17th century | 1710s | Other years in Wales
Other events of the decade

This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1700–1709 to Wales and its people.

Events

1700

1701

1702

1703

1704

  • Jane Kemeys marries Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet, resulting in an alliance between two important families and the beginning of the Kemeys-Tynte dynasty.
  • July - Richard Vaughan of Corsygedol becomes Constable of Harlech Castle.

1705

1706

  • Crickhowell Bridge rebuilt in stone.
  • Humphrey Mackworth's company grants £20 a year towards a charity school at Esgair Hir mine in Cardiganshire, £30 a year towards a minister there, and £20 a year towards a charity school at Neath.

1707

1708

1709

Arts and literature

New books

1702

1703

1704

  • Robert Nelson - A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England

1705

  • Myles Davies - The Recantation of Mr. Pollett, a Roman priest
  • Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus (the letters of Katherine Philips (posthumously published)

1706

1707

Births

1700

1701

1702

1703

  • 2 February - Richard Morris, one of the celebrated Morris brothers of Anglesey (d. 1779)[1]
  • probable - Henry Arthur Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis (d. 1772)

1704

1705

  • 6 May - William Morris, botanist, one of the Morris brothers of Anglesey (d. 1763)

1707

1708

1709

Deaths

1700

1701

1702

1703

1704

1705

1707

1708

1709

1717

  • 20 May - John Trevor lawyer and politician, expelled Speaker of the House of Commons, c.80

1720

1725

1790

References

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  2. Bertie George Charles. "Wogan families, Pembrokeshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. "MORGAN, John II (1671-1720), of Tredegar, Mon". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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  5. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Williams, Charles (1633-1720), benefactor of his native town, Caerleon-on-Usk". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  6. Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Cholmondeley, Hugh (d.1724)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  7. "History of the Welsh Tract Baptist Church, Pencander Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware". Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  8. Baker, J. N. L. (1954). The Victoria History of the County of Oxford Volume III - The University of Oxford. The University of London Institute of Historical Research. p. 278.
  9. Romney Sedgwick (1970). The House of Commons, 1715-1754: Members E-Y. History of Parliament Trust. p. 4.5.
  10. "Samuel Hallifax (HLFS749S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  11. "Richards, Thomas (1710?-1790)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  12. Edwards, Frederick George (1900). "Worgan, John" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  13. Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Rowland, Daniel (1713-1790), Methodist cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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