This article is about the particular significance of the year 1700 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
Bishop of Bangor – Humphrey Humphreys Bishop of Llandaff – William Beaw Bishop of St Asaph – Edward Jones Bishop of St Davids – vacant
Events date unknown Quaker emigrant Rowland Ellis is elected to represent Philadelphia in the provincial assembly.T. A. Glenn, Merion in the Welsh Tract with sketches of the townships of Haverford and Radnor : historical and genealogical collections concerning the Welsh barony in the province of Pennsylvania, settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682; published 1896. Evan Evans travels from Wales to become rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia The Gower family immigrates from Worcestershire into Wales.
Arts and literature New books John Jones – The Mysteries of Opium Revealed David Maurice Arweiniwr cartrefol i'r iawn a'r buddiol dderbyniad o Swperyr Arglwydd The Promised Reed; a sermon preach'd ... for the support of weak Christians
Births 8 March – William Morgan the elder, of Tredegar, politician (died 1731) May – Sir George Wynne, 1st Baronet, of Leeswood Hall, Flintshire, landowner and politician (died 1756) date unknown John Jones, clergyman and controversialist (died 1770) Benjamin Meredith, Baptist minister (died 1749) Guto Nyth Brân (Griffith Morgan), legendary athlete (died 1737) probable John Edwards (Siôn y Potiau), poet (died 1776) Lewis Evans, surveyor (died 1756)
Deaths 21 January – Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, politician, 70/71 15 March – Hugh Owen, independent minister 11 July – Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Gray's Inn, 65/66 19 July – John Evans, Puritan clergyman and teacher, 51/52 15 September – Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet, about 50 (injuries from a fall) 16 December – Thomas Morgan (of Dderw), politician, 36 (smallpox) probable – Owen Wynne, lawyer and civil servant, about 48
See also 1700 in Scotland
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