1778
in
Wales
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1750s
  • 1760s
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
1778 in
Great Britain
Scotland
Elsewhere

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1778 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

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

Music

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
  3. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
  4. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
  5. Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
  6. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
  7. "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  8. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
  9. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
  10. Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
  11. Tobias Smollett, ed. (1775). The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. p. 159.
  12. "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  13. The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
  14. Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
  15. William Llewelyn Davies. "Millingchamp, Benjamin (1756-1829), naval chaplain and collector of Oriental manuscripts". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  16. "Sirhowy Iron Works". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  17. William Llewelyn Davies. "Baker, Elizabeth (c.1720-1789), diarist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  18. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Birch, James (died 1795?), watchmaker and sectary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  19. Elwyn Evans. "Jones, Thomas (1720?-1790), cleric and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  20. "Thomas Pennant, A tour in Wales". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  21. Gomer Morgan Roberts. "William, David (1720-1794), hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  22. Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-1-78316-299-4.
  23. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Dillwyn family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  24. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Howells, William" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  25. David Williams. "Hall, Benjamin (1778-1817), industrialist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  26. Thomas John Morgan. "Williams, Thomas (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778-1835), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  27. O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Davenport, Salusbury Pryce" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray via Wikisource.
  28. "Relly, James" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  29. Cooper, Thompson; Major, Emma (January 2008). "Worthington, William (17031778)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
  30. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society. 1914. p. 104.
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