1700 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1700 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1700 in
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) â Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) â Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke[1][2]
Events
- date unknown
- Quaker emigrant Rowland Ellis is elected to represent Philadelphia in the provincial assembly.[4]
- Evan Evans travels from Wales to become rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia[5]
- The Gower family immigrates from Worcestershire into Wales.[6]
Arts and literature
New books
- John Jones â The Mysteries of Opium Revealed[7]
- David Maurice[8]
- Arweiniwr cartrefol i'r iawn a'r buddiol dderbyniad o Swperyr Arglwydd
- The Promised Reed; a sermon preach'd ... for the support of weak Christians
Births
- 8 March â William Morgan the elder, of Tredegar, politician (died 1731)[9]
- May â Sir George Wynne, 1st Baronet, of Leeswood Hall, Flintshire, landowner and politician (died 1756)[10]
- date unknown
- John Jones, clergyman and controversialist (died 1770)[11]
- Benjamin Meredith, Baptist minister (died 1749)[12]
- Guto Nyth Brân (Griffith Morgan), legendary athlete (died 1737)[13]
- probable
- John Edwards (Siôn y Potiau), poet (died 1776)[14]
- Lewis Evans, surveyor (died 1756)[15]
Deaths
- 21 January â Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, politician, 70/71[16]
- 15 March â Hugh Owen, independent minister[17]
- 11 July â Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Gray's Inn, 65/66[18]
- 19 July â John Evans, Puritan clergyman and teacher, 51/52
- 15 September â Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet, about 50 (injuries from a fall)[19]
- 16 December â Thomas Morgan (of Dderw), politician, 36 (smallpox)[20]
- probable â Owen Wynne, lawyer and civil servant, about 48[21]