1775 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1775 to Wales and its people.

← 1774 1773 1772 1771 1770 1775 in Wales → 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1775 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

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

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.[1]
• 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[2]
• Elizabeth Griffith - The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated[3]
• Nicholas Owen (attr.) - History of the Island of Anglesea

Music

• Dafydd Jones - Hymnau a Chaniadau Ysprydol (hymns and psalms)
• Morgan Rhys - Golwg o Ben Nebo, 3rd ed. (collection of hymns)
• Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) arrives in London.

Births

• 22 February - John Hughes, minister and author (died 1854)
• 7 May - John Parry, minister and author (died 1846)
• 25 November - Charles Kemble, actor (died 1854)
• date unknown
  • John Jones (Archdeacon of Merioneth), Anglican priest and writer (died 1834)
  • John Roberts, Anglican priest and writer (died 1829)[4]

Deaths

• 11 April - Roger Mostyn, Canon of Windsor, 54/55[5]
• 12 April - William Vaughan (MP), politician, about 68[6]
• 10 May - Caroline Matilda, queen consort of Sweden, daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 23 (scarlet fever)[7]
• 14 August - Sir Lynch Cotton, 4th Baronet, about 70[8]

References

1. W. Toone (1834). A Chronological Record, of the Remarkable Public Events, ... During the Reigns of George the Third and Fourth, and His Present Majesty ... Bennett. p. 149.
2. Thomas Rowland Roberts (1908). Eminent Welshmen: A Short Biographical Dictionary of Welshmen who Have Attained Distinction from the Earliest Times to the Present. Educational Publishing Company. p. 99.
3. Elizabeth Griffith (1775). The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated. T. Cadell .
4. Jenkins, Robert Thomas (2007). "Roberts, John (1775–1829), cleric and author". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
5. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
6. "VAUGHAN, William (?1707-75), of Corsygedol, Merion". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
7. Ward, Adolphus William (1887). "Caroline Matilda". Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900. London: Smith, Elder, & Co. pp. 145–150.
8. "COTTON, Sir Lynch Salusbury, 4th Bt. (c.1705-75), of Combermere, Cheshire and Llewenny, Denb". History of Parliament Onlineaccessdate=3 October 2018.