1760 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1760 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 (to 25 October) - 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
- 25 October - The Prince of Wales succeeds his grandfather, King George IIGeorge II of Great BritainGeorge 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...
, on the throne of Great Britain. - Lewis Morris settles his long-standing legal appeal and is appointed JP for Cardiganshire.
- John GuestJohn GuestJohn Guest was a Commodore of the United States Navy, whose active-duty career lasted from the late 1830s through the Civil War.Guest was born in Missouri on 7 March, 1822...
of Broseley becomes manager of the Dowlais ironworks.
Births
- 6 July - Thomas PhillipsThomas Phillips (educational benefactor)Thomas Phillips , was an educational benefactor, a founder of St David's College, Lampeter, and the founder of Llandovery College in Wales....
, surgeon and educational benefactor (d. 1851) - 8 December - Morgan John RhysMorgan John RhysMorgan John Rhys was a Baptist minister who preached the principles of the French Revolution, against slavery, and in favour of the reform of parliament....
, Baptist minister (d. 1804)
Deaths
- April - David LewisDavid Lewis (poet)-Life:Lewis was the son of Roger Lewis of Llanddewi Felffre, in the county of Pembrokeshire, and was probably born in Wales. He studied at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating in 1698 and obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1702. He was undermaster at Westminster School...
, poet - 29 April - James Davies, Independent minister
- 25 October - King George II of Great BritainGeorge II of Great BritainGeorge 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...
, former Prince of Wales, 76 - October - William Bulkeley, diarist, 68
- date unknown - Thomas RichardsThomas Richards (cleric)Thomas Richards was a Welsh Anglican priest and writer.-Life:Richards was born in about 1687 in Llanychaearn, Cardiganshire, south Wales and educated at Jesus College, Oxford, where Joseph Trapp, the Oxford Professor of Poetry, described him as the best Latin poet since Virgil. Richards was...
, clergyman and writer