1794 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1794 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"

Events

*April 21 - Charles Kemble, Brecon-born brother of Sarah Siddons, makes his first appearance on the London stage as Malcolm in "Macbeth".
*Richard Crawshay buys out Anthony Bacon to become sole proprietor of Cyfarthfa ironworks.
*Completion of the Pontypridd to Cardiff section of the Glamorganshire Canal.
*Richard Hill is accused by the owners of the Glamorganshire Canal of improperly taking water from the Taff river which for his Plymouth ironworks.
*Mumbles Lighthouse is built.
*Henry Paget commands the 80th Foot in Flanders.

Arts and literature

New books

*Iolo Morganwg - "Poems Lyric and Pastoral"
*Hester Thrale - "British Synonymy: or an attempt at regulating the choice of words in familiar conversation"
*Peter Williams - "Gwreiddyn y Mater"

Births

*May 7 - Rees Howell Gronow, memoirist (d. 1865)
*November 3 - David Thomas, industrialist (d. 1882)
*"date unknown"
**Evan Davies (Eta Delta), Independent minister (d. 1855)
**Thomas Jenkyn, theologian (d. 1858)

Deaths

*January 22 - John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart, MP and heir of the Marquess of Bute, 26
*?August - Sackville Gwynne, landowner, 43?
*August 19 - Sir Hugh Williams, 8th Baronet, soldier and politician, 76
*October 1 - David William, hymn-writer, 74
*Hon. William Paget, MP for Anglesey, 25?