1813 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1813 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 - 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...
sells his 25% share in Cyfarthfa ironworks for £20,000. - April - Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc)Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc)Reverend Thomas Price was a historian and a major Welsh literary figure of the early 19th century....
moves to CrickhowellCrickhowellCrickhowell is a small town in Powys, Mid Wales.-Location:The name Crickhowell is taken from that of the nearby Iron Age hill fort of Crug Hywel above the town, the Welsh language name being anglicised by map-makers and local English-speaking people...
to take over several parishes in the vicinity. - November - Sir Jeremiah Homfray is forced to sell his house at Cwm Rhondda to settle his debts.
- Anthony HillAnthony HillAnthony Hill is an English artist, painter and relief-maker, originally a member of the post-World War II British art movement termed the Constructionist Group whose work was essentially in the international constructivist tradition. His fellow members in this group were Victor Pasmore, Adrian...
and his two brothers go into partnership at the Plymouth ironworks. - The "Branwen ferch Llŷr" sepulchral urn is discovered on the banks of the river Alaw in AngleseyAngleseyAnglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...
(later placed in the British Museum by Richard LlwydRichard LlwydRichard Llwyd, also known as The Bard of Snowdon , was a Welsh author, poet and expert on Welsh heraldry and genealogy. His most notable work is the poem Beaumaris Bay, which was published in 1800.-Life history:...
). - The first permanent military barracksBarracksBarracks are specialised buildings for permanent military accommodation; the word may apply to separate housing blocks or to complete complexes. Their main object is to separate soldiers from the civilian population and reinforce discipline, training and esprit de corps. They were sometimes called...
in Wales are opened at BreconBreconBrecon is a long-established market town and community in southern Powys, Mid Wales, with a population of 7,901. It was the county town of the historic county of Brecknockshire; although its role as such was eclipsed with the formation of Powys, it remains an important local centre...
. - An Independent minister, David Davies, is forced to leave his teaching post at Carmarthen Academy after charges of "immorality" are made against him.
- David Daniel DavisDavid Daniel DavisDavid Daniel Davis M.D. F.R.C.P. was a British physician.Born David Davies in Llandyfaelog in Wales, he received his M.D. from the University of Glasgow in 1801. He set up his practice as a physician in Sheffield, living in Paradise Square from 1803 to 1812...
is appointed a physician at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London. - Charles James ApperleyCharles James ApperleyCharles James Apperley , English sportsman and sporting writer, better known as Nimrod, the pseudonym under which he published his works on the chase and on the turf, was born at Plasgronow, near Wrexham, in Denbighshire, North Wales in 1777.- Youth :Charles James Apperley was the second son of...
becomes agent for his brother-in-law's estates in Caernarvonshire, taking up residence at Tŷ Gwyn, Llanbeblig. - Diana Barham, Baroness Barham, settles in Gower.
- Thomas CharlesThomas CharlesThomas Charles was a Welsh Nonconformist clergyman of considerable importance in the history of modern Wales.-Early life:...
of Bala publishes his "rules" for the conduct of Sunday schools. - Richard Parry Price, heir to the Puleston estates, is created a baronetBaronetA baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
. - Elijah WaringElijah WaringElijah Waring , was an Anglo-Welsh writer.Born at Alton, Hampshire, Waring was the son of a Jeremiah Waring, and settled in South Wales in about 1810. He founded and English-language periodical, The Cambrian Visitor: a Monthly Miscellany, at Swansea in 1813, and moved to Neath in the following...
founds a new periodical, The Cambrian Visitor: a Monthly Miscellany, which fails after eight months.
New books
- Hugh DaviesHugh Davies (botanist)Hugh Davies was a Welsh botanist and Anglican clergyman. He spent most of his professional life on the island of Anglesey and published a treatise on the flora of the county, which was the first volume to cross-reference plant names in the Welsh language with their scientific names.-Life:Davies...
- Welsh Botanology … A Systematic Catalogue of the Native Plants of Anglesey, in Latin, English, and Welsh - Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) - General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of North Wales
- William Owen - Lloffion o Faes Boaz
- William Williams (Gwilym Peris) - Awengerdd Peris
Births
- January 30 - Samuel Prideaux TregellesSamuel Prideaux TregellesSamuel Prideaux Tregelles was an English biblical scholar, textual critic, and theologian.- Life :Tregelles was born at Wodehouse Place, Falmouth, of Quaker parents, but he himself for many years was in communion with the Plymouth Brethren and then later in life became a Presbyterian...
, Biblical scholar (d. 1875) - May 2 - Mordecai JonesMordecai JonesMordecai Jones was a Welsh businessman and pioneer in the development of the South Wales coalfield. He was a notable promoter of the British Schools model of free education, and of Welsh and English Calvinistic Methodist churches...
, industrialist (d. 1880) - June 30 - Thomas BriscoeThomas BriscoeThomas Briscoe was a Welsh priest and scholar, who was a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford for 25 years and Vicar of Holyhead for 37 years. He also translated the New Testament, and some books of the Old Testament, into Welsh.-Life:Briscoe was born in Wrexham, Wales and educated at Ruthin School...
, translator (d. 1895) - August 1 - William Ambrose (Emrys)William Ambrose (Emrys)William Ambrose , bardic name Emrys, was a 19th-century Welsh language poet born at Bangor, Caernarfonshire , north Wales. -References:...
, poet (d. 1873) - September 12 - Daniel Jones, missionary (d. 1846)
- October 10 - William Adams, mining engineer (d. 1886)
- date unknown - John Edwards (Meiriadog), poet (d. 1906)
Deaths
- March 23 - Princess Augusta of Great Britain, daughter of Frederick, Prince of WalesFrederick, Prince of WalesFrederick, Prince of Wales was a member of the House of Hanover and therefore of the Hanoverian and later British Royal Family, the eldest son of George II and father of George III, as well as the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria...
and mother of Caroline, later Princess of Wales (b. 1737) - April 17 - Thomas Edwards (Yr Hwntw Mawr), murderer
- August 11 (or 12) - John PriceJohn Price (librarian)John Price was a Welsh librarian and Anglican priest, who was in charge of the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford for 45 years.-Life:...
, librarian, 78 - date unknown - Jane Cave, poet (b. 1754)