1744 in Wales
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Events from the year 1744 in Wales.
Incumbents
Events
- May 18 - Howell Harris marries Anne Williams.
- Richard Morris is selected by the S.P.C.K. to supervise the production of its edition of the Welsh Bible.
- The Hon. Richard Trevor replaces Edward Willes as Bishop of St David's.
Arts and literature
New books
- Jane Brereton - Poems on several occasions (posthumously published)
Music
- William Williams Pantycelyn - Aleluia (first collection of hymns)
Births
- September 17 - Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey, father of Lady Charlotte Guest (died 1818)
- date unknown
- John Hanbury, ironmaster (died 1784)
- Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (first creation) (died 1823)
Deaths
- January 19 - Lucy Herbert, writer
- March 2 - William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Jacobite, husband of Winifred Herbert
- September 21 - William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny
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