1783 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1783 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 20 August - Thomas Charles marries Sally Jones and settles in Bala.[1]
- 26 September - Industrialist and slave-owner Richard Pennant is created 1st Baron Penrhyn in the county of Lough.[2]
- Welsh emigrant Evan Williams founds a whiskey distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, which will still be operating in the 21st century.
Arts and literature
New books
- Julia Ann Hatton - Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects[3]
Music
- Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - Rhai Hymnau Newyddion o Fawl i'r Oen[4]
Births
- 11 February - Thomas Richard, minister (died 1856)
- May - Cadwaladr Jones, minister and literary editor (died 1867)[5]
Deaths
- 19 June - Henry Lloyd, soldier and military writer[6]
- 7 August - Thomas Llewellyn, Baptist minister and writer, 63?[7]
- 2 September - Edward Edwards, academic
- 6 September - Anna Williams, friend of Dr Johnson, 77?
- 16 December - Sir William James, 1st Baronet, naval commander
References
- "Thomas Charles". Banner of Truth. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- George Nicholson (1813). The Cambrian Traveller's Guide: In Every Direction; Containing Remarks Made During Many Excursions, in the Principality of Wales, and Bordering Districts, Augmented by Extracts from the Best Writers. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. pp. 1059–.
- Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1973). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. SIU Press. pp. 34. ISBN 978-0-8093-1526-0.
- Robert (Bob) Owen. "Hughes, Evan ('Hughes Fawr'; d. 1800), cleric and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- Richard Griffith Owen. "Jones, Cadwaladr (1783-1867), Independent minister and first editor of Y Dysgedydd". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- Samuel Henry Fergus Johnston. "Lloyd, Henry (c.1720-1783), soldier and military writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office.
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