1790 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1790 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Henry Paget
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Watkin Williams
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
- Bishop of Bangor – John Warren
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson
- Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Hallifax ; Lewis Bagot
- Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Horsley
Events
- 18 May - The first meeting of the Literary Fund, founded by David Williams takes place in London.
- 9 June - Royal assent is given to establishment of the port of Milford Haven.
- August - Construction of the Glamorganshire Canal begins.
- exact date unknown
- *Sir Herbert Mackworth gives up the Parliamentary seat of Cardiff when John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart, comes of age.
- *The world's first railway viaduct is built at Blaenavon.
- *Monmouth County Gaol is built.
- *Calvinistic Methodist clergyman Thomas Charles of Bala attempts to preach at Corwen but is driven out of town by a mob.
- *John Coles, son of the founder of the Cambrian Pottery, goes into partnership with entrepreneur George Haynes, resulting in the expansion of the business.
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Thomas Pennant - Indian Zoology
- David Williams - ''Lessons to a Young Prince''
Welsh language
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Gardd o Gerddi
- Peter Williams - ''Tafol i Bwyso Sosiniaeth''
Births
- 27 January - William Davies Evans, mariner and chess player
- 20 February - Hugh Hughes, painter
- 19 June - John Gibson, sculptor
- July - James Williams, cleric and co-founder of the Anglesey Association of the Preservation of Lives from Shipwreck
- 4 July - George Everest, surveyor and geographer
- 11 August - William Probert, minister and author
- 16 September - Thomas Vowler Short, Bishop of St Asaph
- 27 September - Owen Jones Ellis Nanney, MP, father of Sir Hugh Ellis-Nanney
- 29 September - John Jones, printer
- 25 November - Sir James Hamlyn-Williams, 3rd Baronet, politician
- probable - Thomas Penson, architect and surveyor
Deaths
- 4 March - Samuel Hallifax, Bishop of St Asaph, 57
- 20 March - Thomas Richards of Coychurch, cleric and lexicographer, 80
- 24 August - John Worgan, organist and composer, 66
- 11 October - Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire, 64
- 16 October - Daniel Rowland, Methodist leader, c.79
- 5 November - Michael Lort, clergyman, academic and antiquary, 65