This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1750–1759 to Wales and its people.
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Events edit
Arts and literature edit
New books edit
1750
- Griffith Hughes - Natural History of Barbados
- Daniel Rowland - Ymddiddan rhwng Methodist Uniawngred ac un Cyfeiliornus
1752
- Theophilus Evans - A History of Modern Enthusiasm
1757
- 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 edit
1751
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 1
1754
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 2
1755
- Morgan Rhys - Golwg o Ben Nebo, ar Wlad yr Addewid (hymns)
1756
- Elis Roberts - "Argulus"
1757
- Elis Roberts - "Jeils"
1759
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Rhai Hymnau a Chaniadau Duwiol
Births edit
1750
- June - William Morgan, actuary (d. 1833)
1751
- 22 January - David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), poet (d. 1827)
- 15 October - David Samwell, naval surgeon and companion of Captain Cook (d. 1798)
1752
- 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)
1754
- date unknown - Charles Hassall, surveyor (d. 1814)
1755
- 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)
1756
- 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)
1757
- date unknown - Sir Thomas Foley, admiral (d. 1833)
1758
- August - Sir Thomas Picton, soldier (d. 1815)
1759
- 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 edit
1750
- 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
1751
- 31 March - Frederick, Prince of Wales, 44
- date unknown - Thomas Mathews, admiral, 75
1752
- 31 May - "Madam" Sidney Griffith, Methodist supporter
1754
- 10 January - Erasmus Lewis, writer and civil servant, 83
- March - Henry Vaughan, Radnorshire landowner, 33 (murdered)
- 12 July - Zachariah Williams, inventor, 81
1755
- 30 June - Edward Wynne, lawyer and landowner
1756
- date unknown - Lewis Evans, surveyor, 56?
1757
- December - John Dyer, poet, 56
1758
- 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
1759
- 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