Incumbents

• Prince of Wales
  Prince of Wales
  Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
  
   - Frederick, Prince of Wales
  Frederick, Prince of Wales
  Frederick, Prince of Wales was a member of the House of Hanover and therefore of the Hanoverian and later British Royal Family, the eldest son of George II and father of George III, as well as the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria...
  
  
• Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
  
   - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
  Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
  Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was Princess of Wales between 1736 and 1751, and Dowager Princess of Wales thereafter. She was one of only three Princesses of Wales who never became queen consort...
  
   (from April 17 1736)

Events

• William Hogarth
  William Hogarth
  William Hogarth was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects"...
  
   is commissioned by Robert Jones of Fonmon Castle
  Fonmon Castle
  Fonmon Castle is a fortified medieval house near the village of Fonmon in the Vale of Glamorgan. It dates from the 13th century, and is still in use as a private residence. The walled gardens are surrounded by woodlands....
  
   to paint The Jones Family Conversation Piece.
• Construction of the north-east wing of Bodysgallen Hall
  Bodysgallen Hall
  Bodysgallen Hall is a manor house in Conwy county borough, north Wales, near the village of Llanrhos. Since 2008 the house has been owned by The National Trust. It is a grade I listed building, and is currently used as a hotel. This listed historical building derives primarily from the 17th...
  
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• September 22 - Griffith Jones (Llanddowror)
  Griffith Jones (Llanddowror)
  Griffith Jones was a minister of the Church of England famous for his work in organising circulating schools in Wales. His name is usually associated with that of Llanddowror, Carmarthenshire....
  
   writes to the SPCK
  SPCK
  The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge is the oldest Anglican mission organisation. It was founded in 1698 by Thomas Bray , and a small group of friends. The most important early leaders were Anton Wilhelm Boehm and court preacher Friedrich Michael Ziegenhagen...
  
   proposing that a Welsh school be set up at Llanddowror. This marks the beginning of the circulating schools movement.

• January 23 - Thomas Tanner
  Thomas Tanner (bishop)
  Thomas Tanner was an English antiquary and prelate.-Life:He was born at Market Lavington in Wiltshire, and was educated at Queen's College, Oxford, taking holy orders in 1694...
  
   becomes Bishop of St Asaph.
• John Wynne
  John Wynne
  John Wynne was Bishop of St Asaph and of Bath and Wells , having previously been Principal of Jesus College, Oxford .-Life:...
  
   buys the Soughton estate in Northop
  Northop
  Northop is a small village situated in Flintshire, Wales, approximately 12 miles west of the city of Chester, mid-way between Mold and Flint, and situated just off junction 33 of the A55 North Wales Expressway. At the 2001 Census, the population of Northop was 2,983.The village is home to two...
  
  , Flintshire.

• November 29 - Charles Talbot
  Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol
  Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot PC was a British lawyer and politician. He was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1733 to 1737....
  
   is appointed Lord Chancellor.
• December 5 - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol
  Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol
  Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot PC was a British lawyer and politician. He was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1733 to 1737....
  
  , is raised to the peerage.

• March 30 - First entry in the diary of William Bulkeley.

• Religious conversion of Howell Harris
  Howell Harris
  Hywel Harris was one of the main leaders of the Welsh Methodist revival in the 18th century, along with Daniel Rowland and William Williams Pantycelyn.-Life:...
  
   at Talgarth
  Talgarth
  Talgarth is a small market town and community in southern Powys , Mid Wales, with a population of 1,645. Notable buildings in the town include its 14th-century parish church and 13th century Pele Tower, located in the town centre, now home to the Tourist Information and Resource Centre...
  
  , marking a beginning of the Welsh Methodist revival
  Welsh Methodist revival
  The Welsh Methodist revival was an evangelical revival that revitalised Christianity in Wales during the 18th century. Methodist preachers such as Griffith Jones, William Williams and Howell Harris were such powerful speakers that they converted thousands of people back to the church...
  
