1820s in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1820 - 1829 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent (until January 29, 1820)
- Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick (until January 29, 1820)
[edit] Events
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- John Elias - Golygiad Ysgrythurol ar Gyfiawnhad Pechadur (1821)
- Felicia Hemans - The Forest Sanctuary (1825)
- Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) - An Essay on the Physiognomy and Physiology of the Present Inhabitants of Britain (1829)
- David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) - Cywydd y Dilyw (1821)
[edit] Music
- John Ellis - Eliot (hymn tune) (1823)
- Edward Jones - Hen Ganiadau Cymru (1820)
- Peroriaeth Hyfryd (collection of hymns including Caersalem by Robert Edwards) (1827)
- Seren Gomer (collection of hymns including Grongar by John Edwards) (1824)
[edit] Births
- 1820
- May 21 - Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician and landowner (d. 1877)
- 1821
- June 24 - Guillermo Rawson, Argentinian politician (d. 1890)
- July 16 - John Jones (Mathetes), preacher and writer (d. 1878)
- 1822
- March 2 - Michael D. Jones, Patagonian settler (d. 1898)
- 1823
- January 8 - Alfred Russel Wallace, biologist (d. 1913)
- March - Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), poet and archdruid (d. 1905)
- November 23 - Sir John Evans, archaeologist (d. 1908)
- 1824
- date unknown - John Basson Humffray, political reformer in Australia (d. 1891)
- 1825
- June 7 - R. D. Blackmore, novelist (d. 1900)
- 1826
- January 13 - Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff (d. 1913)
- March 1 - John Thomas, harpist (d. 1913)
- May 8 - George Osborne Morgan, lawyer (d. 1897)
- May 11 - David Charles Davies, Nonconformist leader (d. 1891)
- 1827
- October 27 - Joseph Tudor Hughes (Blegwryd), harp prodigy (d. 1841)
- 1828
- January 30 - John David Jenkins, philanthropist (d. 1876)
- 1829
- January 27 - Isaac Roberts, astronomer (d. 1904)
[edit] Deaths
- 1820
- January 29 - King George III of the United Kingdom, Prince of Wales 1751-1760
- June 16 - Thomas Jones of Denbigh, Methodist preacher and writer (b. 1756)
- June 27 - William Lort Mansel, bishop and academic (b. 1753)
- August 23 - John Randles, harpist (b. 1763)
- August 28 - Henry Mills, musician (b. 1757)
- 1821
- May 2 - Hester Thrale, diarist (b. 1741)
- August 7 - Caroline of Brunswick, former Princess of Wales (1795-1820), 53
- 1822
- March 30 - David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri), poet (b. 1759)
- date unknown - Stephen Kemble, actor, brother of Sarah Siddons (b. 1758)
- 1823
- February 26 - John Philip Kemble, actor, brother of Sarah Siddons (b. 1757)
- 1825
- February 24 - Thomas Bowdler, editor (b. 1754)
- June 9 - Abraham Rees, encyclopaedist (b. 1743)
- August 10 - Joseph Harris (Gomer), Baptist minister, poet and editor (b. 1773)
- 1827
- date unknown - Helen Maria Williams, novelist and poet (b. c. 1761)
- 1828
- September - William Madocks, landowner
- 1829
- January 26 - Benjamin Millingchamp, collector of manuscripts (b. 1756)
- June - Elizabeth Randles, harpist (b. 1801)
