1749 in Wales

1749 in Wales

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1749 in: Great Britain • Ireland

Other events of 1749

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1749 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales
  • Frederick, Prince of Wales
• Princess of Wales
  • Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

Events

• April 8 - Charles Wesley marries Sarah Gwynne of Garth.
• July 19 - "Madam" Sidney Griffith accompanies Howell Harris to the Llangeitho association - the beginning of a relationship that would cause considerable controversy.
• September 23 - Harris finds "Madam Griffith" awaiting him at Trevecka, with the news that her husband, now bankrupt, has beaten her and thrown her out of the house for refusing to give him any more money.

Arts and literature

New books

• Zachariah Williams - A True Narrative of certain Circumstances relating to Zachariah Williams in the Charterhouse

Music

Births

• May 12 - Charles Francis Greville, founder of Milford Haven (d. 1809)
• May 13 - Prince Frederick of Wales, youngest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (d. 1765)
• September 23 - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, politician (d. 1789)
• date unknown - Thomas Owen, Anglican priest and translator (d. 1812)

Deaths

• May - Winifred Herbert, Countess of Nithsdale, 58?
• July 3 - Sir William Jones, mathematician, 74
• August - Angharad James, poet, 72
• September 26 - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet, 57