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This article is about the particular significance of the decade '''1700–1709''' to [[Wales]] and [[Welsh people|its people]].

==Events==
1700
*Quaker emigrant [[Rowland Ellis]] is elected to represent [[Philadelphia]] in the provincial assembly.
1701
*November - [[Humphrey Humphreys]] becomes Bishop of Hereford, and is replaced as [[Bishop of Bangor]] by John Evans.
*[[Humphrey Mackworth]] becomes MP for Cardiganshire.
*[[Edward Jones (bishop)|Edward Jones]], Bishop of St Asaph, is temporarily removed from his position after being found guilty of simony and maladministration.
1702
*23rd Regiment of Foot granted the title [[Royal Welch Fusiliers|The Welsh Regiment of Fusiliers]].
1703
*[[Thomas Griffiths (Baptist)|Thomas Griffiths]] and a small group of followers settle at [[Welsh Tract]], [[Delaware]], where they found the Welsh Tract Baptist church.
*[[Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet]], marries Lady Essex Finch.
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
*[[George Bull]] becomes [[Bishop of St David's]].
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
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1708
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*[[Edmund Meyrick]] sets up a school at Carmarthen.
*[[Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol]], marries Cecil Mathew of Castell y Mynach in Pentyrch.

1709
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==Arts and literature==

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==New books==
1702
*[[David Maurice]] - ''Cynffwrdd i'r gwan Gristion, neu'r gorsen ysig'' (translation from work of [[Theophilus Dorrington]])
1703
*[[Ellis Wynne]] - ''Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc''
1704
*[[Robert Nelson (nonjuror)|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
*[[William Jones (mathematician)|William Jones]] - ''Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos''
1707
*[[Edward Lhuyd]] - [[Archæologia Britannica|''Archaeologia Britannica, vol. 1: Glossography'']]

==Births==
1700
*[[8 March]] – [[William Morgan (of Tredegar, elder)|William Morgan]] the elder, of Tredegar, politician (d. 1731)
*''date unknown'' - [[Guto Nyth Brân]], legendary athlete (d. 1737)
*''probable'' – [[Lewis Evans (surveyor)|Lewis Evans]], surveyor (d. 1756)

1701
*''date unknown'' - [[Richard Trevor (bishop)|Richard Trevor]], bishop (d. 1771)

1702
*[[20 May]] - [[Thomas Morgan (judge advocate)|Thomas Morgan]], judge (d. 1769)
*''date unknown'' - [[Humphrey Owen]], academic (d. 1768)

1703
*[[2 February]] - [[Richard Morris (folklorist)|Richard Morris]], one of the celebrated Morris brothers of Anglesey (d. 1779)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-MORR-RIC-1703|title=Morris, Richard (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society|author=Robert Thomas Jenkins|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref>
*''probable'' - [[Henry Arthur Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis]] (d. 1772)
1704
*May - [[Ann Maddocks]], the "maid of Cefn Ydfa" (d. 1727)

1705
*[[6 May]] - [[William Morris (botanist)|William Morris]], botanist, one of the Morris brothers of Anglesey (d. 1763)

1707
*[[1 February]] - [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]] (d. 1751)

1708
*[[8 December]] - [[Charles Hanbury Williams]], diplomat and satirist (d. 1759)
*''date unknown'' - [[John Pettingall]], antiquary (d. 1781)

1709
*''date unknown''
**[[Joseph Hoare (college principal)|Joseph Hoare]], academic (d. 1802)
**[[David Williams (1709-1784)|David Williams]], schoolmaster (d. 1784)

