1790 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1790 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- 9 June - Royal assent is given to establishment of the port of Milford Haven.
- Sir Herbert Mackworth gives up the Parliamentary seat of Cardiff when John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart, comes of age.
- The world's first railway viaduct (used by horse drawn wagons to carry coal from the mines) is built at Blaenavon.
- Construction of the Glamorganshire Canal begins.
- Monmouth County Gaol built.[1]
- John Coles, son of the founder of the Cambrian Pottery, goes into partnership with entrepreneur George Haynes, resulting in the expansion of the business.
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Gardd o Gerddi
- Thomas Pennant - Indian Zoology
- Peter Williams - Tafol i Bwyso Sosiniaeth
Births
- 27 January - William Davies Evans, mariner and chess player (died 1872)
- July - James Williams, cleric and co-founder of the Anglesey Association of the Preservation of Lives from Shipwreck (died 1872)
- 4 July - George Everest, surveyor and geographer (died 1866)
- 11 August - William Probert, minister and author (died 1870)
- 16 September - Thomas Short, Bishop of St Asaph (died 1872)
- 29 September - John Jones, printer (died 1855)
Deaths
- 20 March - Thomas Richards of Coychurch, cleric and lexicographer, 80
- 24 August - John Worgan, organist and composer, 66
- 16 October - Daniel Rowland, Methodist leader, c.79
- 5 November - Michael Lort, clergyman, academic and antiquary, 65
References
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