1758 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1758 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
- April - Goronwy OwenGoronwy Owen (poet)Goronwy Owen was one of the 18th century's greatest Welsh poets. He mastered the traditional bardic metres and, although forced by circumstances to be an exile, played an important role in the literary and antiquarian movement in Wales often described as the Welsh Eighteenth Century Renaissance...
becomes headmaster of the grammar school attached to William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VirginiaWilliamsburg, VirginiaWilliamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 Census, the city had an estimated population of 14,068. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...
. - July 13 - Josiah TuckerJosiah TuckerJosiah Tucker , also known as Dean Tucker, was a Welsh churchman, known as an economist and political writer. He was concerned in his works with free trade, Jewish emancipation and American independence...
becomes Dean of Gloucester. - October - Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) becomes curate of Llanllechid.
- The LlangibbyLlangibbyLlangibby can refer to:*Llangybi, Monmouthshire , a town in Wales.Ships named after this town, or its castle:*Llangibby *MV Llangibby Castle...
estate passes into the hands of the Addams-Williams family when the original Williams line dies out.
Deaths
- January 24 - William WoganWilliam Wogan (religious writer)William Wogan was a religious writer, the son of Ethelred Wogan, the Rector of Gumfreston and Vicar of Penally, Pembroke....
, religious writer, 79 - March 18 - Matthew HuttonMatthew Hutton (Archbishop of Canterbury)Matthew Hutton was a high churchman in the Church of England, serving as Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury...
, Archbishop of Canterbury and former Bishop of Bangor, 65 - March 24 - Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet, 53