1833 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1833 to Wales and its people.
Incumbent[]
- Monarch - William IV
Events[]
- 29 January - In the United Kingdom general election, Sir John Edwards, 1st Baronet, defeats Tory candidate Panton Corbett to win the enlarged constituency of Montgomery for the Liberals.
- 2 April - Launch of HMS Royal William at Pembroke Dock. This is the first ship to be built there with over 100 guns.[1]
- 26 May - John Etherington Welch Rolls of The Hendre, Monmouth, marries Elizabeth Long, granddaughter of the 7th Earl of Northesk. They are the parents of John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock.[2]
- 29 July - Lady Charlotte Bertie marries John Josiah Guest.[3]
- Autumn - The community of Gomer, Ohio, is founded in the USA by Welsh settlers.[4]
- date unknown
- Isaac Williams becomes Dean of Trinity College, Oxford.[5]
- Adrian Stephens invents the steam whistle as a safety device for use at Dowlais Ironworks; he fails to patent it.
- Abbey Cwmhir Hall is constructed on the site of an earlier house.[6]
Arts and literature[]
- Mold cape discovered.
New books[]
- Sir Harford Jones Brydges - The Dynasty of the Kajars, translated from the original Persian manuscript
- Eliza Constantia Campbell - Stories from the History of Wales
Music[]
- David James - Myfyrdawd
Births[]
- 10 January – Richard Davies (Mynyddog), poet (d. 1877)[7]
- 23 January – Sir Lewis Morris, poet (d. 1907)
- 29 January – David John, Mormon leader (d. 1908 in Utah)[8]
- 6 July – David Hugh Jones (Dewi Arfon), poet (d. 1869)
- 12 July – , Wesleyan minister and temperance campaigner (d. 1886)
- 20 August – General Sir James Hills-Johnes, military leader (d. 1919)
- date unknown
- Jacob Thomas, VC recipient (d. 1911)
Deaths[]
- 9 January – Sir Thomas Foley, admiral, 75[9]
- 29 January – Thomas Evans, poet, 66
- 6 February – Robert Waithman, lord mayor of London, 69[10]
- 26 February – , minister and writer, 61
- 4 May – William Morgan, scientist and actuary 82
- 16 August – John Edwards-Vaughan, politician, 61[11]
- 1 October – Thomas Beynon, archdeacon of Cardigan and patron of the arts, 88
References[]
- ^ William Walker (Commander, Royal Navy.) (1853). The magnetism of ships: and the mariner's compass. Piper brothers & co. p. 85.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (2000). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales p.784-6. ISBN 978-0-8063-1314-6.
- ^ D.R. Phillips. Lady Charlotte Guest and the Mabinogion. Рипол Классик. p. 18. ISBN 978-5-87743-302-1.
- ^ Ohio History. Ohio Historical Society. 1907. p. 222.
- ^ Historical Association (Great Britain) (1982). General Series. Historical Association. p. 42.
- ^ Reginald Campbell Burn Oliver (1971). The squires of Penybont Hall, Radnorshire, 1755-1926. R. C. B. Oliver. p. 17.
- ^ Thomas Hughes Jones. "Davies, Richard (Mynyddog; 1833-1877), poet, singer, and eisteddfod conductor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Andrew Jenson. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1, pages 488-490
- ^ Various; Various Authors (28 February 2013). The Nautical Magazine for 1833. Cambridge University Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-108-05385-3.
- ^ The Old and New Representation of the United Kingdom, Contrasted; Being a Correct Detail of the Members of the House of Commons at the Commencement of the Session of 1832, with the Changes During the Session. Vacher & Son. 1833. p. 40.
- ^ Great Britain (1838). The London Gazette. T. Neuman. p. 601.
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