1830s in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1830 - 1839 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - "vacant"
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"

Events

*1830
*1831
*1832
*1833
*1834
*1835
*1836
*1837
*1838
*1839

Arts and literature

New books

*Charles James Apperley - "The Chace, the Road, and the Turf" (1837)
*Eliza Constantia Campbell - "Tales about Wales" (1837)
*John Evans (I. D. Ffraid) - "Hanes yr Iddewon" (1831)
*"Y Fwyalchen" (poetry anthology) (1835)
*Felicia Hemans - "Songs of the Affections" (1830)
*Benjamin Jones (PA Môn) - "Athrawiaeth Bedydd" (1830)
*Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick - "Engraved Illustrations of Antient Arms and Armour, from the Collection at Goodrich Court" (1830)
*Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) - "Hanes Cymru a Chenedl y Cymry o'r Cynoesoedd hyd at Farwolaeth Llywelyn ap Gruffydd", vol. 1 (1836)
*William Williams (Caledfryn) - "Drych Barddonol" (1839)

Music

*Thomas Griffiths (Tau Gimel) - "Casgliad o Hymnau" (1830)
*David James - "Myfyrdawd" (1833)

Births

*1830
**January 23 - Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn, politician (d. 1861)
**April 22 - Sarah Emily Davies, educator (d. 1921)
**May - Richard Davies (Tafolog), poet and critic (d. 1904)
**May 25 - Robert Williams (Trebor Mai), poet (d. 1877)
*1831
**December 20 - William T. Davies, Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1912)
*1832
**January 5 - Love Jones-Parry, politician and Patagonian settler (d. 1891)
**April 3 - William Thomas (Islwyn), poet (d. 1878)
**September 25 - John Ceiriog Hughes, poet (d. 1887)
*1833
**"date unknown"
***Richard Davies (Mynyddog), poet (d. 1877)
***James James, harpist and composer (d. 1902)
*1834
**October 16 - Pryce Pryce-Jones, mail order entrepreneur (d. 1920)
**"date unknown" - William Thomas (Gwilym Marles), minister (d. 1879)
*1836
**January 30 - Lewis Jones, Patagoniam settler (d. 1904)
**July 5 - Evan Herber Evans, minister (d. 1896)
**September 30 - George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn, industrialist (d. 1907)
**October 6 - Allen Raine, novelist (d. 1908)
**October 20 - Daniel Owen, novelist (d. 1895)
**"date unknown" - John Jones (Myrddin Fardd), poet (d. 1921)
*1837
**August 5 - William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr, industrialist (d. 1914)
**September 6 - Henry Thomas Edwards, preacher (d. 1884)
**September 22 - Thomas Charles Edwards, minister, writer and first principal of the University of Wales (d. 1900)
**December 26 - Sir William Boyd Dawkins, geologist (d. 1929)
**"date unknown" - William Bowen Rowlands, politician (d. 1906)
*1838
**"date unknown" - Charles Gresford Edmondes, clergyman and teacher (d. 1893)
*1839
**March 7 - Ludwig Mond, German-born industrialist (d. 1909)
**September 24 - John Neale Dalton, royal chaplain and tutor (d. 1931)
**"date unknown" - Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen), writer (d. 1916)

Deaths

*1830
**June 26 - King George IV of the United Kingdom, formerly the second longest-serving Prince of Wales (1762-1820)
*1831
**January 7 - Edward "Celtic" Davies, author, 74
**June 8 - Sarah Siddons, actress (born 1755)
**August 13 - Dic Penderyn, labourer (executed) (born 1808)
*1834
**August 11 - William Crawshay I, industrialist (b. 1764)
**September 2 - David Charles, hymn-writer (b. 1762)
*1835
**May 13 - John Nash, architect (b. 1752)
**June 3 - William Owen Pughe, grammarian and lexicographer (b. 1759)
**"date unknown" - Robert Davies (Robin Ddu o'r Glyn), poet (b. 1769)
*1836
**November 22 - Peter Bailey Williams, antiquarian (b. 1763)
*1837
**February 19 - Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St David's, 80
*1838
**March 14 - Wyndham Lewis, MP, 57
**July 19 - Christmas Evans, preacher (b. 1766)
**December 26 - Ann Hatton, novelist (b. 1764)
*1839
**May 16 - Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis