1778 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1778 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1778 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[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
- 9 September - Benjamin Millingchamp, is appointed chaplain on board the flagship of Admiral Sir Edward Hughes.[15]
- date unknown
- A furnace is built at Sirhowy by Thomas Atkinson and William Barrow of London. This is the first stage of the Tredegar ironworks.[16]
- Elizabeth Baker leaves her job as secretary to Hugh Vaughan at Hengwrt to live in the adjoining house of Doluwcheogryd.[17]
- Claiming himself as a prophet, watchmaker James Birch founds his own religious sect, the "Birchites", in Pembrokeshire.[18]
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Jones - Traethiadau ar Gatecism Eglwys Loegr: gyda phregeth ar Gonffirmasiwn (translation)[19]
- Thomas Pennant - Tour in Wales[20]
- David William - Gorfoledd ym Mhebyll Seion[21]
- Nathaniel Williams - Dialogus
Music
- Blind harpist John Parry and his son David play Handel's choruses on two Welsh harps at the court of King George III of Great Britain.[22]
Births
- 28 July - Jacob Owen, architect, (died 1870)[23]
- 21 August - Lewis Weston Dillwyn, porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and politician (died 1855)[24]
- September - William Howels, preacher (died 1832)[25]
- 29 September - Benjamin Hall, industrialist and politician (died 1817)[26]
- 20 November - Thomas Williams (Gwilym Morgannwg), poet (died 1835)[27]
- 24 November - Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, admiral (died 1845)[28]
- date unknown - David Rowlands, naval surgeon (died 1846)
Deaths
- 25 April - James Relly, Methodist minister, 56?[29]
- 6 October - William Worthington, priest and author, 74[30]
- date unknown - William Owen, Royal Navy officer, 40/41[31]