1806 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1806 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1806 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry PagetEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 24J.C. Sainty John Sainty (civil servant) List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd London 1979 Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 695Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru University of Wales Press 1992 169 Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of BeaufortEdwin Poole The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions Edwin Poole 1886 378 Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount BulkeleyEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 26 Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Thomas Johnes Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of WestminsterOld Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders not known William Retlaw Williams "Old Wales" Office 1907 3 106 Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 612 Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th BaronetEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 29 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of PowisR. G. Thorne http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/clive-edward-1754-1839 Clive, Edward, 2nd Baron Clive (1754-1839), of Walcot, Salop The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 1986 13 November 2021 13 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211113165618/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/clive-edward-1754-1839 dead Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milfords-PHIL-PIC-1491 Philipps family, of Picton Bertie George Charles 1959 19 October 2021 Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron RodneyJonathan Williams The History of Radnorshire R. Mason 1859 115William Stockdale Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom 1833 86 Bishop of Bangor – William Cleaver (until 25 November)Thomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 305The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged Porter 1780 95 Fryde E. B. Handbook of British chronology New York Cambridge University Press Cambridge England 1996 9780521563505 292 Bishop of Llandaff – Richard WatsonJohn Henry James A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff Western Mail 1898 16 Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Horsley (until 4 October); William Cleaver (from 25 November)The Church of the people and free church penny magazine 1859 179The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England James Parkes and Company 1866 15 Bishop of St Davids – Thomas BurgessThomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 307The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged Porter 1780 95The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3 George III (King of Great Britain) University Press 1967 434Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas https://catalogues.royalsociety.org/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=NA3174&pos=1 The Royal Society 30 October 2020 Events 21 October - Battle of Trafalgar: A British Royal Navy fleet led by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain. About 465 of the 18,000 men on the British ships were born in Wales.http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors/ Trafalgar ancestors The National Archives (United Kingdom) 2014-08-28 26 November - The Ellesmere Canal's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is opened, the tallest and longest in Britain, completing the canal's Llangollen branch.L. T. C. Rolt L. T. C. Rolt Thomas Telford https://archive.org/details/thomastelford00rolt registration London Longmans, Green 1958 unknown dates John Kenrick III develops his great-uncle's chandlery at Wrexham into a bank.The Bankers' Magazine BPC (Bankers' Magazine) Limited 1849 The Late Bank Failures at Wrexham IX 242 Alban Thomas Jones-Gwynne builds the town of Aberaeron.Thomas Lloyd Julian Orbach Robert Scourfield Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion https://books.google.com/books?id=wEkcJb2lHx8C&pg=PA391 2006 Yale University Press 0-300-10179-1 391 Arts and literature New books Thomas Charles - Geiriadur YsgrythyrolThomas Charles Geiriadur ysgrythawl. Geiriadur ysgrythyrol ... Yr ail argraffiad, etc https://books.google.com/books?id=o9_4vrK9shEC&pg=PP13 1819 Robert Saunderson 13 Richard Colt Hoare - Life of Giralduss-HOAR-COL-1758 Hoare, Sir Richard Colt (1758-1838), 2nd baronet, historian and antiquary William Llewelyn Davies 9 October 2022 Theophilus Jones - History of the County of Brecknock, vol. 1 Titus Lewis - A Welsh — English Dictionary, Geiriadur Cymraeg a SaesnegTitus Lewis A Welsh-English dictionary. Geirlyfr Cymraeg a Saesneg, gan T. Lewis ac eraill https://books.google.com/books?id=Oe8IAAAAQAAJ 1805 J. Evans, in Priory-Street Robert Southey - MadocMichael Gamer Romanticism, Self-Canonization, and the Business of Poetry https://books.google.com/books?id=3fURDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA157 17 February 2017 Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-15885-6 157 Music Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) takes up residence in St James's Palace. Visual arts English watercolour landscape painter David Cox makes his first tour in Wales. Births 13 December - Robert Griffiths, inventor (died 1883)s-GRIF-ROB-1805 Griffiths, Robert (1805-1883), engineer and inventor Griffith Milwyn Griffiths 1959 13 November 2021 19 December - John David Edwards, hymn-writer (died 1885)s-EDWA-DAV-1805 Edwards, John David (1805-1885), cleric and musician Robert David Griffith 10 April 2019 date unknown Evan Davies, missionary (died 1864) Davies, Evan 14 135 Hugh Hughes (Tegai), writer (died 1864)s-HUGH-HUG-1805 Edwards, Hughes, Hugh (Tegai; 1805-1864), Independent minister and man of letters David Tecwyn Evans 10 April 2019 John William Thomas, mathematician (died 1840) Deaths 15 April - Mary Morgan, servant, 