1773 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1773 to Wales and its people.

← 1772 1771 1770 1769 1768 1773 in Wales → 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1773 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• 22 April - An earthquake occurs in the Caernarfon area, with an estimated strength of 3.7.[1]
• 7 November - Richard Morris makes his will.[2]
• 25 November - Walter Siddons marries Sarah Kemble.[3]
• date unknown
  • Dolauhirion Bridge is built on the Llandovery to Cilycwm road by William Edwards.[4]
  • David Williams, having resigned from the ministry, opens a school in Chelsea.[5]

Arts and literature

New books

• Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - Rhybudd Cyfr-drist i'r Diofal a Difraw[6]
• John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) - Geirlyfr Ysgrythurol[7]

Music

• James Rivington settles in New York, where he begins selling musical instruments, including "Welsh harps".[8]

Births

• 21 February - Titus Lewis, preacher and writer (died 1811)[9]
• 14 November - Stapleton Stapleton-Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, military leader (died 1865)[10]
• date unknown - Joseph Harris (Gomer), writer (died 1825)

Deaths

• 16 February - Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet, 71[11]
• 21 July - Howell Harris, Methodist leader, 59[12]

References

1. "Notes on individual earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
2. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Parry, William (1719-1775), civil servant, secretary of the first Cymmrodorion Society". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
3. Walter Calvert (1897). Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry: A Record of Over Twenty Years at the Lyceum Theatre. H.J. Drane. p. 3.
4. A. W. Skempton (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland. Thomas Telford. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-7277-2939-2.
5. H. P. Richards (1980). David Williams (1738-1816): Author, Philosopher, Educationist, Politician and Founder of the Royal Literary Fund. D. Brown. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-905928-05-0.
6. Aneirin Lewi. "EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd or Ieuan Brydydd Hir 1731-1788), scholar, poet, and cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
7. John ROBERTS (called Siôn Robert Lewis.) (1773). Geir-lyfr Ysgrythurol: Neu Egwyddor, Yn Dangos Arwyddoccad Y Rhan Fwyaf O Eiriau, Ac Ymadroddion Caled, a Natturiaethu [sic] Creaduriaid, a Gynnhwysir, Yn Yr Hen Destament A'r Newydd ... Wedi Ei Dalfyru, Gan Mwyaf Allan O Eirlyfr Y Parchedig Mr. Wilson, Etc. S. Powell.
8. David Nicholls; Kate V. Keller; Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje (19 November 1998). The Cambridge History of American Music. Cambridge University Press. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-0-521-45429-2.
9. Rhys, William Joseph. "Biography of Titus Lewis". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
10. Shand, Alexander Innes (1902). Wellington's Lieutenants. Smith, Elder & Company. p. 394.
11. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1906), Complete Baronetage volume 5 (1707–1800), 5, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 18 February 2012
12. Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Harris, Howel(l) 1714–1773". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.