1756 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1756 to Wales
and its people
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Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and its people
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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Incumbents
- Prince of WalesPrince of WalesPrince 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...
- George, Prince of Wales - Princess of WalesPrincess of WalesPrincess 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...
- vacant
Events
- Lewis MorrisLewis Morris (1701-1765)Lewis Morris was a Welsh hydrographer, antiquary, poet and lexicographer, the eldest of the Morris brothers of Anglesey....
loses his post as collector of tolls at Aberdovey.
Births
- January
- Richard GriffithsRichard Griffiths (industrialist)Dr. Richard Griffiths was a Welsh industrial pioneer. Griffiths is notable for building the first recognised transport links into the Rhondda Valley paving the way for future coal exploration into one of the world's richest coal fields....
, industrial pioneer who opened up transport links into the RhonddaRhonddaRhondda , or the Rhondda Valley , is a former coal mining valley in Wales, formerly a local government district, consisting of 16 communities built around the River Rhondda. The valley is made up of two valleys, the larger Rhondda Fawr valley and the smaller Rhondda Fach valley...
(d. 1826)
- Richard Griffiths
- June 7 - Edward Davies ("Celtic" Davies), writer (d. 1831)
- June 23 - Thomas JonesThomas Jones (mathematician)Thomas Jones was Head Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge for twenty years and an outstanding teacher of mathematics. He is notable as a mentor of Adam Sedgwick....
, mathematician (d. 1807) - November 18 - Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St David's (d. 1837)
- date unknown - Thomas Jones of DenbighThomas Jones of DenbighThomas Jones , called "Thomas Jones of Denbigh" to differentiate him from namesakes, was a Welsh minister and author.-Life history:...
, minister and author (d. 1820)
Deaths
- October 28 - Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort, 47
- date unknown - Lewis EvansLewis Evans (surveyor)Lewis Evans , was a Welsh surveyor and geographer, working principally in British America.Lewis Evans was born in Caernarfonshire, Wales...
, surveyor, 56?