1817 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1817 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 - Riots break out in AmlwchAmlwchAmlwch is the most northerly town in Wales. It is situated on the north coast of the Isle of Anglesey, on the A5025 which connects it to Holyhead and to Menai Bridge. The town has no beach, but it has impressive coastal cliffs. Tourism is an important element of the local economy. At one time it...
over food prices. - July 22 - Windham Sadler succeeds in crossing the Irish Sea by hot air balloonHot air balloonThe hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. It is in a class of aircraft known as balloon aircraft. On November 21, 1783, in Paris, France, the first untethered manned flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes in a hot air...
, landing near HolyheadHolyheadHolyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the North Wales. It is also a major port adjacent to the Irish Sea serving Ireland....
. - October John GibsonJohn Gibson (sculptor)John Gibson, was a Welsh sculptor.-Early life:He was born near Conwy, Wales, his father being a market gardener. To his mother, whom he described as ruling his father and all the family, he owed the energy and determination which carried him over every obstacle.When he was nine years old the...
arrives in Rome to study sculpture with help from Antonio CanovaAntonio CanovaAntonio Canova was an Italian sculptor from the Republic of Venice who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh...
. - December 6 - Joseph Tregelles Price advertises Neath AbbeyNeath AbbeyNeath Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located near the present-day town of Neath in southern Wales, UK.It was once the largest abbey in Wales. Substantial ruins can still be seen, and are in the care of Cadw...
ironworks for sale. - Lewis Weston DillwynLewis Weston DillwynLewis Weston Dillwyn, FRS was a British porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and Member of Parliament.He was born in Walthamstow, Essex, the eldest son of William Dillwyn and Sarah Dillwyn...
retires from managing the Cambrian Pottery at SwanseaSwanseaSwansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
. - Richard FothergillRichard FothergillRichard Fothergill was an English ironmaster and coal-owner in Wales and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880....
retires from his role in managing the Tredegar ironworks with Samuel HomfraySamuel HomfraySamuel Homfray was an English industrialist during the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, associated with the early iron industry in South Wales....
. - Joseph Harris (Gomer)Joseph Harris (Gomer)Joseph Harris was a Welsh Baptist minister, author, and journal editor. A Welsh language poet, he took the Biblical name of Gomer as his bardic name. On 1 January 1814 he launched the first Welsh-language weekly Seren Gomer in Swansea.Gomer was born on a farm in Wolf's Castle, Pembrokeshire...
launches the unsuccessful periodical, Greal y Bedyddwyr. - Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis drafts the report on the Poor LawPoor LawThe English Poor Laws were a system of poor relief which existed in England and Wales that developed out of late-medieval and Tudor-era laws before being codified in 1587–98...
which brings its abuses to the attention of the public.
New books
- John Thomas (Eos Gwynedd) - Annerch Plant a Rhieni oddi ar farwolaeth William Thomas mab Lewis Thomas, Llanrwst
Music
- July 14 - Robert Williams composes the famous hymn-tune Llanfair (formerly named Bethel).
Births
- March 3 - Robert Thompson CrawshayRobert Thompson CrawshayRobert Thompson Crawshay was a British ironmaster.-Life:Crawshay, youngest son of William Crawshay by his second wife, Bella Thompson, was born at Cyfarthfa Ironworks. He was educated at Dr. Prichard's school at Llandaff, and from a very early age manifested interest in his father's ironworks, and...
, iron-master (d. 1879) - May 6 - John PrichardJohn PrichardJohn Prichard was a Welsh architect of the neo-Gothic style. John Prichard was the son of Richard Prichard a rector from Llangan, Glamorgan and was born on 6 May 1817. He established a practice in Llandaff, Cardiff where he became the diocesan architect. Between 1852 and 1863 he set up a...
, architect (d. 1886) - June 16 - Charles Herbert JamesCharles Herbert JamesCharles Herbert James was a British politician. He was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Merthyr Tydfil in 1880, resigning in 1888 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.-References:...
, politician (d. 1890) - August 16 - Rowland Williams, theologian and academic (d. 1870)
- September 17 - Hugh Humphreys, publisher (d. 1896)
- November 1 - Henry Brinley RichardsHenry Brinley RichardsHenry Brinley Richards was a Welsh composer.Richards was born in Hall Street, Carmarthen, his father being organist at St Peter's Church in the town and an organiser of local musical events. Richards won a prize at the Gwent-Morgannwg Eisteddfod of 1834, held at Cardiff, for his arrangement of...
, composer (d. 1885) - December 17 - Erasmus Jones, novelist (d. 1909)
Deaths
- January 16 - General Vaughan Lloyd, commander of the Woolwich Arsenal, 80
- March 27 - Josiah BoydellJosiah BoydellJosiah Boydell was a British publisher and painter, whose main achievement was the establishment of the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery with his uncle, John Boydell.-Biography:...
, artist, 65 - July 17 - William Williams of Llandygli, author, 79
- July 31 - Benjamin HallBenjamin Hall (ironmaster)Benjamin Hall, FRS was an industrialist and a prominent figure in South Wales.- Background, Education & Connections :...
, industrialist, 36 - date unknown - David HughesDavid Hughes (college principal)David Hughes was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford from 1802 to 1817. He was also Rector of Besselsleigh. He donated £105 to the college in 1809 to increase the value of scholarships for those entering the college from South Wales and England, to reduce the disparity with scholarships for those...
, Principal of Jesus College, OxfordJesus College, OxfordJesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...