1833 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1833 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 29 January - In the United Kingdom general election, Sir John Edwards, 1st Baronet, defeats Tory candidate Panton Corbett to win the enlarged constituency of Montgomery for the Liberals.
- 2 April - Launch of HMS Royal William at Pembroke Dock. This is the first ship to be built there with over 100 guns.
- 26 May - John Etherington Welch Rolls of The Hendre, Monmouth, marries Elizabeth Long, granddaughter of the 7th Earl of Northesk. They are the parents of John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock.[1]
- Isaac Williams becomes Dean of Trinity College, Oxford.
- Lady Charlotte Bertie marries John Josiah Guest.
- Adrian Stephens invents the steam whistle as a safety device for use at Dowlais Ironworks; he fails to patent it.
- The community of Gomer, Ohio, is founded in the USA by Welsh settlers.
- Abbey Cwmhir Hall is constructed on the site of an earlier house.
Arts and literature
- Mold cape discovered.
New books
- Sir Harford Jones Brydges - The Dynasty of the Kajars, translated from the original Persian manuscript
- Eliza Constantia Campbell - Stories from the History of Wales
Music
- David James - Myfyrdawd
Births
- 10 January - Richard Davies (Mynyddog), poet (d. 1877)
- 23 January - Sir Lewis Morris, poet (d. 1907)
- 6 July - David Hugh Jones (Dewi Arfon), poet (d. 1869)
- 12 July - John Hugh Evans, Wesleyan minister and temperance campaigner (d. 1886)
- 20 August - General Sir James Hills-Johnes, military leader (d. 1919)
- date unknown
- James James (Iago ap Ieuan), harpist and composer (d. 1902)
- Jacob Thomas, VC recipient (d. 1911)
Deaths
- 9 January - Sir Thomas Foley, admiral, 75
- 29 January - Thomas Evans, poet, 66
- 6 February - Robert Waithman, lord mayor of London, 69
- 26 February - Richard Jones, minister and writer, 61
- 4 May - William Morgan, scientist and actuary 82
- 16 August - John Edwards-Vaughan, politician, 61
- 1 October - Thomas Beynon, archdeacon of Cardigan and patron of the arts, 88
References
- ↑ Nicholas, Thomas (2000). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales p.784-6. ISBN 978-0-8063-1314-6.
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