List of events
| |||||
| Centuries: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decades: | |||||
| See also: | List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history
| ||||
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1783 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet (until 1 August) Henry Paget (from 1 August)
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Charles Morgan of Dderw
- 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 - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
- Bishop of Bangor – John Moore (until 26 April) John Warren (from 26 April)
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson
- Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley
- Bishop of St Davids – Edward Smallwell (from 6 July)
Events
- 20 August - Thomas Charles marries Sally Jones and settles in Bala.
- 26 September - Industrialist and slave-owner Richard Pennant is created 1st Baron Penrhyn in the county of Lough.
- Welsh emigrant Evan Williams founds a whiskey distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States, which will still be operating in the 21st century.
Arts and literature
New books
- Julia Ann Hatton - Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects
Music
- Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - Rhai Hymnau Newyddion o Fawl i'r Oen
Births
- 11 February - Thomas Richard, minister (died 1856)
- 16 March - Henry Williams-Wynn, politician (died 1856)
- May - Cadwaladr Jones, minister and literary editor (died 1867)
- unknown dates
- Hugh Jones, archdeacon of Essex (died 1869)
Deaths
- 19 June - Henry Lloyd, soldier and military writer
- 7 August - Thomas Llewellyn, Baptist minister and writer, 63?
- 2 September - Edward Edwards, academic
- 6 September - Anna Williams, friend of Dr Johnson, 77?
- 16 December - Sir William James, 1st Baronet, naval commander, 61-62
References
- Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
- Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- Tobias Smollett, ed. (1775). The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. p. 159.
- Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- John Henry James (1898). A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. p. 16.
- The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 163.
- "Thomas Charles". Banner of Truth. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- George Nicholson (1813). The Cambrian Traveller's Guide: In Every Direction; Containing Remarks Made During Many Excursions, in the Principality of Wales, and Bordering Districts, Augmented by Extracts from the Best Writers. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. pp. 1059–.
- Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1973). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. SIU Press. pp. 34. ISBN 978-0-8093-1526-0.
- Robert (Bob) Owen. "Hughes, Evan ('Hughes Fawr'; d. 1800), cleric and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Wynn, Henry Watkin Williams" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Richard Griffith Owen. "Jones, Cadwaladr (1783-1867), Independent minister and first editor of Y Dysgedydd". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- Archives, The National. "Jones, Hugh Chambres (1783-1869) Archdeacon of Essex, The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
- Samuel Henry Fergus Johnston. "Lloyd, Henry (c.1720-1783), soldier and military writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office.
- Rogers, Pat (1996). The Samuel Johnson encyclopedia. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. p. 428. ISBN 9780313294112.
- "JAMES, William (?1721-83), of Park Farm Place, Eltham, Kent". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 December 2017.