1831 in Wales

1831 in Wales
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Other events of 1831

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1831 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

28 April–1 June - In the UK general election:
- Robert Fulke Greville is defeated in Pembrokeshire by Sir John Owen of Orielton.
- Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn becomes MP for Flintshire.
- John Jones of Ystrad is injured in rioting during the election at Carmarthen, causing polling there to be postponed.
3 June - Merthyr Rising.
5 August - Charles Darwin travels from Shrewsbury to Llangollen with his tutor, Rev Adam Sedgwick, to carry out geological studies. They remain in Wales for more than two weeks.^[1]
17 August - The paddle steamer Rothsay Castle is wrecked at the eastern end of the Menai Strait with the loss of 93 lives.
August - John Jones of Ystrad holds the constituency of Carmarthen.
22 October - John Jones of Ystrad and Robert Fulke Greville fight a duel at Tafarnspite.
Repeal of the slate tax.
Port Talbot ironworks opens.
William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) becomes a minister.

Y Drysorfa a Calvinistic Methodist publication, restarts under the editorship of John Parry

13 January - William Hugh Evans, minister and author (d. 1909)
May - Dewi Havhesp, poet (d. 1884)
3 May - Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1916)
16 May - David E. Hughes, musician and professor of music (d. 1900)
21 July - Edward Lewis, Welsh-born New Zealand clergyman (d. 1913)
16 October - John Jones (Eos Bradwen), composer (d. 1899)
8 December - William Dykins, poet (d. 1872)
14 December - Griffith John, missionary (d. 1912)
20 December - William T. Davies, Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1912)
date unknown
- William Davies (Gwilym Teilo), writer (d. 1892)
- Edward Payson Evans, historian and linguist (d. 1917)

7 January - Edward "Celtic" Davies, author, 74
8 June - Sarah Siddons, actress, 75
11 August - Cradock Glascott, Evangelical clergyman and associate of the Wesley brothers, 88
13 August - Dic Penderyn, labourer, 23 (executed)
date unknown - Sir Thomas Mostyn, 6th Baronet, politician