  .
• Swansea-born Beau Nash
  Beau Nash
  Beau Nash , born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. He is best remembered as the Master of Ceremonies at the spa town of Bath.- Biography :...
  
   appoints himself Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells.

• April 17 - The Prince of Wales married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London
  London
  London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
  
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• August 31 - The Prince and Princess of Wales have their first child, Princess Augusta. The birth takes place at St James's Palace, the royal couple having absconded from Hampton Court Palace
  Hampton Court Palace
  Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London; it has not been inhabited by the British royal family since the 18th century. The palace is located south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames...
  
   in the middle of the night to avoid the King and Queen being present.
• Religious conversion of William Williams Pantycelyn
  William Williams Pantycelyn
  William Williams Pantycelyn , also known as Williams Pantycelyn and Pantycelyn, is generally acknowledged as Wales' most famous hymn writer. He was also one of the key leaders of the 18th century Welsh Methodist revival, along with Daniel Rowland and Howell Harris. As a poet and prose writer he is...
  
  .

New books

• Joseph Harris
  Joseph Harris (British astronomer)
  Joseph Harris was a British blacksmith, astronomer, navigator, economist, natural philosopher, government adviser and King's Assay Master at the Royal Mint....
  
   - A Treatise on Navigation
• James Lewis & Christmas Samuel
  Christmas Samuel
  Christmas Samuel was a Welsh Independent minister and writer.He was born in Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire, into a relatively prosperous family. He began to preach at an early age, and by 1707 was in charge of the church at Panteg, though he was as yet unordained. He was ordained on September 23,...
  
   - Y Cyfrif Cywiraf o'r Pechod Gwreiddiol
• William Wotton
  William Wotton
  William Wotton was an English scholar, chiefly remembered for his remarkable abilities in learning languages and for his involvement in the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. In Wales he is remembered as the collector and first translator of the ancient Welsh laws.-Early years:William Wotton...
  
   (ed.) - Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac eraill, seu Leges Wallicae (Laws of Hywel Dda)

• Humphrey Lhuyd - Britannicae Descriptionis Commentariolum
• Edward Samuel - Athrawiaeth yr Eglwys

• David Evans - The Minister of Christ and his Flock
• Jeremy Owen - Golwg ar y Beiau

• Edmund Curll
  Edmund Curll
  Edmund Curll was an English bookseller and publisher. His name has become synonymous, through the attacks on him by Alexander Pope, with unscrupulous publication and publicity. Curll rose from poverty to wealth through his publishing, and he did this by approaching book printing in a mercenary...
  
   - The Life of Robert Price … one of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas

Births

• date unknown - Siôn Robert Lewis, author and hymn-writer (d. 1806)

• October 5 - Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
  Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
  Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, PC, SL, KC was a British politician and barrister, who served as Attorney General, Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice. Born to a country gentleman, he was initially educated in Hanmer before moving to Ruthin School aged 12...
  
  , lawyer and politician (d. 1802)

• July 3 - Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke
  Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke
  Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke, 7th Earl of Montgomery was the son of the ninth earl of Pembroke, and was named after his father.-Biography:...
  
   (d. 1794)

• date unknown - Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough
  Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough
  Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough , known as Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet, from 1773 to 1776, was a British Member of Parliament.Wynn was the son of Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet...
  
  , politician (d. 1807)

• May 13 - Thomas Williams of Llanidan, industrialist (d. 1802)
• August 31 - Princess Augusta, eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (d. 1813)
• date unknown - Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn
  Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn
  Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn was a slave owner, anti-abolitionist Member of Parliament and Irish peer.Richard Pennant was educated at Newsome's academy in Hackney and Trinity College, Cambridge...
  
  , politician and slave-owner (d. 1808)

• June 4 - Prince George
  George III of the United Kingdom
  George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
  
  , eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (d. 1820)
• date unknown - David Williams
  David Williams (philosopher)
  David Williams , was a Welsh philosopher of the Enlightenment period. He was an ordained minister, theologian and political polemicist, and was the founder in 1788 of the Royal Literary Fund.-Upbringing:...
  
