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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1789 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Henry Paget
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
- 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 (until 24 July); Watkin Williams (from 27 August)
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
- Bishop of Bangor – John Warren
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson
- Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Hallifax (from 4 April)
- Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Horsley
Events
- July–August - Bread riots break out in North Wales.
- 23 October - Christmas Evans marries Catherine Jones at Bryncroes chapel in Llŷn, shortly after his own ordination.
- 8 November - Port Penrhyn opens.
- unknown date - Blaenavon Ironworks begins production.
Arts and literature
- 12 May - Thomas Jones organises an eisteddfod at the New Inn (modern-day Owain Glyndwr Hotel) in Corwen, where for the first time the public are admitted.
New books
- Jenkin Lewis - Memoirs of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester
- Iolo Morganwg - Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym, incorporating probable forgeries by Morganwg
- Richard Price - Love for our Country
Births
- 22 April - Richard Roberts, engineer (died 1864)
- 24 May - Betsi Cadwaladr, Crimea nurse (died 1860)
Deaths
- 28 June - John Walters, priest and poet, 29
- 24 July - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, politician, 39
- 7 August - William Edwards, minister and bridge-builder, 70
- 26 November - Elizabeth Baker, diarist, 70?
References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- 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.
- Ehrman, John (1983). The Younger Pitt. Stanford University Press. p. 92. ISBN 9780804711845.
- "Chester, Friday, Nov. 13". Chester Chronicle. 13 November 1789. p. 3.
- The Foundry Trade Journal. Institute of Cast Metals Engineers. 1972.
- Mary-Ann Constantine; Dafydd R. Johnston (15 April 2013). Footsteps of 'Liberty and Revolt': Essays on Wales and the French Revolution. University of Wales Press. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2591-9.
- The Gentleman's Magazine. E. Cave. 1789. p. 339.
- Jones, Mary (2004). "Edward Williams/Iolo Morganwg/Iolo Morgannwg". Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 8 August 2024..
- Roberts, Alun (2002). Welsh National Heroes. ISBN 9780862436100.
- Griffith John Williams. "WALTERS, JOHN (1760-1789), cleric, poet, and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- Thomas, Peter, D.G., Biography in History of Parliament Online, extracted from The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754–1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
- Edward Ivor Williams (1959). "Edwards, William (1719-1789), Independent minister, and architect". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "Baker, Elizabeth (1720-1789), diarist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2021.