1775 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1775 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Charles Morgan of Dderw
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan ; Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet ; Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
- Bishop of Bangor – John Moore
- Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington
- Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley
- Bishop of St Davids – James Yorke
Events
- 19 April - Outbreak of the American Revolutionary War:
- *Anthony Bacon obtains munitions contracts for his ironworks.
- *Fort Belan built commanding the western end of the Menai Strait by Thomas Wynn.
- 8 September - An earthquake measuring 5.1 is felt in Swansea.
- 18 September - Dr Samuel Johnson accompanies Hester Thrale and her husband Henry on a visit to France.
Arts and literature
New books
- Edward Evans - An Address delivered before the Association of Ministers at Dref Wen, near Newcastle Emlyn, with two Hymns
- Elizabeth Griffith - The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated
- Nicholas Owen - ''History of the Island of Anglesea''
Music
- Dafydd Jones - Hymnau a Chaniadau Ysprydol
- Morgan Rhys - Golwg o Ben Nebo, 3rd ed.
- Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) arrives in London.
Births
- 22 February - John Hughes, minister, author and hymn-writer
- 7 May - John Parry, minister and author
- 25 November - Charles Kemble, actor
- December - John Jones (Archdeacon of Merioneth), Anglican priest and writer
- date unknown - John Roberts, Anglican priest and writer
Deaths
- 11 April - Roger Mostyn, Canon of Windsor, 54/55
- 12 April - William Vaughan (MP), politician, about 68
- 10 May - Caroline Matilda, queen consort of Sweden, daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 23
- 14 August - Sir Lynch Cotton, 4th Baronet, about 70