1798 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1798 to Wales
and its people
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Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and its people
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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Incumbents
- Prince of WalesPrince of WalesPrince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
- George, Prince RegentGeorge IV of the United KingdomGeorge IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later... - Princess of WalesPrincess of WalesPrincess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
- Caroline of BrunswickCaroline of BrunswickCaroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was the Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 until her death...
Events
- First recorded use of the word "tramroad", in the minutes of the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal Company.
- "Great Debate" held at Ramoth Chapel in Llanfrothen, Merionethshire, as a result of which John Richard JonesJohn Richard JonesJohn Richard Jones was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Hampden electorate from 1862 to 1863, when he resigned.On 23 October 1855, he married Mary Orbell, the fourth daughter of John Orbell of Hawkesbury....
forms the "Scottish Baptist" connexion. - The Gwyneddigion SocietyGwyneddigion SocietyThe Gwyneddigion Society is a literary and cultural society founded in London, England by Welsh scholars to further and preserve knowledge of their home country.-History:...
launches its project of publishing ancient Welsh manuscripts. - William Lort ManselWilliam Lort ManselBishop William Lort Mansel was an English churchman and Cambridge fellow. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1798 to his death in 1820, and also Bishop of Bristol from 1808 to 1820.William Lort Mansel was the son of William Wogan Mansel of Pembroke...
becomes Master of Trinity College, CambridgeTrinity College, CambridgeTrinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. - Morgan John RhysMorgan John RhysMorgan John Rhys was a Baptist minister who preached the principles of the French Revolution, against slavery, and in favour of the reform of parliament....
buys a tract of land in the Allegheny mountains of North America for the purpose of founding a Welsh colony, which he names Cambria.
New books
- Thomas Roberts of Llwyn'rhudol - Cwyn yn erbyn Gorthrymder
- Hester ThraleHester ThraleHester Lynch Thrale was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and 18th-century life.-Biography:Thrale was born at Bodvel Hall, Caernarvonshire, Wales...
- Three Warnings to John Bull before he dies. By an Old Acquaintance of the Public
Deaths
- July 6 - Joshua EvansJoshua Evans (Quaker minister)Joshua Evans was an American Quaker minister, journalist, and abolitionist.He was born to Thomas Evans and Rebecca Owen in Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey. Joshua Evans and Priscilla Collins, daughter of John Collins and Elizabeth Moore, were married at Haddonfield Monthly Meeting on...
, Quaker minister of Welsh descent, 66 - November 23 - David SamwellDavid SamwellDavid Samwell was a Welsh naval surgeon and poet. He was an important supporter of Welsh cultural organisations and was known by the pseudonym Dafydd Ddu Feddyg.-Personal history:...
, naval surgeon and poet, 47 - December 16 - Thomas PennantThomas PennantThomas Pennant was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary.The Pennants were a Welsh gentry family from the parish of Whitford, Flintshire, who had built up a modest estate at Bychton by the seventeenth century...
, naturalist and travel writer, 72 - date unknown - Edward Evan, poet