1777 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1777 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1777 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire â Charles Morgan of Dderw[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â George Rice[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (from 10 June)[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer[10][2]
Events
- 1 March - David Samwell, at sea between New Zealand and Tahiti with Captain Cook, writes a pennillion.
- 22 July - The business partnership between Anthony Bacon and William Brownrigg is dissolved.
- Thomas Pennant marries, as his second wife, Anne Mostyn, daughter of Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet.[15]
- Francis Towne and John White go on a painting tour of North Wales.
Arts and literature
New books
- Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - Duwdod Crist
- Nicholas Owen - British Remains
- Thomas Pennant - British Zoology, vol. 4
- William Williams Pantycelyn - Ductor Naptiarum: Neu Gyfarwyddwr Priodas[16]
Music
- Harpist Edward Jones performs at Covent Garden.[17]
Births
- 15 June - David Daniel Davis, royal obstetrician (died 1841)[18]
- 29 August - John James, hymn-writer (died 1848)[19]
- 15 September - John Jones of Ystrad, MP (died 1842)[20]
- 7 November - Richard Bassett, Methodist minister (died 1852)[21]
- date unknown
- William Camden Edwards, engraver (died 1855)[22]
- Thomas Rees, Unitarian minister (died 1864)[23]
Deaths
- 4 March - Edward Richard, teacher and poet, 62[24]
- 5 April - Thomas Lewis, politician, 86[25]
- April - John Hodges, Methodist, 77
- 19 May - Button Gwinnett, American political leader of Welsh parentage, 41 (killed in duel)[26]
- 28 June - Chase Price, lawyer and politician, 45/6[27]
- 1 July - Sir John Glynne, 6th Baronet, 64[28]
- 30 August - Dafydd Jones, hymn-writer, 66
- 18 December - William Lloyd, translator, 60
- 23 December - Thomas Farnolls Pritchard, architect who worked in the borders of Wales and England, about 54[29]