1830s in Wales

none December 2025 1820s | 1840s | Other years in Wales Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1830–1839 to Wales and its people. Events 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 Arts and literature New books Charles James Apperley - The Chace, the Road, and the Turf (1837) Eliza Constantia Campbell - Tales about Wales (1837) John Evans (I. D. Ffraid) - Hanes yr Iddewon (1831) Y Fwyalchen (poetry anthology) (1835) Felicia Hemans - Songs of the Affections (1830) Benjamin Jones (PA Môn) - Athrawiaeth Bedydd (1830) Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick - Engraved Illustrations of Antient Arms and Armour, from the Collection at Goodrich Court (1830) Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) - Hanes Cymru a Chenedl y Cymry o'r Cynoesoedd hyd at Farwolaeth Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, vol. 1 (1836) William Williams (Caledfryn) - Drych Barddonol (1839) Music Thomas Griffiths (Tau Gimel) - Casgliad o Hymnau (1830) David James - Myfyrdawd (1833) Births 1830 23 January - Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn, politician (d. 1861) 22 April - Sarah Emily Davies, educator (d. 1921) May - Richard Davies (Tafolog), poet and critic (d. 1904) 25 May - Robert Williams (Trebor Mai), poet (d. 1877) 1831 20 December - William T. Davies, Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1912) 1832 5 January - Love Jones-Parry, politician and Patagonian settler (d. 1891) 3 April - William Thomas (Islwyn), poet (d. 1878) 25 September - John Ceiriog Hughes, poet (d. 1887) 1833 date unknown Richard Davies (Mynyddog), poet (d. 1877) James James, harpist and composer (d. 1902) 1834 16 October - Pryce Pryce-Jones, mail order entrepreneur (d. 1920) date unknown - William Thomas (Gwilym Marles), minister (d. 1879) 1836 30 January - Lewis Jones, Patagonian settler (d. 1904) 5 July - Evan Herber Evans, minister (d. 1896) 30 September - George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn, industrialist (d. 1907) 6 October - Allen Raine, novelist (d. 1908) 20 October - Daniel Owen, novelist (d. 1895)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Owen Daniel Owen Encyclopædia Britannica 10 December 2025 date unknown - John Jones (Myrddin Fardd), poet (d. 1921) 1837 5 August - William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr, industrialist (d. 1914) 6 September - Henry Thomas Edwards, preacher (d. 1884) 22 September - Thomas Charles Edwards, minister, writer and first principal of the University of Wales (d. 1900) 26 December - Sir William Boyd Dawkins, geologist (d. 1929) date unknown - William Bowen Rowlands, politician (d. 1906) 1838 date unknown - Charles Gresford Edmondes, clergyman and teacher (d. 1893) 1839 7 March - Ludwig Mond, German-born industrialist (d. 1909) 24 September - John Neale Dalton, royal chaplain and tutor (d. 1931) date unknown - Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen), writer (d. 1916) Deaths 1830 26 June - King George IV of the United Kingdom, formerly the second longest-serving Prince of Wales (1762-1820) 1831 7 January - Edward "Celtic" Davies, author, 74 8 June - Sarah Siddons, actress (born 1755) 13 August - Dic Penderyn, labourer (executed) (born 1808) 1834 11 August - William Crawshay I, industrialist (b. 1764) 2 September - David Charles, hymn-writer (b. 1762) 1835 13 May - John Nash, architect (b. 1752) 3 June - William Owen Pughe, grammarian and lexicographer (b. 1759) date unknown - Robert Davies (Robin Ddu o'r Glyn), poet (b. 1769) 1836 22 November - Peter Bailey Williams, antiquarian (b. 1763) 1837 19 February - Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St David's, 80 1838 14 March - Wyndham Lewis, MP, 57 19 July - Christmas Evans, preacher (b. 1766) 26 December - Ann Hatton, novelist (b. 1764) 1839 16 May - Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis References Category:19th century in Wales Wales Category:Decades in Wales