1766 in Wales
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Events from the year 1766 in Wales.
Incumbents
Events
- February 19 - Thomas Kymer is granted an Act of Parliament allowing him to construct the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal.
- May 12 - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet, marries Margaret, daughter of Rev Hugh Wynn and heiress to the Bodysgallen estate.
- John, Lord Mountstuart marries Charlotte Jane, granddaughter of Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor.
Arts and literature
New books
- David Jones of Trefriw (ed.) - Cydymaith Diddan
- John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) - Drych y Cristion
- Anna Williams - Miscellanies in Prose and Verse
Music
Births
- March - William Turner, industrialist (died 1853)
- December 6 - Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet (died 1850)
- December 25 - Christmas Evans, preacher (died 1838)
Deaths
- November 17 - Morgan Morgan, 78, Welsh-born American colonist