1728 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1728 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- August - Richard Smalbroke, Bishop of St Davids, commended the treatise on the authority of Scripture by Faustus Socinus, with the result that the work was translated into English and published in 1731 with a dedication to the Queen, Caroline of Ansbach.
- date unknown
- The Coronet of Frederick, Prince of Wales, is made, probably by royal goldsmith Samuel Shales, at a cost of £140 5/- (one hundred and forty pounds and five shillings)
- Poet John Morgan becomes vicar of Matching, Essex, which leads to his commonly being known as John Morgan Matchin.[1]
- Main Street North Wales, Pennsylvania, originally an old Indian trail, is laid out as the "Great Road".
- Watkin Williams-Wynn, the future 3rd Baronet, is mayor of Oswestry.[2]
Arts and literature
New books
Music
Births
Deaths
- 13 September - William Gambold, grammarian, 56[6]
References
- ↑ Edwards, Huw M. (2004). "Morgan, John (1688–1733/4)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ↑ Cokayne, G.E. (Editor) (1904). The Complete Baronetage, Volume IV. William Pollard & Co. p. 150.
- ↑ Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, ISBN 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books
- ↑ Brymbo Steelworks – The last tap, Wrexham County Borough Council
- ↑ Sutton, C. W.; Brown, Sarah Annes (2004). "Owen, Edward (1728/9–1807)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ↑ Y Bywgraffiadur Ar-lein
1728 in Wales