1761 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1761 to Wales and its people.

← 1760 1759 1758 1757 1756 1761 in Wales → 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1761 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - vacant
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• Edward Allgood II (1712–1801) establishes a japannery at Usk .
• Goronwy Owen takes up his position as a rector in Virginia, and his salary is agreed.[1]

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Pennant - British Zoology, volume 1
• John Wesley - Rules of the United Societies, translated into Welsh by John Evans of Bala.[2]

Music

• John Parry - A Collection of Welsh, English and Scotch Airs[3]

Births

February: Lady Willoughby de Eresby

• 16 February - Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, Welsh-descended noblewoman and Baroness Gwydyr (died 1828)
• 15 July - Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), writer (died 1849)
• 11 October - David Charles, hymn-writer (died 1834)
• date unknown
  • Charles Heath, Radical printer and writer, twice Mayor of Monmouth, in Worcestershire (died 1831)
  • Elizabeth Whitlock, sister of Sarah Siddons and Julia Ann Hatton
  • Helen Maria Williams, novelist and poet, in Scotland (died 1827)[4]

Deaths

• 4 February - Samuel Davies, Welsh-descended evangelist in America, 37 (pneumonia)
• 8 April - Griffith Jones Llanddowror, pioneer in education, 77[5]
• 27 April - Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Clapton, Welsh-descended politician, ?31

References

1. Goronwy Owen (1876). The Poetical Works of the Rev. Goronwy Owen (Goronwy Ddu O Fon): With His Life and Correspondence. Longmans, Green. p. 11.
2. Welsh Biography Online
3. Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-7083-2358-8.
4. Author and Book Info.com
5. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1982. p. 449.