16 (executed by hanging, for killing her newborn child)George Hardinge The miscellaneous works, in prose and verse, of George Hardinge [ed. by J. Nichols]. https://books.google.com/books?id=D18UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA58 1818 58 August - Ann Griffiths, poet and hymn-writer, 29A. M. Allchin Ann Griffiths: The Furnace and the Fountain https://books.google.com/books?id=cD1KAAAAYAAJ 1987 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-0954-4 ii 25 November - Jonathan Hughes, poet, 84s-HUGH-JON-1721 Hughes, Jonathan (1721-1805), poet Thomas Parry 26 November 2020 Events 6 January - The William and Mary founders in the Irish Sea off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, with the loss of all hands.Lloyd's Marine List – Jan. 14. Caledonian Mercury 18 January 1806 13109 9 January - The ship Cecelia, on a voyage from Dublin to Barbados, founders in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey, with the loss of all hands.(untitled) 21 January 1806 3 6638 A 10 March - The ship Prosperous founders off Anglesey with the loss of all hands. 6 May - The first Welsh language version of the New Testament issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society is published. 1 October - The brig Mary runs aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea and is wrecked with the loss of seven of the ten people on board. Two of the survivors are rescued by Mary, a ship homeported in Liverpool, Lancashire, whilst the third is rescued by Mary, a ship homeported in Amlwch, Anglesey.LONDON, OCTOBER 27. The Newcastle Courant etc. 1 November 1806 6786 25 October - The sloop Margaret, on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Greenock, Renfrewshire, is wrecked near Holyhead, Anglesey, with the loss of all on board.Liverpool, Oct. 30. The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland &c. 1 November 1806 281 Marine Intelligence The Aberdeen Journal 12 November 1806 3070 3 December - Ships affected by a storm in the Irish Sea include: Eliza, driven ashore at Cardigan, Pembrokeshire, on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Dublin.Liverpool, Dec. 11. The Lancaster Gazetter and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland &c. 13 December 1806 287 Her crew are rescued. John, on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Dublin, driven ashore at Caernarfon. Milford, driven ashore at Cardigan while on a voyage from Liverpool to Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Her crew are rescued. The first Nonconformist school in Wales is opened at Swansea. William Madocks obtains an Act of Parliament to allow him to construct a harbour at Portinllaen. William Owen Pughe inherits the estate of the Rev. Rees Pughe in Denbighshire and takes the surname "Pughe". Anthony Bushby Bacon sells his share of the Hirwaun ironworks to his brother Thomas and buys the Mathews' estate at Aberaman.s-BACO-N00-1718 Bacon family Watkin William Price Watkin William Price 1959 Julia Ann Hatton moves to Kidwelly after her husband's death. A stone-built Caerleon Bridge is opened. A new bridge is built across the River Dyfi at Machynlleth. Thomas Jones of Denbigh marries for a third time, to Mary Lloyd. The Prince of Wales makes an impromptu visit to Wales in the company of Sir Richard Puleston. To commemorate the event, he plants a young oak tree. Arts and literature New books Titus Lewis & Joseph Harris (Gomer) - Y Drysorfa Efangylaidd William Richards - Address on the Duration or Perpetuity of Christian Baptism, with some Introductory Hints upon the Subjects and Mode of that Ordinance Thomas Roberts of Llwynrhudol - Amddiffyniad i'r Methodistiaid Charles Symmons - Life of Milton Music Casgliad o Hymnau gan mwyaf heb erioed eu hargraffu o'r blaen (collection of hymns) Births 17 January - William Saunders, poet (died 1851)s-SAUN-WIL-1806 Saunders, William (1806-1851), poet and writer William Roger Hughes 9 October 2022 1 February - Jane Williams (Ysgafell), writer (died 1885)s-WILL-JAN-1806 Williams, Jane Brinley Rees B. R. Rees 7 March 2019 9 April - Theophilus Redwood, pharmacist (died 1892)Stewart Williams R. T. W. Denning Stewart Williams' Glamorgan historian https://books.google.com/books?id=PakxAQAAIAAJ 1966 D. Brown 91 21 April - Sir George Cornewall Lewis, statesman (died 1863)Charles Knight Biography: Or, Third Division of "The English Encyclopedia" https://books.google.com/books?id=d8RPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA807 1872 Bradbury, Evans & Company 807 date unknown Joseph Murray Ince, painter (died 1859)James Murray Ince, Dictionary of National Biography Harry Longueville Jones, archæologist, artist and Inspector of Schools for Wales (died 1870)Thomas Mardy Rees Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index https://books.google.com/books?id=sXM_AQAAMAAJ 1908 Herald Office 315 David Pugh, politician (died 1890) probable - Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth), Rebecca rioter (died 1876)s-REES-THO-1806 Rees, Thomas ('Twm Carnábwth'; 1806?-1876), pugilist Robert Thomas Jenkins 9 October 2022 Deaths 2 March - Robert Watkin Wynne, politician, 52? 12 April - Evan Davies, Independent minister, 56s-DAVI-EVA-1750 Davies, Evan (1750-1806), Independent minister Thomas Harris Lewis 1959 15 November 2021 19 September - John Roberts, hymn-writer, 75 October - Gabriel Jones, Welsh American lawyer and politician, 82Waddell Joseph Addison 1886 Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, With Reminiscences Illustrative of the Vicissitudes of Its Pioneer Settlers William Ellis Jones, Book and Job Printer Richmond, Virginia 2687660 https://books.google.com/books?id=7dB4AAAAMAAJ Google Books June 28, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140628043617/http://books.google.com/books?id=7dB4AAAAMAAJ live 394 4 October - Samuel Horsley, Bishop of St Asaph date unknown Fulke Greville, former MP for Monmouth Boroughs See also 1806 in Ireland References Category:1806 by country Category:Years of the 19th century in Wales Wales Category:1806 in Europe Category:1800s in Wales