1809 in Wales

1809 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1809 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent
*Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick

Events

*May 10 - Stapleton Cotton plays a prominent role in the Battle of Grijó.
*David Hughes, Principal of Jesus 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 the Mississippi in the future state of Missouri.

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. 2

Music

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Births

*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 anthem

Deaths

*April - Charles Francis Greville, founder of Milford Haven, 59
*October 28 - Hugh Pugh, Independent minister, 29


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