1711 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1711 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1711 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) â Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) â Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke[1][3]
Events
- 23 August - Baptist minister Rev Abel Morgan is seen off by his congregation at Rhydwilim prior to embarking for a future in America.[8]
- 23 September - Christmas Samuel is ordained at the request of his congregation at Panteg.[9]
- unknown date
- Thomas Durston begins printing Welsh language books at Shrewsbury.[10]
- Newtown Square Friends Meeting House is founded by Welsh immigrants in the Great Valley of Pennsylvania.[11]
- Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford, becomes Custos Rotulorum of Montgomeryshire.[12]
Arts and literature
New books
- Jonathan Edwards - A Vindication of the Doctrine of Original Sin from the exceptions of Dr. Daniel Whitby[13]
- William Jones - Analysis per quantitatum series, fluxiones ac differentias[14]
- Y Llyfr Gweddi Gyffredin y Cydymaith Goreu: Yn y TÅ· a'r Stafell[15]
Births
- approximate date
- Dafydd Jones, hymn-writer (died 1777)
- Josiah Owen, Presbyterian minister and controversialist (died 1755)
- Daniel Rowland, Methodist leader (died 1790)[16]
Deaths
- December - unnamed wife and son of Rev Abel Morgan (see Events), both of whom died on board ship during the voyage from Wales to Pennsylvania.[8]