1736 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1736 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Frederick, Prince of Wales
• Princess of Wales - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

Events

• April 17 - The Prince of Wales marries Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London.
• John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, becomes Dean of Wells Cathedral.^[1]
• Thomas Frye paints the Prince of Wales for the Worshipful Company of Saddlers.
• Isaac Maddox becomes Bishop of St Asaph.
• Sixty soldiers are drowned after their vessel is wrecked on the Wolves rocks near Flat Holm; the incident leads to the building of a lighthouse on the island.^[2]
• Howell Harris opens a school.
• Fortunatus Wright marries Mary, daughter of William Bulkeley, in Dublin.

Arts and literature

New books

• Anthony Ellys - A Plea for the Sacramental Test as best Security for the Church established, and very conducive to the Welfare of the State

Births

• 6 July - Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier and politician, of Welsh ancestry (d. 1802)
• 10 July - David Jones, Baptist minister (d. 1810)
• 31 August - David Ellis, clergyman, poet and transcriber of manuscripts (d. 1795)
• 22 October - John Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian (d. 1769)
• date unknown
  • Charles Morgan, politician (d. 1787)
  • Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough, politician (d. 1807)

Deaths

• none known

References

1. Thomas, Lawrence. "Harris, John (1680–1738), bishop of Llandaff". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
2. Chaplin, Captain W.R. (1960). The History of Flat Holm Lighthouse. Reprinted from the American Neptune V. XX.