1796 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1796 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- February - The main line of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal opens; it is 12.5 miles (20.1 km) long, and runs from Newport to Pontnewynydd, via Pontymoile, rising by 447 feet (136.3m) through 42 locks.
- 27 February - John Stuart is created Marquess of Bute.
- June - At the British general election, Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, backed by Bishop John Warren, challenges sitting MP Sir Robert Williams, the sitting member for Caernarvonshire; Sir Robert is easily re-elected.
Arts and literature
New books
- Charles Heath - The Excursion Down the Wye
- Thomas Pennant - Whiteford and Holywell
- David Williams - The History of Monmouthshire
Births
- 7 January - Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, only child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (d. 1817)
- 1 March - John Jones, Talysarn, preacher (d. 1857)
- 30 September - John Mytton, sportsman (d. 1834)
- December - David Owen (Brutus), writer (d. 1866)
Deaths
- February - John Jones, organist, 70?
- 8 August - Peter Williams, Methodist writer, 63
- date unknown - Ioan Siencyn, poet
References
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