1819 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1819 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – 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 – William Edward Powell
- 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 Crichton-Stuart, 2nd 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 – Herbert Marsh ; William Van Mildert
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess
Events
- August – Thomas Telford begins construction of the Menai Suspension Bridge.date unknown
- * The embankment on Telford's Holyhead Road through the Nant Ffrancon Pass is completed.
- * The Welsh colony of Cardigan is established in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- * Robert Bamford Hesketh begins construction of Gwrych Castle.
- * Scottish-born London India merchant John Christie purchases a substantial tract of the Great Forest of Brecknock from the Crown.
- * John Scandrett Harford and his brothers acquire the Peterwell estate at Lampeter.
Arts and literature
- Major eisteddfodau are held at Carmarthen and Denbigh. The Gorsedd tradition becomes formally linked with the eisteddfod at Carmarthen.
New books
- William Owen Pughe – ''Coll Gwynfa''
Music
- "From Greenland’s Icy Mountains", a hymn by Reginald Heber, is sung for the first time, at St Giles' Church, Wrexham.
Births
- 3 March – William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech
- 4 November – Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor
- 7 November – Enoch Salisbury, barrister, politician and bibliophile
- 7 December – John Cambrian Rowland, painter
- 9 December – John Roose Elias, writer unknown date – Arthur Wynn Williams, physician
Deaths
- 9 January - William Parry, minister and teacher, 74
- 31 January - Thomas Bevan, missionary, about 24
- 3 February - Mary Bevan, missionary, wife of Thomas Bevan, age unknown
- 6 February - David Davies, clergyman and author, 76
- 8 February - Sydenham Teak Edwards, botanist, 51
- 25 June
- * John Abel, minister, 49
- * Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet, industrialist, 73
- 11 November - Moses Griffiths, artist, 72