1786 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1786 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- December 25 - Plymouth ironworks is leased to Richard Hill.
- The Kinmel estate is sold to the Rev Edward Hughes.
- Abraham Rees completes his edition of Chambers 's Encyclopaedia, and is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his work.
- Charles Pratt is created Earl Camden.
Arts and literature
New books
- David Samwell - A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook
- Hester Lynch Piozzi - Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., during the last twenty years of his life
Music
- William Ellis - Ychydig o Hymnau a Chaniadau Newyddion (collection of hymns)
- Benjamin Francis - Aleluia (collection of hymns)
Births
- May - John Jones, printer and inventor (died 1865)
- June 22 - Ellis Evans, minister and author (died 1864)
Deaths
- January 21 - Anthony Bacon, ironmaster, 67
- September 16 - Edward Parry, preacher, poet and hymn-writer, 63
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