1811 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1811 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
- January 5 - The Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent.
- March 25 - Sir Joseph BaileySir Joseph Bailey, 1st BaronetSir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet was an English ironmaster and Member of Parliament .Bailey was born in 1783 in Great Wenham, Suffolk, the son of John Bailey, of Wakefield and his wife Susannah...
takes over Nant-y-glo ironworks. - A free-standing metal rail bridge is built at Robertstown, AberdareAberdareAberdare is an industrial town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Dare and Cynon. The population at the census was 31,705...
- the first in the world. - Construction of TremadogTremadogTremadog is a village on the outskirts of Porthmadog, in Gwynedd, north west Wales. It was a planned settlement, founded by William Madocks, who bought the land in 1798...
is completed by William MadocksWilliam MadocksWilliam Alexander Madocks was a landowner and Member of Parliament for the town of Boston in Lincolnshire from 1802 to 1820, and then for Chippenham in Wiltshire from 1820 to 1826...
. - The first Methodist Association for the ordaining of new ministers is held at LlandeiloLlandeiloLlandeilo is a town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated at the crossing of the River Towy by the A483 on a 19th century stone bridge. Its population is 1,731.The town is served by Llandeilo railway station on the Heart of Wales Line.- Early history :...
. Thomas CharlesThomas CharlesThomas Charles was a Welsh Nonconformist clergyman of considerable importance in the history of modern Wales.-Early life:...
plays a leading role. - At Hereford Assizes, Samuel HomfraySamuel HomfraySamuel Homfray was an English industrialist during the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, associated with the early iron industry in South Wales....
and his partners in the PenydarrenPenydarrenPenydarren Ironworks was the fourth of the great ironworks established at Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales.Built in 1784 by the brothers Samuel Homfray, Jeremiah Homfray, and Thomas Homfray, all sons of Francis Homfray of Stourbridge. Their father, Francis, for a time managed a nail warehouse there...
ironworks sue the Dowlais Company for fouling the Morlais brook with cinders and slag.
New books
- Thomas CharlesThomas CharlesThomas Charles was a Welsh Nonconformist clergyman of considerable importance in the history of modern Wales.-Early life:...
- Biblical Dictionary, vol. 4 - Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - Cyfansoddiad o Hymnau
- Richard FentonRichard Fenton-Life:Fenton was born at St. David's, Pembrokeshire, received his education in the cathedral school there, and at an early age obtained a situation in London in the custom house...
- A Tour in Quest of Genealogy - Ann HattonAnn HattonAnn Julia Hatton , was a popular novelist in Britain in the early 19th century.-Biography:...
- Poetic Trifles
Births
- January 14 - Rowland PrichardRowland PrichardRowland Huw Prichard was a Welsh musician. A native of Graienyn, near Bala, he lived most of his life in the area, serving for a time as a loom tender's assistant in Holywell, where he died...
, musician (d. 1887) - January 26 - Roger Edwards, minister (d. 1886)
- March 11 - Thomas Jones (Glan Alun), poet (d. 1866)
- March 12 - Mary Pendrill Llewelyn, translator and writer (d. 1874)
- July 11 - William Robert GroveWilliam Robert GroveSir William Robert Grove PC QC FRS was a judge and physical scientist. He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell technology.-Early life:...
, inventor (d. 1896) - date unknown - John Williams (Ab Ithel), antiquary (d. 1862)
Deaths
- May 1 - Titus Lewis, Baptist minister and writer, 38
- September 25 - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller, 87