View source for 1778 in Wales

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{{Use Welsh English|date=September 2019}}
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{{Year in Wales header|1778}}
This article is about the particular significance of the year '''1778''' to [[Wales]] and [[Welsh people|its people]]. 

==Incumbents==
*[[Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey]] - [[Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Breese|title=Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth|year=1873|page=24}}</ref><ref name="Sainty">{{cite book | author=J.C. Sainty | author-link=John Sainty (civil servant) | title=List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 | publisher=Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd | location=London | year=1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Nicholas | first = Thomas | title = Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales | publisher = Genealogical Pub. Co | location = Baltimore | year = 1991 | isbn = 9780806313146 | page=695}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru|publisher=University of Wales Press|year=1992|page=169}}</ref>
*[[Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire]] and [[Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire|Monmouthshire]] – [[Charles Morgan (Breconshire MP, born 1736)|Charles Morgan of Dderw]]<ref>{{cite book| author=Edwin Poole|title=The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions|publisher=Edwin Poole|year=1886|page=378}}</ref>
*[[Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire]] - [[Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough|Thomas Wynn]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Breese|title=Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth|year=1873|page=26}}</ref>
*[[Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire]] – [[Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne]]<ref name="Sainty"/>
*[[Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire]] – [[George Rice (died 1779)|George Rice]]<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Rice, George}}</ref>
*[[Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire]] - [[Richard Myddelton (1726–1795)|Richard Myddelton]]  
*[[Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire]] - [[Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet]] 
*[[Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan]] – [[John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute|John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart]]<ref>{{cite book | last = Nicholas | first = Thomas | title = Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales | publisher = Genealogical Pub. Co | location = Baltimore | year = 1991 | isbn = 9780806313146 | page=612}}</ref>
*[[Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire]] - [[Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Breese|title=Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth|year=1873|page=29}}</ref>
*[[Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire]] – [[George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis]]<ref name="Sainty"/>
*[[Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire]] – [[Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet]]<ref name="Sainty"/>
*[[Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire]] – [[Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Jonathan Williams|title=The History of Radnorshire|publisher=R. Mason|year=1859|page=115}}</ref><ref name="Sainty"/>

*[[Bishop of Bangor]] – [[John Moore (archbishop of Canterbury)|John Moore]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature|publisher=R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row|editor=[[Tobias Smollett]]|year=1775|page=159}}</ref>
*[[Bishop of Llandaff]] – [[Shute Barrington]]<ref>{{CCEd |type=appointment |id=275358 |name=Barrington, Shute |location=Llandaff |accessed=4 September 2014 }}</ref>
*[[Bishop of St Asaph]] – [[Jonathan Shipley]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England|publisher=James Parkes and Company|year=1866|page=15}}</ref>
*[[Bishop of St Davids]] – [[James Yorke (bishop)|James Yorke]]<ref name="Fasti305">{{cite book |author=Thomas Duffus Hardy |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... |publisher=University Press |year=1854 |page=305}}</ref>

==Events==
*[[9 September]] - [[Benjamin Millingchamp]], is appointed chaplain on board the flagship of Admiral Sir [[Edward Hughes (Royal Navy officer)|Edward Hughes]].<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-MILL-BEN-1756|title=Millingchamp, Benjamin (1756-1829), naval chaplain and collector of Oriental manuscripts|author=William Llewelyn Davies|access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>
*''date unknown''
**A furnace is built at [[Sirhowy Ironworks|Sirhowy]] by Thomas Atkinson and William Barrow of London.  This is the first stage of the [[Tredegar]] ironworks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Sirhowy_Iron_Works|title=Sirhowy Iron Works|website=Grace's Guide to British Industrial History|access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref>
**[[Elizabeth Baker (diarist)|Elizabeth Baker]] leaves her job as secretary to Hugh Vaughan at [[Hengwrt]] to live in the adjoining house of Doluwcheogryd.<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-BAKE-ELI-1720|title=Baker, Elizabeth (c.1720-1789), diarist|author=William Llewelyn Davies|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>
**Claiming himself as a prophet, watchmaker [[James Birch (sectary)|James Birch]] founds his own religious sect, the "Birchites", in Pembrokeshire.<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-BIRC-JAM-1795|title=Birch, James (died 1795?), watchmaker and sectary|author=Robert Thomas Jenkins|access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>

