1829 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1829 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- January - The first issue of the Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory appears.[1]
- 6 May - The Cymmrodorion hold an eisteddfod in London.[2]
- 24 November - The Ecclesiastical Courts Act, 1829, is passed, largely at the instigation of Sir John Nicholl.[3]
- Formation of the North Wales and South Wales MMs (monthly meetings) by the Society of Friends.
- Beaumaris Gaol is built, to the design of Joseph Hansom.[4]
Arts and literature
New books
- Ellis Evans - Arddangosiad Syml o Syniadau Gwahaniaethol, neu Egwyddorion Priodol, y Bedyddwyr Crediniol[5]
- John Jones (Tegid) - A Defence of the Reformed System of Welsh Orthography
- Thomas Love Peacock - The Misfortunes of Elphin
- Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) - An Essay on the Physiognomy and Physiology of the Present Inhabitants of Britain[6]
Music
- Felix Mendelssohn visits Wales and transcribes some Welsh music.[7]
Births
- 27 January - Isaac Roberts, astronomer (d. 1904)
- 2 June - Sir John Henry Puleston, banker and politician (d. 1908)
- 23 December - Thomas Walter Price (Cuhelyn), journalist and poet (d. 1869)
Deaths
- 26 January - Benjamin Millingchamp, collector of manuscripts, 72
- June - Elizabeth Randles, harpist, 28?[8]
- 19 August - Jonathan Williams, antiquary, 77
- 20 November - John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), antiquary, 59[9]
References
- National Identity in Great Britain and British North America, 1815–1851 p154
- collections historical and archeological relating to montgomeryshrine, and its borders. issued by the powys-land club for the use of its members. 1877. p. 196.
- The Ecclesiastical Law: 2. London. 1842. p. 1.
- John Timpson (1989). Timpson's Towns of England and Wales: Oddities & Curiosities. Jarrold. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-7117-0419-0.
- William Thomas Whitley (1984). A Baptist Bibliography. Georg Olms Verlag. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-487-41340-2.
- Robert Williams (1852). Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times to the Present, and Including Every Name Connected with the Ancient History of Wales. W. Rees. pp. 423.
- R. Larry Todd (28 October 2013). Mendelssohn Essays. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-135-86669-3.
- Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office.
- William Jones (1839). The Gwyneddion for 1832: Containing the Prize Poems, Etc., of the Beaumaris Eisteddfod and North Wales Literary Society. Hughes. p. 148.
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