1790 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1790 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• Herbert Mackworth gives up the Parliamentary seat of Cardiff when John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart, comes of age.
• The world's first railway viaduct (used by horse drawn wagons to carry coal from the mines) is built at Blaenavon.
• Construction of the Glamorganshire Canal begins.

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Gardd o Gerddi
• Thomas Pennant - Indian Zoology
• Peter Williams - Tafol i Bwyso Sosiniaeth

Births

• 27 January - William Davies Evans, chess player (d. 1872)
• 4 July - George Everest, surveyor and geographer (d. 1866)
• 11 August - William Probert, minister and author (d. 1870)
• 16 September - William Vowler Short, Bishop of St Asaph
• 29 September - John Jones (printer) (d. 1855)

Deaths

• 20 March - Thomas Richards of Coychurch, 80
• 16 October - Daniel Rowland, Methodist leader, 77