  , philosopher (d. 1816)

• March 14 - Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, second son and third child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (d. 1767)
• date unknown
  • Richard Crawshay
    Richard Crawshay
    Richard Crawshay was a London iron merchant and then South Wales ironmaster.Richard Crawshay was born in Normanton in the West Riding of Yorkshire...
    
    , industrialist (d. 1810)
  • Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant
    Twm o'r Nant
    Twm o’r Nant was the pen name of Welsh language dramatist and poet Thomas Edwards . He was born in Llannefydd, Denbighshire, north-east Wales. He was famous for his anterliwtau , performed mainly around his native Denbighshire, north Wales.-External links:...
    
    ), dramatist and poet (d. 1810)

Deaths

• August - Sir William Glynne, 5th Baronet, 21
• December - Owen Gruffydd, poet
• date unknown - Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor
  Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor
  Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor PC was knighted in 1692 as Solicitor General and in 1695 became Attorney-General....
  
  , politician

• April 6 - David Lloyd
  David Lloyd (judge)
  David Lloyd was an American lawyer and politician from colonial Chester, Pennsylvania. He was William Penn's personal lawyer, Attorney General of Pennsylvania and a member of the Popular or Quaker party who served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, including six terms as its Speaker...
  
  , Welsh-born American lawyer
• September - Rowland Ellis
  Rowland Ellis
  Rowland Ellis was a Welsh Quaker leader.Ellis was the owner of the farm of Bryn Mawr near Dolgellau. He became a Quaker, along with a number of other inhabitants of Dolgellau, after a visit to the town by George Fox in 1657. As a result of religious persecution, he and others emigrated to...
  
  , Quaker leader (in America)

• February 2 - Robert Price
  Robert Price (judge)
  Robert Price was a British judge and politician.-Early life:Robert Price, a Welshman, was born in early 1653 , the eldest son of Thomas Price of Giler in Cerrigydrudion, Denbighshire by Margaret, only child of Thomas Wynn of Bwlch y Beudy in the same parish...
  
  , judge, 79

• January 22 - Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
  Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
  Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, 5th Earl of Montgomery, KG, PC, FRS was a British politician during the reigns of William III and Anne....
  
  
• date unknown
  • John Morgan
    John Morgan (poet)
    John Morgan was a Welsh clergyman, scholar and poet.-Life:...
    
    , poet
  • Sir Robert Myddelton, 5th Baronet
  • John Myddelton of Chirk Castle, politician

• June 2 - Francis Gwyn
  Francis Gwyn
  Francis Gwyn PC , was a Welsh politician and official.-Background:Gwyn was the son and heir of Edward Gwyn of Llansannor, Glamorganshire, who married Eleanor, youngest daughter of Sir Francis Popham of Littlecott, Wiltshire; he was born at Combe Florey in Somerset about 1648...
  
  , politician, 85?
• June 14 - John Hanbury, industrialist, 70?
• July 13 - Ellis Wynne
  Ellis Wynne
  Ellis Wynne was a Welsh clergyman and author of one of the most important and influential pieces of Welsh language literature....
  
  , clergyman and writer, 63

• February 14 - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, 52
• November 20 - Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, consort of King George II of Great Britain
  George II of Great Britain
  George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...
  
   and former Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
  
   (1714-1727), 54
• date unknown - Guto Nyth Brân
  Guto Nyth Brân
  Griffith Morgan , who was known better by his Welsh name, Guto Nyth Brân was an athlete. Many of Guto's running feats have since become merged with legend, and were disseminated by poets and authors such as I.D...
  
  , legendary athlete, 37

• September 27 - Sir Thomas Stradling, 28 (in a duel)

• May 5 - Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet
  -Life:Mostyn was born on 31 July 1673. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Mostyn, 2nd Baronet, of Mostyn in Flintshire, north Wales, and inherited the title on the death of his father in 1692. He attended the University of Oxford, matriculating from Jesus College in 1690. He was elected as MP...
  
  , 65