Incumbents

• Prince of Wales
  Prince of Wales
  Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
  
   - George, Prince Regent
  George IV of the United Kingdom
  George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later...
  
  
• Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
  
   - Caroline of Brunswick
  Caroline of Brunswick
  Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was the Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 until her death...
  
  

Events

• 1800
  1800 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1800 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent*Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick-Events:*February - John Bryan begins preaching....
  
  
• 1801
  1801 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1801 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent*Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick-Events:*Opening of Chirk aqueduct....
  
  
• 1802
  1802 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1802 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent*Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick-Events:...
  
  
• 1803
  1803 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1803 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent*Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick-Events:*June - Thomas Burgess becomes Bishop of St David's....
  
  
• 1804
  1804 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1804 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent*Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick-Events:...
  
  
• 1805
  1805 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1805 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent*Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick-Events:*Alban Thomas Jones-Gwynne builds the town of Aberaeron....
  
  
• 1806
  1806 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1806 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent*Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick-Events:...
  
  
• 1807
  1807 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1807 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent*Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick-Events:...
  
  
• 1808
  1808 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1808 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent*Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick-Events:...
  
  
• 1809
  1809 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1809 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent*Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick-Events:...
  
  

New books

• J. T. Barber - A Tour Throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire (1803)
• Thomas Charles
  Thomas Charles
  Thomas Charles was a Welsh Nonconformist clergyman of considerable importance in the history of modern Wales.-Early life:...
  
   - The Welsh Methodists Vindicated (1802)
• Edward Davies
  • Celtic Researches on the Origin, Traditions and Languages of the Ancient Britons (1804)
  • 'The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids (1809)
• Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn)
  • Barddoniaeth (1803)
  • Ieithiadur neu Ramadeg Cymraeg (1808)
• Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Bannau y Byd (1808)
• John Evans - A Tour through part of North Wales in … 1798 and at other times (1800)
• John Jones
  John Jones (Unitarian)
  John Jones LL.D. was a Welsh Unitarian minister, critic, tutor and lexicographer.-Life:He was born about 1766 near Llandovery, in the parish of Llandingat, Carmarthenshire. His father was a farmer...
  
   - A Development of … Events calculated to restore the Christian Religion to its … Purity (1800)
• Thomas Jones - A Cardiganshire Landlord's Advice to his Tenants (1800)
• Richard Llwyd
  Richard Llwyd
  Richard Llwyd, also known as The Bard of Snowdon , was a Welsh author, poet and expert on Welsh heraldry and genealogy. His most notable work is the poem Beaumaris Bay, which was published in 1800.-Life history:...
  
   - Beaumaris Bay (1800)
• The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales
  The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales
  The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales is a printed collection of medieval Welsh literature, published in three volumes between 1801 and 1807. Until John Gwenogvryn Evans produced diplomatic editions of the important medieval Welsh manuscripts, the Myvyrian Archaiology provided the source text for many...
  
  , vol. 1 (1801)
• William Ouseley
  William Ouseley
  Sir William Ouseley , was a British Orientalist.-Early life:Ouseley was born in Monmouthshire, the eldest son of Captain Ralph Ouseley and his wife Elizabeth . He was tutored at home in the company of his brother, Gore and his cousin, Gideon Ouseley. All three had notable careers...
  
   - Epitome of the Ancient History of Persia (1800)
• William Owen Pughe
  William Owen Pughe
  William Owen Pughe was a Welsh antiquarian and grammarian best known for his Welsh and English Dictionary, published in 1803, but also known for his grammar books and 'Pughisms' ....
  
   - Geiriadur Cymraeg-Saesneg (1803)
• Abraham Rees
  Abraham Rees
  Abraham Rees was a Welsh nonconformist minister, and compiler of Rees's Cyclopaedia .- Life :He was the second son of Lewis Rees, by his wife Esther, daughter of Abraham Penry, and was born at born in Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire. Lewis Rees Abraham Rees (1743 – 9 June 1825) was a Welsh...
  
   - The New Cyclopaedia, vol. 1 (1802)
• Thomas Roberts of Llwynrhudol - Amddiffyniad i'r Methodistiaid (1806)
• Azariah Shadrach - Allwedd Myfyrdod (1801)
• Charles Symmons
  Charles Symmons
  -Life:Symmons was the younger son of John Symmons, the MP for Cardigan. He was born in Cardigan in 1749 and educated at Westminster School, joining the school in 1765; he was admitted as a member of Lincoln's Inn later in the same year. He then attended the University of Glasgow in 1766, striking...
  
