tweed.[1] It is finally repealed in its entirety by the Interpretation Act 1978.
- William Edwards begins his first attempt at building a bridge over the River Taff at Pontypridd.[2]
- Construction of The Cathedral School, Llandaff, and the "Italian Temple", both designed by John Wood, the Elder, is completed.[3]
- Sidney Griffith joins the Methodist movement, after hearing a sermon by Peter Williams.[4]
Arts and literature
New books
- Anna Williams - Life of the Emperor Julian (translation from the French)
Births
- January - Thomas Totty, admiral (died 1802)
- 28 September - William Jones, philologist (died 1794)[5]
Deaths
- 7 May - Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet, politician and literary editor, 68[6]
- 21 May - Lewis Morris, Welsh-descended Governor of New Jersey, 74
References
- Great Britain (1765). Statutes at Large ...: (43 v.) ... From Magna charta to 1800. p. 125.
- David Yeomans (19 January 2016). How Structures Work: Design and Behaviour from Bridges to Buildings. John Wiley & Sons. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-119-01227-6.
- "Llandaff - A City within a City". Cardiffians. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Griffith, Sidney, currently known as 'Madam Griffith' (died 1752), Methodist and associate of Howel Harris". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- Edgerton, Franklin (2002) [1936]. "Sir William Jones, 1746-1794". In Sebeok, Thomas A. (ed.). Portrait of Linguists. Volume 1. Thoemmes Press. pp. 1–17. ISBN 978-1-441-15874-1.
- William Martial Myddelton. Chirk Castle Accounts A.d. 1666-1753. Manchester University Press. pp. 371–. GGKEY:DB442W3PBS5.
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