- 1820s in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1820 - 1829 to
Wales and its people.Incumbents
*
Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent (until January 29, 1820)
*Princess of Wales -Caroline of Brunswick (until January 29, 1820)Events
*1820
*1821
*1822
*1823
*1824
*1825
*1826
*1827
*1828
*1829Arts and literature
New books
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John Elias - "Golygiad Ysgrythurol ar Gyfiawnhad Pechadur" (1821)
*Felicia Hemans - "The Forest Sanctuary" (1825)
*Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) - "An Essay on the Physiognomy and Physiology of the Present Inhabitants of Britain" (1829)
*David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) - "Cywydd y Dilyw" (1821)Music
*John Ellis - "Eliot" (
hymn tune ) (1823)
*Edward Jones - "Hen Ganiadau Cymru" (1820)
*" Peroriaeth Hyfryd" (collection of hymns including "Caersalem" by Robert Edwards) (1827)
*"Seren Gomer" (collection of hymns including "Grongar" by John Edwards) (1824)Births
*1820
**May 21 -Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1st Baronet , politician and landowner (d. 1877)
*1821
**June 24 -Guillermo Rawson , Argentinian politician (d.1890 )
**July 16 -John Jones (Mathetes) , preacher and writer (d. 1878)
*1822
**March 2 -Michael D. Jones , Patagonian settler (d. 1898)
*1823
**January 8 -Alfred Russel Wallace , biologist (d.1913 )
**March -Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) , poet and archdruid (d.1905 )
**November 23 - Sir John Evans, archaeologist (d.1908 )
*1824
**"date unknown" -John Basson Humffray , political reformer in Australia (d.1891 )
*1825
**June 7 -R. D. Blackmore , novelist (d.1900 )
*1826
**January 13 -Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff (d.1913 )
**March 1 - John Thomas, harpist (d. 1913)
**May 8 -George Osborne Morgan , lawyer (d.1897 )
**May 11 -David Charles Davies , Nonconformist leader (d.1891 )
*1827
**October 27 -Joseph Tudor Hughes (Blegwryd), harp prodigy (d. 1841)
*1828
**January 30 -John David Jenkins , philanthropist (d. 1876)
*1829
**January 27 -Isaac Roberts , astronomer (d.1904 )Deaths
*1820
**January 29 - KingGeorge III of the United Kingdom , Prince of Wales 1751-1760
**June 16 -Thomas Jones of Denbigh , Methodist preacher and writer (b. 1756)
**June 27 -William Lort Mansel , bishop and academic (b. 1753)
**August 23 -John Randles , harpist (b. 1763)
**August 28 -Henry Mills , musician (b. 1757)
*1821
**May 2 -Hester Thrale , diarist (b. 1741)
**August 7 -Caroline of Brunswick , former Princess of Wales (1795-1820), 53
*1822
**March 30 -David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri) , poet (b. 1759)
**"date unknown" -Stephen Kemble , actor, brother ofSarah Siddons (b. 1758)
*1823
**February 26 -John Philip Kemble , actor, brother of Sarah Siddons (b. 1757)
*1825
**February 24 -Thomas Bowdler , editor (b. 1754)
**June 9 -Abraham Rees , encyclopaedist (b. 1743)
**August 10 -Joseph Harris (Gomer) , Baptist minister, poet and editor (b. 1773)
*1827
**"date unknown" -Helen Maria Williams , novelist and poet (b. c. 1761)
*1828
**September -William Madocks , landowner
*1829
**January 26 -Benjamin Millingchamp , collector of manuscripts (b. 1756)
**June -Elizabeth Randles , harpist (b. 1801)
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