1812 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1812 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge ; Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Thomas Johnes
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney
- Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Cleaver
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess
Events
- 20 June - Creation of The Kidwelly and Llanelli Canal and Tramroad Company.
- Summer - Percy Bysshe Shelley stays at Nantgwyllt in the Elan Valley with his wife Harriet.
- September - Rioting occurs at Nefyn over enclosures.
- 17 September - The celebration of the completion of the embankment, later known as the 'Cob' in Porthmadog
- 30 December - A brig, the Fortune, is wrecked on The Smalls, Pembrokeshire, with the loss of 10 or 11 lives.
- 1 October - Balloonist James Sadler flies over the north Wales coastline in an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Irish Sea.
- Opening of:
- *Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal between Newport and Brecon.
- *Aberdare branch of Glamorganshire Canal.
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Felicia Hemans - The Domestic Affections and Other Poems
- Benjamin Millingchamp - A Sermon preached at St. Peter's Church, Carmarthen, on Thursday, July 4, 1811
- ''The New Flora Britannica''
Welsh language
- Lewis Hopkin - Y Fêl Gafod
- Hugh Jones - ''Arwyrain Amaethyddiaeth''
Music
- Owen Dafydd - ''Ballad of the Brynmorgan Explosion''
Births
- 6 January - Catherine Glynne, future wife of William Ewart Gladstone
- 3 February - Robert Elis (Cynddelw), poet and lexicographer
- 3 April - Henry Richard, pacifist politician
- 19 May - Lady Charlotte Guest, translator and philanthropist
Deaths
- 15 January - Theophilus Jones, historian, 52
- 13 March - Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, 77
- May - Thomas Owen, clergyman and translator, 62
- 27 November - Jane Cave, poet, c. 58