This article is about the particular significance of the year 1779 to Wales and its people.

1779
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Wales
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Timeline of Welsh history
1779 in
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Scotland
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Arts and literature

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Music

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  • Richard Morris creates a list of "Henwau Mesurau Cerdd Dafod a Thant a arferir yn gyffredinol gan y Prydyddion a'r Telynorion yng Nghymru".[20]

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References

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  1. ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
  2. ^ a b c d e J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
  3. ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
  4. ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
  5. ^ Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
  6. ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
  7. ^ a b "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  8. ^ "JOHNES, Thomas (c.1721-80), of Croft Castle, Herefs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  9. ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
  10. ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
  11. ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
  12. ^ Tobias Smollett, ed. (1775). The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. p. 159.
  13. ^ "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  14. ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
  15. ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
  16. ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
  17. ^ David Samwell (2007). The Death of Captain Cook and Other Writings. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-2073-0.
  18. ^ Clodfelter, Micheal (2017). Warfare and armed conflicts : a statistical encyclopedia of casualty and other figures, 1492-2015. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 129. ISBN 9780786474707.
  19. ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "WILLIAM, DAVID (1720-1794), hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  20. ^ Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. pp. 38–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2358-8.
  21. ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Williams, Hugh (1722?-1779), cleric and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  22. ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Rhys, Morgan (1716-1794), hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  23. ^ Mary Clement. "Bevan, Bridget ('Madam Bevan'; 1698-1779), philanthropist and educationist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  24. ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "MORRIS, RICHARD (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  25. ^ Robert Evans; Maggie Humphreys (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4411-3796-8.