1721 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1721 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
- Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach
Events
- December 30 - Bridget Vaughan marries Arthur Bevan, a barrister.
Arts and literature
New books
- Ellis Pugh - Annerch ir Cymru (first Welsh book published in America)[1]
Births
- 17 March - Jonathan Hughes, poet (died 1805)[2]
- 30 November - John Egerton, bishop of Bangor (died 1787)
- date unknown - John Walters, lexicographer[3]
- probable - Hugh Williams, Anglican priest and writer (died 1779)
Deaths
- 8 July - Elihu Yale, benefactor of Yale University, 72
- 5 September - Thomas Edwards, orientalist, 69[4]
- date unknown - Sir William Glynne, 2nd Baronet
References
- ↑ Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- ↑ Welsh Biography Online
- ↑ Crowe, Richard (May 2005). "Walters, John (bap. 1721, d. 1797)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ↑ Welsh Biography Online
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