1813 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1813 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 – 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
- January - Sir Joseph Bailey sells his 25% share in Cyfarthfa ironworks for £20,000.
- April - Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) moves to Crickhowell to take over several parishes in the vicinity.
- 30 September - Sir Jeremiah Homfray is forced to sell his house at Cwm Rhondda to settle his debts.
- 2 November - Richard Parry Price, heir to the Puleston estates, is created a baronet.
- date unknown
- *Anthony Hill and his two brothers go into partnership at the Plymouth ironworks.
- *The "Branwen ferch Llŷr" sepulchral urn is discovered on the banks of the river Alaw in Anglesey.
- *The first permanent military barracks in Wales are opened at Brecon.
- *An Independent minister, David Davies, is forced to leave his teaching post at Carmarthen Academy after charges of "immorality" are made against him.
- *David Daniel Davis is appointed a physician at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London.
- *Charles James Apperley becomes agent for his brother-in-law's estates in Caernarvonshire, taking up residence at Tŷ Gwyn, Llanbeblig.
- *Diana Noel, 2nd Baroness Barham, settles at Fairy Hill, Gower.
- *Thomas Charles of Bala publishes his "rules" for the conduct of Sunday schools.
- *Elijah Waring founds a new periodical, The Cambrian Visitor: a Monthly Miscellany, which fails after eight months.
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Hugh Davies - Welsh Botanology... A Systematic Catalogue of the Native Plants of Anglesey, in Latin, English, and Welsh
- Walter Davies - General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of North Wales
- M. Surrey - ''Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, or Gellert the Faithful Dog''
Welsh language
- William Owen - Lloffion o Faes Boaz
- William Williams (Gwilym Peris) - ''Awengerdd Peris''
Births
- 30 January - Samuel Prideaux Tregelles, Biblical scholar
- 2 May - Mordecai Jones, industrialist
- 30 June - Thomas Briscoe, translator
- 1 August - William Ambrose (Emrys), poet
- 12 September - Daniel Jones, missionary
- 10 October - William Adams, mining engineer
- date unknown - John Edwards (Meiriadog), poet
Deaths
- 9 March - Edward Williams, minister and theologian, 62
- 23 March - Princess Augusta of Great Britain, daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and mother of Caroline of Brunswick, later Princess of Wales, 75
- 17 April - Thomas Edwards (Yr Hwntw Mawr), murderer
- 28 July - John Randolph, former Bishop of Bangor, 64
- 11 August - John Price, librarian, 78
- date unknown - Edward Pugh, artist