1805 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1805 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- Alban Thomas Jones-Gwynne builds the town of Aberaeron.
- November 26 - The Ellesmere Canal's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is opened, the tallest and longest in Britain, completing the canal's Llangollen branch.[1]
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Charles - Geiriadur Ysgrythyrol
- Theophilus Jones - History of the County of Brecknock, vol. 1
- Titus Lewis - A Welsh — English Dictionary, Geiriadur Cymraeg a Saesneg
- Robert Southey - Madoc
Music
- Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) takes up residence in St James's Palace.
Births
- December 13 - Robert Griffiths, inventor (d. 1883)
- December 19 - John David Edwards, hymn-writer (d. 1885)
- date unknown
- Hugh Hughes (Tegai), writer (d. 1864)
- John William Thomas, mathematician (d. 1840)
Deaths
- August - Ann Griffiths, poet and hymn-writer, 29
- November 25 - Jonathan Hughes, poet, 84
References
- ↑ Rolt, L. T. C. (1958). Thomas Telford. London: Longmans, Green.
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