1795 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1795 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent
- Princess of Wales - (from April) Caroline of Brunswick
[edit] Events
- April 8 - The Prince of Wales marries his first cousin, Princess Caroline of Brunswick.
- July - Ezekiel Hughes, Edward Bebb and others leave Llanbryn-mair on foot, bound for Philadelphia.
- Samuel Homfray brings an unsuccessful suit, at Hereford Assizes, of the commoners against the Dowlais Company.
- Hester Thrale and her second husband, Gabriele Piozzi, settle in Wales, where they begin renovating Bachygraig.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - The Miscellaneous Repository neu Y Drysorfa Gymysgedig
- John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors) - Seren Tan Gwmmwl
[edit] Births
- January 13 - Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn, politician (d. 1884)
- August 5 - George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor, politician (d. 1869)
- December - John Davies, philosopher (d. 1861)
- December 7 - Samuel George Homfray, industrialist (d. 1882)
- December 11 - Thomas Taylor Griffith, surgeon (d. 1876)
[edit] Deaths
- January 25 - Morgan Edwards, Baptist historian, 72
- October 14 - Henry Owen, theologian, 79
