1808 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1808 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1808 to Wales and its people.

Incumbent[]

Monarch - George III

Events[]

5 January - First issue of The North Wales Gazette is printed at Bangor.
20 September - The White Book of Hergest is destroyed in a fire at Covent Garden.^[1]
30 October - William Lort Mansel is consecrated Bishop of Bristol.^[2]
19 November - The naval frigate HMS Owen Glendower is launched.
date unknown
- Construction of the Horseshoe Falls on the River Dee by Thomas Telford.^[3]
- The publishing house Gwasg Gee is founded.^[4]
- St Katherine's Church, Milford Haven, built by Charles Francis Greville, is consecrated.^[5]
- Benjamin Hall is given the Abercarn estate by his father-in-law, Richard Crawshay.
- The Ruabon Brook Tramway is extended from Acrefair to the Plas Madoc Colliery in Plasbennion.^[6]
- Twelve-year-old goes to serve in India as an ensign.

Arts and literature[]

New books[]

English language[]

Felicia Hemans - Juvenile Poems^[7]

Welsh language[]

- Ieithiadur neu Ramadeg Cymraeg^[8]
Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Bannau y Byd^[9]
Titus Lewis - Llyfr Rhyfeddodau^[10]

Music[]

Hymnau o Fawl i Dduw a'r Oen (hymns by Ann Griffiths, posthumously published)

Births[]

30 January - Sir John Henry Scourfield, author (died 1876)
6 March - William Williams (Carw Coch), man of letters and eisteddfodwr (died 1872)
13 May - Thomas Aubrey, Wesleyan leader (died 1867)
date unknown
- Dic Penderyn, labourer executed for his part in the Merthyr Rising (died 1831)^[11]
- William Roos, artist and engraver (died 1878)^[12]

Deaths[]

21 January - Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, 70?^[13]
12 September - Charles Herbert, Royal Navy officer, son of the Earl of Carnarvon, 34 (drowned)^[14]
30 November - Watkin Williams, politician, 66?^[15]
28 December - Griffith Roberts, physician and collector of manuscripts, 73

References[]

^ David D. DANA (1858). The Fireman. James French&Company. pp. 351.
^ A Sermon preached ... at the consecration of ... W. L. Mansel ... Bishop of Bristol, etc. F. C. & J. Rivington. 1808. p. 1.
^ Hadfield, Charles (1985). The Canals of the West Midlands. David and Charles. p. 178. ISBN 0-7153-8644-1.
^ Information Today, Inc; Sally Wecksler (2004). International Literary Market Place. R.R. Bowker Company. p. 1157.
^ Edouard A. Stackpole (1972). Whales & destiny: the rivalry between America, France, and Britain for control of the southern whale fishery, 1785-1825. University of Massachusetts Press. p. 244.
^ Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas. Patrick Stephens Limited. pp. 57, 59. ISBN 1-85260-086-1.
^ Mrs. Hemans (1856). The Poetical Works of Felicia Hemans: Complete in One Volume, with a Critical Preface, and a Biographical Memoir. Lippincott. p. 550.
^ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 136.
^ Mary-Ann Constantine; Dafydd R. Johnston (15 April 2013). Footsteps of 'Liberty and Revolt': Essays on Wales and the French Revolution. University of Wales Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-7083-2591-9.
^ Glyn M. Ashton (1988). Rhyddiaith Gymraeg: y drydedd gyfrol 1750-1850 (in Welsh). Gwasg Prifysfol Cymru. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-7083-0975-9.
^ "Dic Penderyn (Richard Lewis)". 100 Welsh Heroes. Retrieved 21 August 2006.
^ Lloyd, John Edward; Jenkins, R.T. (1958). The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Down to 1940. Cardiff: William Lewis. p. 890.
^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Pennant, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ "HERBERT, Hon. Charles (1774-1808)". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
^ "WILLIAMS, Watkin (1742-1808), of Penbedw, Denb. and Erbistock, Flints". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[1] David D. DANA (1858). The Fireman. James French&Company. pp. 351.

[2] A Sermon preached ... at the consecration of ... W. L. Mansel ... Bishop of Bristol, etc. F. C. & J. Rivington. 1808. p. 1.

[3] Hadfield, Charles (1985). The Canals of the West Midlands. David and Charles. p. 178. ISBN 0-7153-8644-1.

[4] Information Today, Inc; Sally Wecksler (2004). International Literary Market Place. R.R. Bowker Company. p. 1157.

[5] Edouard A. Stackpole (1972). Whales & destiny: the rivalry between America, France, and Britain for control of the southern whale fishery, 1785-1825. University of Massachusetts Press. p. 244.

[6] Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas. Patrick Stephens Limited. pp. 57, 59. ISBN 1-85260-086-1.

[7] Mrs. Hemans (1856). The Poetical Works of Felicia Hemans: Complete in One Volume, with a Critical Preface, and a Biographical Memoir. Lippincott. p. 550.

[8] Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 136.

[9] Mary-Ann Constantine; Dafydd R. Johnston (15 April 2013). Footsteps of 'Liberty and Revolt': Essays on Wales and the French Revolution. University of Wales Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-7083-2591-9.

[10] Glyn M. Ashton (1988). Rhyddiaith Gymraeg: y drydedd gyfrol 1750-1850 (in Welsh). Gwasg Prifysfol Cymru. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-7083-0975-9.

[11] "Dic Penderyn (Richard Lewis)". 100 Welsh Heroes. Retrieved 21 August 2006.

[12] Lloyd, John Edward; Jenkins, R.T. (1958). The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Down to 1940. Cardiff: William Lewis. p. 890.

[13] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Pennant, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[14] "HERBERT, Hon. Charles (1774-1808)". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 7 October 2017.

[15] "WILLIAMS, Watkin (1742-1808), of Penbedw, Denb. and Erbistock, Flints". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

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