- 1809 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1809 to
Wales and its people.Incumbents
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Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent
*Princess of Wales -Caroline of Brunswick Events
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May 10 -Stapleton Cotton plays a prominent role in theBattle of Grijó .
*David Hughes, Principal ofJesus College, Oxford , donates £105 towards scholarships to give South Wales the same level of support as North Wales.
*Hawarden Castle is enlarged.
*John Rice Jones begins lead mining across theMississippi in the future state ofMissouri .Arts and literature
New books
*Edward Davies - "The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids"
*Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - "An English-Welsh Dictionary neu Eir-Lyfr Saesneg a Chymraeg"
*Theophilus Jones - "History of the County of Brecknock", vol. 2Music
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Births
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January 18 -John Gwyn Jeffreys , conchologist (d. 1885)
*April 17 -Thomas Brigstocke , painter (d. 1881)
*May 24 - William Chambers, politician (d. 1882)
*May 26 -G. T. Clark , engineer (d. 1885)
*August 11 -Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan) , writer (d. 1880)
*August 20 -Morris Williams (Nicander) , writer (d. 1874)
*"date unknown" -Evan James , lyricist of the Welsh national anthemDeaths
*April -
Charles Francis Greville , founder of Milford Haven, 59
*October 28 - Hugh Pugh, Independent minister, 29
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