==Deaths==
1700
*[[27 June]] - [[Hugh Owen (minister)|Hugh Owen]], Independent minister, 60?
*[[11 July]] - [[William Williams (speaker)|William Williams]], Speaker of the House of Commons, 66
*September – [[Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet]], politician
*[[8 December]] - [[Edward Harley (Parliamentarian)|Edward Harley]], politician, 76
*[[16 December]] - [[Thomas Morgan (of Dderw)]], politician, 36 (smallpox)
1701
*''date unknown'' - [[Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet]] (in a duel)
1702
*January - [[James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey]], 31
*[[25 March]] - [[Lewis Wogan]], High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire, age unknown<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-WOGA-PEN-1250|title=Wogan families, Pembrokeshire|author=Bertie George Charles|access-date=20 July 2019}}</ref>
1703
*[[10 May]] - [[Edward Jones (bishop)|Edward Jones]], Bishop of St Asaph, 62
1704
*May - [[William Wynne (historian)|William Wynne]], historian
1705
*''date unknown'' - [[Lionel Wafer]], explorer, 65
1707
*''date unknown'' - [[Edward Ravenscroft]], dramatist
1708
*[[1 December]] - [[William Wogan (politician)|William Wogan]], politician
1709
*[[30 June]] - [[Edward Lhuyd]], naturalist, 49
1717
*[[20 May]] - [[John Trevor (speaker)|John Trevor]] lawyer and politician, expelled Speaker of the House of Commons, c.80
1720
*[[7 March]] - [[John Morgan (of Rhiwpera)]], politician, 49<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/morgan-john-ii-1671-1720| title= MORGAN, John II (1671-1720), of Tredegar, Mon.| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1690-1715)| accessdate = 18 August 2018}}</ref>
*[[22 August]] - [[Sir Thomas Powell, 1st Baronet]], politician, about 55<ref>{{HistoryofParliament |1690 |last=Hayton|first=D. W.|title=Powell, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (c.1665-1720)|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/powell-sir-thomas-1665-1720}}</ref>
*[[29 August]] - Charles Williams, merchant, 87<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-WILL-CHA-1633|title=Williams, Charles (1633-1720), benefactor of his native town, Caerleon-on-Usk|author=Robert Thomas Jenkins|fewer-links=yes|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref>
1725
*[[18 January]] - [[Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley]], Lord Lieutenant of North Wales, 62<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Cholmondeley, Hugh (d.1724)|volume=10}}</ref>
*[[25 July]] - Rev Thomas Griffith, 80, first pastor of [[Welsh Tract Baptist Church]], Delaware, USA.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.newrivernotes.com/de/wt.htm|title= History of the Welsh Tract Baptist Church, Pencander Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware|accessdate= 2012-12-14}}</ref>
*[[29 November]] - [[William Jones (college principal)|William Jones]], 49, Principal of [[Jesus College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite book | title=The [[Victoria County History|Victoria History]] of the County of Oxford Volume III - The University of Oxford | publisher=The University of London Institute of Historical Research|year=1954| last=Baker |first= J. N. L. |authorlink=J. N. L. Baker |pages=278}}</ref>
*[[15 December]] - [[Francis Edwardes]], politician<ref>{{cite book|author=Romney Sedgwick|title=The House of Commons, 1715-1754: Members E-Y|url=https://archive.org/details/houseofcommons170000sedg|url-access=registration|year=1970|publisher=History of Parliament Trust|page=4.5}}</ref>
1790
*[[4 March]] - [[Samuel Hallifax]], Bishop of St Asaph, 57<ref>{{acad|HLFS749S|Samuel Hallifax}}</ref>
*[[20 March]] - [[Thomas Richards of Coychurch]], cleric and lexicographer, 80<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Richards, Thomas (1710?-1790)}}</ref>
*[[24 August]] - [[John Worgan]], organist and composer, 66<ref>{{cite DNB|first=Frederick George|last= Edwards| wstitle=Worgan, John |volume=63}}</ref>
*[[16 October]] - [[Daniel Rowland (preacher)|Daniel Rowland]], Methodist leader, c.79<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-ROWL-DAN-1713|title=Rowland, Daniel (1713-1790), Methodist cleric|author=Gomer Morgan Roberts|access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[5 November]] - [[Michael Lort]], clergyman, academic and antiquary, 65<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Lort, Michael}}</ref>

==References==
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