==Arts and literature==
===New books===
*Thomas Jones - ''Traethiadau ar Gatecism Eglwys Loegr: gyda phregeth ar Gonffirmasiwn'' (translation)<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-JONE-THO-1720|title=Jones, Thomas (1720?-1790), cleric and author|author=Elwyn Evans|access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Pennant]] - ''Tour in Wales''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/pictures/a-tour-in-wales/|title=Thomas Pennant, A tour in Wales|website=[[National Library of Wales]]|access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref>
*David William - ''Gorfoledd ym Mhebyll Seion''<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-WILL-DAV-1720|title=William, David (1720-1794), hymn-writer|author=Gomer Morgan Roberts|access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[Nathaniel Williams (writer)|Nathaniel Williams]] - ''Dialogus''

===Music===
*Blind harpist [[John Parry (harpist)|John Parry]] and his son David play Handel's choruses on two Welsh harps at the court of King [[George III of Great Britain]].<ref name="Kinney2011">{{cite book|author=Phyllis Kinney|title=Welsh Traditional Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jW-uBwAAQBAJ&pg=PR28|date=15 April 2011|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-1-78316-299-4|pages=28–}}</ref>

==Births==
*[[28 July]] - [[Jacob Owen]], architect, (died [[1870 in Wales|1870]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/4252/OWEN-JACOB|title=OWEN, JACOB - Dictionary of Irish Architects|website=www.dia.ie|accessdate=20 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[21 August]] - [[Lewis Weston Dillwyn]], porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and politician (died [[1855 in Wales|1855]])<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-DILL-DIL-1650|title=Dillwyn family|author=Robert Thomas Jenkins|fewer-links=yes|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>
*September - [[William Howels]], preacher (died [[1832 in Wales|1832]])<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Howells, William|volume=28}}</ref>
*[[29 September]] - [[Benjamin Hall (ironmaster)|Benjamin Hall]], industrialist and politician (died [[1817 in Wales|1817]])<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-HALL-BEN-1778|title=Hall, Benjamin (1778-1817), industrialist|author=David Williams|fewer-links=yes|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[20 November]] - Thomas Williams (Gwilym Morgannwg), poet (died [[1835 in Wales|1835]])<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-WILL-THO-1778|title=Williams, Thomas (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778-1835), poet|author=Thomas John Morgan|fewer-links=yes|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[24 November]] - [[Salusbury Pryce Humphreys]], admiral (died [[1845 in Wales|1845]])<ref>{{cite wikisource |first=William Richard |last=O'Byrne |chapter=Davenport, Salusbury Pryce |title=A Naval Biographical Dictionary |year=1849 |publisher=[[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]]}}</ref>
*''date unknown'' - [[David Rowlands (surgeon)|David Rowlands]], naval surgeon (died [[1846 in Wales|1846]])

==Deaths==
*[[25 April]] - [[James Relly]], Methodist minister, 56?<ref>{{DNB Cite|wstitle=Relly, James}}</ref>
*[[6 October]] - [[William Worthington (priest)|William Worthington]], priest and author, 74<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29995|title=Worthington, William (1703&ndash;1778)|last=Cooper|first=Thompson|author2=Major, Emma |work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|date=January 2008|accessdate=28 January 2009}}</ref>
*''date unknown'' - [[William Owen (Royal Navy officer)|William Owen]], Royal Navy officer, 40/41<ref>{{cite work|title=Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society|year=1914|page=104}}</ref>

==References==
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