1719 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales 1719 in Great Britain Ireland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1719 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George, Prince of Wales
• Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach

Events

• The wrought-iron gates at Chirk Castle and St Giles' Church, Wrexham, are completed by the Davies Brothers of Bersham.
• The first permanent legal printing press in Wales is established at Adpar by Isaac Carter of Carmarthenshire. It is believed that its first two publications are Cân o Senn i’w hen Feistr Tobacco by Alban Thomas and Cân ar Fesur Triban ynghylch Cydwybod a’i Chynheddfau.^[1]
• On the death without heirs of Sir John Wynne, the Wynnstay estate passes to Jane Thelwall, the great-granddaughter of Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet.

Arts and literature

New books

• Christmas Samuel - Catecism o'r Scrythur

Births

• February - William Edwards, clergyman and bridge engineer (d. 1789)
• 22 February - Joshua Thomas, writer and Particular Baptist minister (d. 1797)
• 17 June - Joshua Parry, nonconformist minister and writer (d. 1776)
• 30 November - Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, future Princess of Wales (d. 1772)
• date unknown - Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician (d. 1769)

Deaths

• 19 June - Captain Howell Davis, pirate, ca 29
• date unknown - Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet

References

1. "About Adpar". Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar. Retrieved 2012-02-11.