1770 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1770 to Wales and its people.

← 1769 1768 1767 1766 1765 1770 in Wales → 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1770 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• September - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, holds his legendary coming-of-age party, to which 15,000 guests are invited. Three coachloads of cooks are sent from London to provide the refreshments, and a hall is built especially for the occasion at Wynnstay.[1]
• Approximate date - Bridge at Pontardawe built by William Edwards.

Arts and literature

New books

• Robert Jones - Lleferydd yr Asyn[2]
• Thomas Meredith - An Illustration of Several Texts of Scripture
• John Walters - A Dissertation on the Welsh Language
• Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet - History of the Gwydir Family (posthumously published)<ref">John Wynne (1 January 1878). History of the Gwydir family. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 5.</ref>

Music

• Daines Barrington - Some Account of Two Musical Instruments Used in Wales[3]

Births

• 15 January - Sir John Edwards, 1st Baronet, of Garth, politician (died 1850)
• 8 April - John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), antiquarian (died 1829)
• 14 April - John Evans, explorer (died 1799)
• 30 April - David Thompson, explorer (died 1857)

Deaths

• 13 January - Howel Davies, Methodist leader, about 54[4]
• 19 June - Thomas Williams, Congregational minister, about 45[5]
• 8 August - John Jones, clergyman and author, 70[6]

References

1. "Sir Watkin & The Arts - A Lifelong Obsession". Wrexham County Borough Council. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
2. Branwen Jarvis; Dafydd Johnston (31 March 2000). A Guide to Welsh Literature: c. 1700-1800. University of Wales Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-7083-1482-1.
3. Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity. Society of Antiquaries of London. 1786. p. 28.
4. Williams, Griffith John. "Howel Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
5. "Williams, Thomas (?-c.1770)". Dr Williams’s Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
6. Stephens, John. "Jones, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15029. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)