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This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1750 - 1759 to Wales and its people. Incumbents- Prince of Wales
- Frederick (to 31 March 1751)
- George (from 20 April 1751) (later George III)
- Princess of Wales - Augusta (to 31 March 1751) (afterwards Dowager Princess of Wales)
Events1750 in Wales 1751 in Wales 1752 in Wales 1753 in Wales 1754 in Wales 1755 in Wales 1756 in Wales 1757 in Wales 1758 in Wales 1759 in Wales Arts and literatureNew books1750 - Griffith Hughes - Natural History of Barbados
- Daniel Rowland - Ymddiddan rhwng Methodist Uniawngred ac un Cyfeiliornus
1752 - Theophilus Evans - A History of Modern Enthusiasm
1757 - John Dyer - The Fleece
- Elizabeth Griffith - A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances
- Joseph Harris - An Essay Upon Money and Coins
- Joshua Thomas - Tystiolaeth y Credadyn
Music1751 - William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 1
1754 - William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 2
1755 - Morgan Rhys - Golwg o Ben Nebo, ar Wlad yr Addewid (hymns)
1756 1757 1759 - William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Rhai Hymnau a Chaniadau Duwiol
Births1750 - June - William Morgan, actuary (d. 1833)
1751 - 22 January - David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), poet (d. 1827)
- 15 October - David Samwell, naval surgeon and companion of Captain Cook (d. 1798)
1752 - 2 January - Nicholas Owen, priest and antiquary (d. 1811)
- 18 January - Josiah Boydell, painter (d. 1817)
- March - Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin), harpist (d. 1824)
- date unknown
- Richard Llwyd, poet and writer (d. 1835)
- Thomas Assheton Smith I, industrialist (d. 1828)
1754 - date unknown - Charles Hassall, surveyor (d. 1814)
1755 - 22 February - Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (d. 1843)
- 5 July - Sarah Siddons, actress (d. 1831)
- 14 October - Thomas Charles of Bala, priest (d. 1814)
1756 - 7 June - Edward Davies ("Celtic" Davies), writer (d. 1831)
- 23 June - Thomas Jones, mathematician (d. 1807)
- date unknown - Thomas Jones of Denbigh, minister and author (d. 1820)
1757 - date unknown - Sir Thomas Foley, admiral (d. 1833)
1758 - August - Sir Thomas Picton, soldier (d. 1815)
1759 - 16 March - Sir John Nicholl, politician and judge (d. 1838)
- 7 August - William Owen Pughe, lexicographer (d. 1835)
- 18 October - Theophilus Jones, historian (d. 1812)
Deaths1750 - 9 January - Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, 56
- 29 November - Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel
- date unknown - Sir Samuel Pennant, Lord Mayor of London
1751 - 31 March - Frederick, Prince of Wales, 44
- date unknown - Thomas Mathews, admiral, 75
1752 - 31 May - "Madam" Sidney Griffith, Methodist supporter
1754 - 10 January - Erasmus Lewis, writer and civil servant, 83
- March - Henry Vaughan, Radnorshire landowner, 33 (murdered)
- 12 July - Zachariah Williams, inventor, 81
1755 - 30 June - Edward Wynne, lawyer and landowner
1756 - date unknown - Lewis Evans, surveyor, 56?
1757 - December - John Dyer, poet, 56
1758 - 24 January - William Wogan, religious writer, 79
- 18 March - Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of Canterbury and former Bishop of Bangor, 65
- 24 March - Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet, 53
1759 - 11 August - John Heylyn, Welsh-descended priest, 74
- 2 November - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist, 50
- date unknown - Isaac Maddox, Bishop of St Asaph, 62
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