1809 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1809 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Events
- May 10 - Stapleton Cotton plays a prominent role in the Battle of Grijó.
- David Hughes, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, donates £105 towards scholarships to give South Wales the same level of support as North Wales.
- Hawarden Castle is enlarged.
- John Rice Jones begins lead mining across the Mississippi in the future state of Missouri.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- Edward Davies - The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids
- Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - An English-Welsh Dictionary neu Eir-Lyfr Saesneg a Chymraeg
- Theophilus Jones - History of the County of Brecknock, vol. 2
[edit] Music
[edit] Births
- January 18 - John Gwyn Jeffreys, conchologist (d. 1885)
- April 17 - Thomas Brigstocke, painter (d. 1881)
- May 24 - William Chambers, politician (d. 1882)
- May 26 - G. T. Clark, engineer (d. 1885)
- August 11 - Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan), writer (d. 1880)
- August 20 - Morris Williams (Nicander), writer (d. 1874)
- date unknown - Evan James, lyricist of the Welsh national anthem
[edit] Deaths
- April - Charles Francis Greville, founder of Milford Haven, 59
- October 28 - Hugh Pugh, Independent minister, 29
