1760s in Wales

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Other events of the decade

This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1760–1769 to Wales and its people.

Events

Arts and literature

New books

1762
*Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Tri Chydymaith Dyn
*Oliver Goldsmith - The Life of Richard Nash
1763
*Goronwy Owen et al. - Diddanwch Teuluaidd
1764
*Evan Evans - Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards
1766
*David Jones of Trefriw - Cydymaith Diddan
*John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) - Drych y Cristion
*Anna Williams - Miscellanies in Prose and Verse
1767
*Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu) - Traethawd ar Fywyd Ffydd
1768
*Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - ''Y Farddoneg Fabilonaidd''

Births

1760
*6 July - Thomas Phillips, surgeon and educational benefactor
*8 December - Morgan John Rhys, minister and author
1761
*15 July - Walter Davies, writer
*11 October - David Charles, hymn-writer
1762
*12 August - George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV
1763
*August - Peter Bailey Williams, clergyman and author
1764
*29 April - Julia Ann Hatton, novelist
*20 June - Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi), first Unitarian minister in Wales
*date unknown - Robert Waithman, lord mayor of London
1766
*March William Turner, industrialist
*6 December - Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet
*25 December - Christmas Evans, preacher
1768
*August - Sydenham Teak Edwards, botanical artist
*17 September - Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn
*24 September - Sharon Turner, historian

Deaths

1760
*April - David Lewis, poet
*25 October - King George II of Great Britain, former Prince of Wales, 76
1761
*8 April - Griffith Jones Llanddowror, pioneer in education, 77
1762
*3 February - Beau Nash, leader of fashion, 87
1763
*25 November - Richard Morris, father of the noted Morris brothers, 89
1764
*18 June - Christmas Samuel, minister and writer, 90
*22 June - Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet, 63
*26 September - Joseph Harris, Assay-master of the Royal Mint, 60
1765
*10 April - Edward Heylyn, porcelain manufacturer, 70?
*11 April - Lewis Morris, hydrographer and writer, eldest of the Morris brothers of Anglesey, 64
1767
*11 September - Theophilus Evans, clergyman and historian, 74
*17 September - Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 28
1768
*26 March - Humphrey Owen, academic, 65
1769
*July - Goronwy Owen, poet, 46