1756 in Wales
Introduction Events from the year '''1756 in Wales'''.
Incumbents *Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley *Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth*Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan*Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne*Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice*Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton*Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet*Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry (until 13 January); Howell Gwynne (from 13 January)*Bishop of Bangor – Zachary Pearce (until 4 June); John Egerton (from 4 July)*Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Newcome*Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond*Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys
Events *5 January – An article appears in ''The New York Mercury'', criticising the work of Lewis Evans in identifying boundaries in his ''General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America''. *Spring – Completion of Britain's longest single-span bridge (at this date), William Edwards' Old Bridge, Pontypridd, over the River Taff, at the third (or fourth) attempt. *Lewis Morris loses his post as collector of tolls at Aberdyfi.
Arts and literature ===New books===*Hugh Hughes – ''Cywydd Galarnadd am ynys Minorca...''*Sion Kadwaladr – ''Einion a Gwenllian''===Music===*Elis Roberts – "Argulus"
Births *January – Richard Griffiths, industrial pioneer who opened up transport links into the Rhondda (died 1826)*7 June – Edward Davies ("Celtic" Davies), writer (died 1831)*23 June – Thomas Jones, mathematician (died 1807)*4 July – John Evans, surgeon and cartographer (died 1846)*18 November – Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St David's (died 1837)*''date unknown'' **Thomas Jones of Denbigh, minister and author (died 1820)**Simon Lloyd, Methodist preacher (died 1836)
Deaths *12 June – Lewis Evans, surveyor, 56? *5 August – Sir George Wynne, 1st Baronet, landowner and politician, 56*14 September – William Parry, antiquarian and fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, 69*23 September – John Talbot, judge and MP for Brecon, about 43/44  *28 October – Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort, 47
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