1792 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1792 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- 21 June - Iolo Morganwg holds the first Gorsedd ceremony at Primrose Hill in London.
- June - The Merthyr to Newbridge section of the Glamorganshire Canal is completed.
- Bodnant House is built.
- Completion of the Merthyr to Pontypridd section of the Glamorganshire Canal.
- Monmouthshire Canal receives its Act of Parliament.
Arts and literature
New books
- David Davis (Castellhywel) - Cri Carcharor dan farn Marwolaeth
- Nicholas Owen - Carnarvonshire, a Sketch of its History, etc.
- Hester Thrale - The Three Warnings
Births
- 23 July - Aneurin Owen, scholar (d. 1851)
- 5 September - Sir David Davies, royal physician (d. 1865)
- 11 November - Mary Anne Evans (d. 1872), future wife of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli
- 20 December - David Griffiths, missionary (d. 1863)
- date unknown - Sir Charles John Salusbury, Baronet (d. 1868)
Deaths
- 10 March - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, friend of Augusta, Princess of Wales and ancestor of the Marquesses of Bute, 78
- 2 May - John Jones (Ioan Tegid), writer, 60
- 17 May - Sir Noah Thomas, royal physician, 72?
- 27 June - John Morgan (of Dderw), politician, 48
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