1703 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1703 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales – Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
- Lord Lieutenant of South Wales – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
- Bishop of Bangor – John Evans
- Bishop of Llandaff – William Beaw
- Bishop of St Asaph – Edward Jones ; George Hooper
- Bishop of St Davids – ''vacant''
Events
- 30 March – Catherine Price, sister of Richard Price, marries William Thomas of Cefn Ydfa, Llangynwyd; they would become the parents of Ann Maddocks.
- July – John Hanbury II marries Bridget Ayscough, the eldest daughter of Sir Edward Ayscough of Stallingbough, Lincolnshire. Sir Edward's only son having died, Bridget inherits a share of his estates and brings a fortune of £10,000 to the marriage.
- 20 July – Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet, marries Lady Essex Finch, daughter of the Earl of Nottingham.
- 28 August – Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor, marries Charlotte Herbert, daughter of Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, and widow of John Jeffreys, 2nd Baron Jeffreys
- date unknown
- *Baptist leader Thomas Griffiths and a small group of followers settle at Welsh Tract, Delaware, where they found the Welsh Tract Baptist church.
Arts and literature
New books
- James Owen – Moderation a Virtue
- Ellis Wynne – Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc
- ''Pasc y Christion''
Music
- Thomas Baddy – hymns appended to ''Pasc y Christion''
Births
- 2 February – Richard Morris, one of the celebrated Morris brothers of Anglesey
- probable – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis