1783 in Wales

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1783
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1760s
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
See also:
1783 in
Great Britain
Ireland
Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1783 to Wales and its people.

Incumbent[]

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[]

  • (Hughes Fawr) - Rhai Hymnau Newyddion o Fawl i'r Oen[4]

Births[]

  • 11 February - Thomas Richard, minister (died 1856)
  • May - , minister and literary editor (died 1867)[5]

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Thomas Charles". Banner of Truth. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. ^ 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–.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Robert (Bob) Owen. "Hughes, Evan ('Hughes Fawr'; d. 1800), cleric and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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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