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{{Year in Wales header|1759}}This article is about the particular significance of the year 1759 to Wales and its people. Incumbents- Prince of Wales - George (later George III)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events- 19 September - The Dowlais Iron Company is formed.
- date unknown - Evan Davies resigns as head of the Welsh Academy, following a rift between the Presbyterian and Congregational Fund Boards.[1]
Arts and literatureNew books- Blodeu-gerdd Cymry (ed. Dafydd Jones)
- John Wesley - Primitive Physick, translated by John Evans of Bala
Music- William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Rhai Hymnau a Chaniadau Duwiol
Births- 1 January - Joseph Foster-Barham, owner of the Trecŵn estate (died 1832)[2]
- 11 February - John Rice Jones, Welsh-born American politician (died 1824)
- 16 March - Sir John Nicholl, politician and judge (died 1838)
- 7 August - William Owen Pughe, lexicographer (died 1835)
- 10 September - George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke (died 1827)
- 18 October - Theophilus Jones, historian (died 1812)
- date unknown -
- William Aubrey, engineer (died 1827)[3]
- David Thomas ("Dafydd Ddu Eryri"), (died 1822)
Deaths- 11 August - John Heylyn, Welsh-descended clergyman, 74
- 27 September - Isaac Maddox, Bishop of St Asaph, 62
- 2 November - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist, 50
References1. ^Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 28 May 2014
2. ^Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 28 May 2014
3. ^{{cite web|title=William Aubrey|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-AUBR-WIL-1759|website=The National Library of Wales - Dictionary of Welsh Biography}}
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