1806 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1806 to Wales and its people.

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Events[]

  • 6 January - The William and Mary founders in the Irish Sea off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, with the loss of all hands.[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • 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.[3]
  • 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.[4][5]
  • 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.[6] 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.[7]
  • 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 . To commemorate the event, he plants a young oak tree.

Arts and literature[]

New books[]

Music[]

  • Casgliad o Hymnau gan mwyaf heb erioed eu hargraffu o'r blaen (collection of hymns)

Births[]

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Jan. 14". Caledonian Mercury (13109). 18 January 1806.
  2. ^ "(untitled)". The Times (6638). London. 21 January 1806. col A, p. 3.
  3. ^ "LONDON, OCTOBER 27". The Newcastle Courant etc. (6786). 1 November 1806.
  4. ^ "Liverpool, Oct. 30". The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland &c. (281). 1 November 1806.
  5. ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Aberdeen Journal (3070). 12 November 1806.
  6. ^ "Liverpool, Dec. 11". The Lancaster Gazetter and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland &c. (287). 13 December 1806.
  7. ^ Welsh Biography Online
  8. ^ Brinley Rees. "Williams, Jane". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  9. ^ Stewart Williams; R. T. W. Denning (1966). Stewart Williams' Glamorgan historian. D. Brown. p. 91.
  10. ^ Charles Knight (1872). Biography: Or, Third Division of "The English Encyclopedia". Bradbury, Evans & Company. p. 807.
  11. ^ James Murray Ince, Dictionary of National Biography
  12. ^ Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office. p. 315.
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