- 1799 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1799 to
Wales and its people.Incumbents
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Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent
*Princess of Wales -Caroline of Brunswick Events
*October -
Anthony Bacon II and his brother Thomas take over theHirwaun ironworks. Thomas sells his interest in the Plymouth ironworks to the Hill family.
*October 16 -Evan Pritchard (Ieuan Lleyn),David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri) andGriffith Williams (Gutyn Peris) are "ordained" bards of the province of Gwynedd byIolo Morganwg .
*Following the failure of thePembrokeshire fish harvest,Richard Fenton imports grain from the Mediterranean to relieve the plight of local people.
*Peter Price becomes manager of Neath ironworks, and brings his family, including his wife Anna and his sonJoseph Tregelles Price .
*JapannerJohn Pyrke relocates toUsk from London.
*Ann Hatton and her husband take a lease on Swansea Bathing House.
*Iolo Morganwg travels to North Wales to collect material for the "Myvyrian Archaiology".
*Launch of the quarterly periodical "Trysorfa Ysprydol" byThomas Charles .Arts and literature
New books
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Philip Yorke - "The Royal Tribes of Wales"Births
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June 30 - David Williams, politician (d. 1869)Deaths
*May - John Evans, explorer, 29
*November 4 -Josiah Tucker , economist, 87
*December 14 -Benjamin Francis , hymn-writer, 55
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