   - Life of Milton (1806)
• Richard Warner - Second Walk Through Wales (1800)
• Henry Wigstead
  Henry Wigstead
  Henry Wigstead was an English Magistrate amateur painter & caricaturist.He was a close personal friend of Thomas Rowlandson, whom he accompanied on sketching trips to the Isle of Wight , Brighton and Wales which resulted in subsequent publications for which Rowlandson provided the...
  
   - Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales: In the Year 1797 (1800)

Music

• 1802
  • Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) - The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, vol. 2
• 1806
  • Casgliad o Hymnau gan mwyaf heb erioed eu hargraffu o'r blaen (collection of hymns)
• 1807
  • Anthem y Saint… gan Evan Dafydd (collection of hymns)

Births

• 1800
  • March 6 - Samuel Roberts (S.R.), Radical leader (d. 1885)
  • June 20 - Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn (d. 1886)
  • October 1 - Williams Evans, hymnist (d. 1880)
  • November 29 - David Griffith (Clwydfardd)
    David Griffith (Clwydfardd)
    David Griffith , known by the bardic name of "Clwydfardd" was a Welsh poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.-Early life:...
    
    , poet and archdruid (d. 1894)
  • date unknown - James James (Iago Emlyn), minister and poet (d. 1879)
• 1801
  • February 6 - William Williams (Caledfryn), poet and critic (d. 1869)
  • November 18 - David Rees
    David Rees (Y Cynhyrfwr)
    The Reverend David Rees was a Welsh Congregational minister of Capel Als chapel Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, and an editor of a radical Welsh language Nonconformist periodical titled Y Diwygiwr [The Reformer]...
    
    , minister and writer (d. 1869)
• 1802
  • August - Ebenezer Thomas
    Ebenezer Thomas
    Ebenezer Thomas , better known to Welsh speakers by his bardic name of Eben Fardd, was a Welsh teacher and poet....
    
    , poet (d. 1863)
  • August 24 - William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn) (d. 1865)
  • November 8
    • Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
      Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
      Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover PC , known as Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt, between 1838 and 1859, was a British civil engineer and politician.-Political career:...
      
       (d. 1867)
    • William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)
      William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)
      The Rev. William Rees , usually known in Wales by his bardic name of Gwilym Hiraethog, was a Welsh poet and author, one of the major figures of Welsh literature during the 19th century....
      
      , poet and author (d. 1883)
  • December 4 - Calvert Jones
    Calvert Jones
    Calvert Richard Jones , was a Welsh mathematician and painter, best known for his seascapes.Jones belonged to a wealthy Swansea family. He was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford, and was rector of Loughor...
    
    , pioneer photographer (d. 1877)
  • December 12
    • John Ryland Harris, printer (d. 1823)
    • Isaac Williams
      Isaac Williams
      The Reverend Isaac Williams was a prominent member of the Oxford Movement, a student and disciple of John Keble and, like the other members of the movement, associated with Oxford University...
      
      , poet (d. 1865)
  • date unknown - Thomas Robert Jones, founder of the True Ivorites
    The Philanthropic Order of True Ivorites
    The Philanthropic Order of True Ivorites commonly referred to as the Ivorites Society or The Ivorites was a friendly society founded in Wrexham, Wales in 1836.-History:...
    
     (d. 1856)
• 1803
  • May 10 - Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot
    Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot
    Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot FRS was a landowner, industrialist and Liberal politician. He developed his estate at Margam near Swansea as an extensive ironworks, served by railways and a port, which was re-named Port Talbot.-Early life:Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot was born at Penrice, Swansea,...
    
    , owner of Margam Castle (d. 1890)
  • October 17 - Samuel Holland
    Samuel Holland
    Samuel Johannes Holland was a Royal Engineer and first Surveyor General of British North America.-Life in the Netherlands:...
    
    , industrialist (d. 1892)
  • date unknown - Owain Meirion, balladeer (d. 1868)
• 1806
  • February 1 - Jane Williams (Ysgafell)
    Jane Williams (Ysgafell)
    Jane Williams , was a Welsh writer, often known by her bardic name of Ysgafell. She is sometimes confused with her contemporary, Maria Jane Williams....
    
    , writer (d. 1885)
  • April 21 - Sir George Cornewall Lewis
    George Cornewall Lewis
    Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet PC was a British statesman and man of letters.-Family:He was born in London, the son of Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court, Radnorshire and his wife Harriet Cornewall...
    
    , statesman (d. 1863)
• 1807
  • date unknown - Sir William Milbourne James (judge)
    William Milbourne James (judge)
    Sir William Milbourne James was a British judge and Privy Councillor.-Life history:James was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales in 1807 to Christopher James a prosperous provision merchant. His cousin was Charles Herbert James, who later became Member of Parliament for Merthyr Tydfil...
    
