1790s in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1790–1799 to Wales and its people.
Events
Arts and literature
New books
- 1790
- *Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Gardd o Gerddi
- *Thomas Pennant - Indian Zoology
- *Peter Williams - Tafol i Bwyso Sosiniaeth
- 1792
- *Hester Thrale - The Three Warnings
- *Nicholas Owen - Carnarvonshire, a Sketch of its History, etc.
- 1793
- *Edward Daniel Clarke - A Tour Through the South of England, Wales, and Part of Ireland, Made During the Summer of 1791
- 1794
- *Iolo Morganwg - Poems Lyric and Pastoral
- *Peter Williams -Gwreiddyn y Mater
- 1795
- *Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - The Miscellaneous Repository neu Y Drysorfa Gymysgedig
- *John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors) - Seren Tan Gwmmwl
- 1797
- *Edward Charles - Epistolau Cymraeg at y Cymry
- *John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors) - Toriad y Dydd
- *Nathaniel Williams - Pregeth a Bregethwyd yn Llangloffan ar Neilltuad... Joseph James a James Davies
- 1798
- *Thomas Roberts of Llwyn'rhudol - Cwyn yn erbyn Gorthrymder
- *Hester Thrale - Three Warnings to John Bull before he dies. By an Old Acquaintance of the Public
- 1799
- *Philip Yorke - ''The Royal Tribes of Wales''
Music
- 1798
- *Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) - ''Popular Cheshire Melodies''
Births
- 1790
- *27 January - William Davies Evans, chess player
- *11 August - William Probert, minister and author
- *16 September - Thomas Vowler Short, Bishop of St Asaph
- *29 September - John Jones (printer)
- 1791
- *date unknown - Robert Everett, Independent minister and writer
- 1792
- *23 July - Aneurin Owen, scholar
- *5 September - Sir David Davies, royal physician
- *20 December - David Griffiths, missionary
- *date unknown - Sir Charles John Salusbury, Baronet
- 1793
- *17 January - Owen Owen Roberts, physician
- *March - Lewis Lewis (Lewsyn yr Heliwr), political activist
- *19 July - John Propert, physician
- *10 August - John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute
- *25 September - Felicia Hemans, poet
- 1794
- *7 May - Rees Howell Gronow, memoirist
- *3 November - David Thomas, industrialist
- *date unknown
- *Evan Davies (Eta Delta), Independent minister
- *Thomas Jenkyn, theologian
- 1795
- *13 January - Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn, politician
- *5 August - George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor, politician
- *December - John Davies, philosopher
- *7 December - Samuel George Homfray, industrialist
- *11 December - Thomas Taylor Griffith, surgeon
- 1796
- *1 March - John Jones, Talysarn, preacher
- 1797
- *11 January - Connop Thirlwall, Bishop of St David's
- 1798
- *16 August - Alfred Ollivant, Bishop of Llandaff
- 1799
- *30 June - David Williams, politician
Deaths
- 1790
- *20 March - Thomas Richards of Coychurch, lexicographer, 80
- *16 October - Daniel Rowland, Methodist leader, 77
- 1791
- *11 January - William Williams (Pantycelyn), poet and hymn-writer, 73
- *13 February - William Parry, artist, 48
- *19 April - Richard Price, philosopher, 68
- *17 September - David Morris (hymn writer), 47
- 1792
- *10 March - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, friend of Augusta, Princess of Wales and ancestor of the Marquesses of Bute, 78
- *17 May - Sir Noah Thomas, royal physician, 72?
- 1793
- *5 January - Elizabeth Griffith, actress and writer, 73?
- 1794
- *22 January - John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart, MP and heir of the Marquess of Bute, 26
- *?August - Sackville Gwynne, landowner, 43?
- *19 August - Sir Hugh Williams, 8th Baronet, soldier and politician, 76
- *Hon. William Paget, MP for Anglesey, 25?
- 1795
- *25 January - Morgan Edwards, Baptist historian, 72
- *14 October - Henry Owen, theologian, 79
- 1796
- *February - John Jones, organist, 70?
- *8 August - Peter Williams, Methodist writer, 63
- 1797
- *1 June - John Walters, lexicographer, 75
- 1798
- *6 July - Joshua Evans, Quaker minister of Welsh descent, 66
- *16 December - Thomas Pennant, naturalist and travel writer, 72
- 1799
- *May - John Evans, explorer, 29
- *4 November - Josiah Tucker, economist, 87