1700s in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1700–1709 to Wales and its people.

17th century | 1710s | Other years in Wales
Other events of the decade

Incumbents

Events

1700

1701

1702

1703

1704

  • Jane Kemeys marries Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet, resulting in an alliance between two important families and the beginning of the Kemeys-Tynte dynasty.
  • July - Richard Vaughan of Corsygedol becomes Constable of Harlech Castle.

1705

1706

  • Crickhowell Bridge rebuilt in stone.
  • Humphrey Mackworth's company grants £20 a year towards a charity school at Esgair Hir mine in Cardiganshire, £30 a year towards a minister there, and £20 a year towards a charity school at Neath.

1707

1708

1709

New books

1702

1703

1704

  • Robert Nelson - A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England

1705

  • Myles Davies - The Recantation of Mr. Pollett, a Roman priest
  • Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus (the letters of Katherine Philips (posthumously published)

1706

1707

  • Edward Lhuyd - Archaeologia Britannica, vol. 1: Glossography

Births

1700

1701

1702

1703

  • February 2 - Richard Morris, one of the celebrated Morris brothers of Anglesey (d. 1779)[1]
  • probable - Henry Arthur Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis (d. 1772)

1704

1705

  • May 6 - William Morris, botanist, one of the Morris brothers of Anglesey (d. 1763)

1707

1708

1709

Deaths

1700

1701

1702

1703

1704

1705

1707

1708

1709

1717

  • May 20 - John Trevor lawyer and politician, expelled Speaker of the House of Commons, c.80

References

  1. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Morris, Richard (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. Bertie George Charles. "Wogan families, Pembrokeshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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