1750s in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1750–1759 to Wales and its people.

Events

 * 1750 in Wales
 * 1751 in Wales
 * 1752 in Wales
 * 1753 in Wales
 * 1754 in Wales
 * 1755 in Wales
 * 1756 in Wales
 * 1757 in Wales
 * 1758 in Wales
 * 1759 in Wales

New books
1750 1752 1757
 * Griffith Hughes - Natural History of Barbados
 * Daniel Rowland - Ymddiddan rhwng Methodist Uniawngred ac un Cyfeiliornus
 * Theophilus Evans - A History of Modern Enthusiasm
 * John Dyer - The Fleece
 * Elizabeth Griffith - A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances
 * Joseph Harris - An Essay Upon Money and Coins
 * Joshua Thomas - Tystiolaeth y Credadyn

Music
1751 1754 1755 1756 1757 1759
 * William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 1
 * William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 2
 * Morgan Rhys - Golwg o Ben Nebo, ar Wlad yr Addewid (hymns)
 * Elis Roberts - "Argulus"
 * Elis Roberts - "Jeils"
 * William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Rhai Hymnau a Chaniadau Duwiol

Births
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 * June - William Morgan, actuary (d. 1833)
 * 22 January - David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), poet (d. 1827)
 * 15 October - David Samwell, naval surgeon and companion of Captain Cook (d. 1798)
 * 2 January - Nicholas Owen, priest and antiquary (d. 1811)
 * 18 January - Josiah Boydell, painter (d. 1817)
 * March - Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin), harpist (d. 1824)
 * date unknown
 * Richard Llwyd, poet and writer (d. 1835)
 * Thomas Assheton Smith I, industrialist (d. 1828)
 * date unknown - Charles Hassall, surveyor (d. 1814)
 * 22 February - Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (d. 1843)
 * 5 July - Sarah Siddons, actress (d. 1831)
 * 14 October - Thomas Charles of Bala, priest (d. 1814)
 * 7 June - Edward Davies ("Celtic" Davies), writer (d. 1831)
 * 23 June - Thomas Jones, mathematician (d. 1807)
 * date unknown - Thomas Jones of Denbigh, minister and author (d. 1820)
 * date unknown - Sir Thomas Foley, admiral (d. 1833)
 * August - Sir Thomas Picton, soldier (d. 1815)
 * 16 March - Sir John Nicholl, politician and judge (d. 1838)
 * 7 August - William Owen Pughe, lexicographer (d. 1835)
 * 18 October - Theophilus Jones, historian (d. 1812)

Deaths
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 * 9 January - Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, 56
 * 29 November - Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel
 * date unknown - Sir Samuel Pennant, Lord Mayor of London
 * 31 March - Frederick, Prince of Wales, 44
 * date unknown - Thomas Mathews, admiral, 75
 * 31 May - "Madam" Sidney Griffith, Methodist supporter
 * 10 January - Erasmus Lewis, writer and civil servant, 83
 * March - Henry Vaughan, Radnorshire landowner, 33 (murdered)
 * 12 July - Zachariah Williams, inventor, 81
 * 30 June - Edward Wynne, lawyer and landowner
 * date unknown - Lewis Evans, surveyor, 56?
 * December - John Dyer, poet, 56
 * 24 January - William Wogan, religious writer, 79
 * 18 March - Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of Canterbury and former Bishop of Bangor, 65
 * 24 March - Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet, 53
 * 11 August - John Heylyn, Welsh-descended priest, 74
 * 2 November - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist, 50
 * date unknown - Isaac Maddox, Bishop of St Asaph, 62