1771 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1771 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- December
- First meeting of the Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion is held; Owen Jones is its president.
- Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, marries Charlotte Grenville.
Arts and literature
New books
- David Williams - The Philosopher, in Three Conversations
- Williams Evans - A New English-Welsh dictionary: Containing All Words Necessary for Reading an English Author
Music
- Elis Roberts - Tair Rhan Oes Dyn
- Peter Williams (1722-1796) - Hymns on Various Subjects (includes "Prayer for Strength", the first English translation of the hymn "Cwm Rhondda")
Births
- May 14 - Robert Owen, socialist (d. 1858)
Deaths
- May 15 - Thomas Morgan (of Rhiwpera), politician, 43
- date unknown
- Lewis Hopkin, poet
- Richard Trevor, former bishop of St David's
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