     (d. 1881)
• 1808
  • date unknown - Sir John Henry Scourfield, author (d. 1876)
• 1809
  • January 18 - John Gwyn Jeffreys
    John Gwyn Jeffreys
    John Gwyn Jeffreys was a British conchologist and malacologist.He was born in Swansea into a propertied Welsh family and educated at Swansea Grammar School. He went to London to qualify as a barrister, which he did. His greater passion however was for conchology...
    
    , conchologist (d. 1885)
  • April 17 - Thomas Brigstocke
    Thomas Brigstocke
    Thomas Brigstocke was a British portrait painter.-Life and work:Brigstocke first studied in Sass's studio, then at the Royal Academy Schools, and under Henry Perronet Briggs, and subsequently under John Prescott Knight...
    
    , painter (d. 1881)
  • May 24 - William Chambers
    William Chambers (politician)
    William Chambers , was a politician, the illegitimate son of the industrialist William Chambers of Llanelli....
    
    , politician (d. 1882)
  • May 26 - G. T. Clark
    G. T. Clark
    Colonel George Thomas Clark was a British engineer and antiquary, particularly associated with the management of the Dowlais Iron Company.-Early life:...
    
    , engineer (d. 1885)
  • August 11 - Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan), writer (d. 1880)
  • date unknown - Evan James
    Evan James
    Evan James , a weaver and poet from Pontypridd, Wales, wrote the lyrics of Hen Wlad fy Nhadau , the national anthem of Wales....
    
    , lyricist of the Welsh national anthem

Deaths

• 1800
  • March 14 - Daines Barrington
    Daines Barrington
    Daines Barrington, FRS was an English lawyer, antiquary and naturalist.Barrington was the fourth son of the first Viscount Barrington. He was educated for the profession of the law, and after filling various posts, was appointed a Welsh judge in 1757 and afterwards second justice of Chester...
    
    , antiquary and naturalist (b. 1727)
  • May - Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr), clergyman and author
• 1802
  • November 28 - Robert Roberts, preacher (b. 1762)
  • November 30 - Thomas Williams of Llanidan (b. 1737)
  • December 31 - Francis Lewis
    Francis Lewis
    Francis Lewis was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York....
    
    , signatory of the Declaration of American Independence (b. 1713)
  • date unknown - Joseph Hoare
    Joseph Hoare
    Joseph Hoare was a Welsh clergyman and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford from 1768 to 1802.The son of Joseph Hoare, from Cardiff, Wales, Hoare studied at Jesus College from 1727 , obtaining his BA in 1730 and his MA in 1733. He was a Prebendary of Westminster Abbey. He was appointed Principal in...
    
    , academic (b. 1709)
• 1804
  • September 20 - Josiah Rees, Unitarian minster (b. 1744)
  • December 7 - Morgan John Rhys
    Morgan John Rhys
    Morgan John Rhys was a Baptist minister who preached the principles of the French Revolution, against slavery, and in favour of the reform of parliament....
    
    , Baptist minister (b. 1760)
• 1805
  • August - Ann Griffiths
    Ann Griffiths
    Ann Griffiths was a Welsh poet and writer of Methodist Christian hymns.-Biography:Ann was born in April 1776 near the village of Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, six miles from the market town of Llanfyllin in Powys...
    
    , poet and hymn-writer (b. 1776)
• 1807
  • July 18 - Thomas Jones
    Thomas Jones (mathematician)
    Thomas Jones was Head Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge for twenty years and an outstanding teacher of mathematics. He is notable as a mentor of Adam Sedgwick....
    
    , mathematician (b. 1756)
• 1808
  • January 21 - Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn
    Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn
    Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn was a slave owner, anti-abolitionist Member of Parliament and Irish peer.Richard Pennant was educated at Newsome's academy in Hackney and Trinity College, Cambridge...
    
     (b. 1737)
• 1809
  • April - Charles Francis Greville
    Charles Francis Greville
    Charles Francis Greville PC, FRS , was a British antiquarian, collector and politician.-Background:Greville was the second son of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick, by Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of Lord Archibald Hamilton...
    
    , founder of Milford Haven (b. 1749)
  • October 28 - Hugh Pugh, Independent minister (b. 1779)
  • November 28 - Robert Roberts
    Robert Roberts
    -Politicians:*Robert W. Roberts , U.S. Representative from Mississippi*Robert Roberts , Australian politician for East Toowoomba between 1912 and 1934*Bob Roberts -Sportsmen:...
    
    , preacher (b. 1762)