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{{Year in Wales header|1768}}Events from the year 1768 in Wales. Incumbents- Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events- 2 March - Rowland Pugh, a local miner, discovers the "Great Lode" of copper on Parys Mountain and is rewarded with a bottle of whisky and a rent-free house for his lifetime.
- 24 August - A seminary is founded at Trefeca-isaf for the training of evangelical preachers, with financial assistance from Selina, Countess of Huntingdon.[1]
- 10 December - Richard Wilson is a founder member of the Royal Academy of Arts.[2]
- Oldest Jews' burial ground in Wales established at Swansea.
- The Ladies of Llangollen meet for the first time in Ireland.
- Controversial Bishop of Bangor John Egerton is translated to the see of Lichfield in England.
Arts and literatureNew books- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Y Farddoneg Fabilonaidd
- William Williams Pantycelyn - Tri Wyr o Sodom[3]
Music- 14 May - In Dublin, a concert takes place for the benefit of "Jones", a resident of Britain Street, where music will be performed on "that most admired instrument, the Welsh Harp".[4]
Births- 29 March - Sir Robert Vaughan, 2nd Baronet, landowner (died 1843)
- 17 May (in Brunswick, Germany} - Caroline of Brunswick, future Princess of Wales (died 1821)
- August - Sydenham Teak Edwards, botanical artist (died 1819)
- 17 September - Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (died 1854)
- 24 September - Sharon Turner, historian (died 1847)
- date unknown - Thomas Parry, merchant (died 1824)
Deaths- 26 March - Humphrey Owen, academic, 65
- date unknown
- Robert Morris, industrialist[5]
- Hannah Pritchard, actress
References1. ^British History Online: The City of Cambridge: Theological Colleges
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-WILS-RIC-1713|title=WILSON, RICHARD (1713-1782), landscape painter|website=Welsh Biography Online|author=Gomer Morgan Roberts|access-date=13 March 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-WILL-WIL-1717|title=WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1717-1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer|website=Welsh Biography Online|author1=John Edward Horatio Steegman|author2=Iorwerth Peate|access-date=13 March 2018}}
4. ^{{cite book|author=John C. Greene|title=Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DvWmc7Jiv8IC&pg=PA1150|year=2011|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-61146-110-7|pages=1150–}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-MORR-ROB-1768|title=MORRIS, ROBERT (d. 1768), industrialist|website=Welsh Biography Online|author=Robert Thomas Jenkins|access-date=13 March 2018}}
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