1798 in Wales
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Template:Short description Template:Use Welsh English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Year in Wales header This article is about the particular significance of the year 1798 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Harley[10][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Warren[11][12]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot[14][11]
- Bishop of St Davids – William Stuart[15]
Events
- March - Historian William Richards returns from Wales to King's Lynn.
- 31 March - George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, becomes Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire;[16]
- June/August - Clogwyn Du'r Arddu is climbed by Peter Bailey Williams and William Bingley, botanists looking for alpine plants on Snowdon.
- 13 July - William Wordsworth, visiting Wales, writes "Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey on revisiting the banks of the Wye during a tour".[17]
- 17 October - First recorded use of the word "tramroad", in the minutes of the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal Company.
- unknown dates
- The Gwyneddigion Society launches its project of publishing ancient Welsh manuscripts.
- William Lort Mansel becomes Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.[18]
- William Madocks buys the Tan-yr-Allt estate on Traeth Mawr.
- Morgan John Rhys buys a tract of land in the Allegheny mountains of North America for the purpose of founding a Welsh colony, which he names Cambria.[19]
Arts and literature
New books
- Emily Clark - Ianthé, or the Flower of Caernarvon[20]
- Thomas Roberts of Llwyn'rhudol - Cwyn yn erbyn Gorthrymder
- Hester Thrale - Three Warnings to John Bull before he dies. By an Old Acquaintance of the Public[21]
- Richard Warner - Second Walk Through Wales[22]
Music
- Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) - Popular Cheshire Melodies[23]
Births
- 3 August - Llewelyn Lewellin, first principal of St David's College, Lampeter (died 1878)
- 16 August - Alfred Ollivant, Bishop of Llandaff (died 1882)[24]
- date unknown - John Jones Archdeacon of Bangor (died 1863)[25]
Deaths
- 21 June - Edward Evan, poet, 81[26]
- 6 July - Joshua Evans, Quaker minister of Welsh descent, 66
- 17 November - George Cadogan Morgan, dissenting minister and scientist, 44[27]
- 23 November - David Samwell (Dafydd Ddu Feddyg), naval surgeon and poet, 47[28]
- 16 December - Thomas Pennant, naturalist and travel writer, 72[29]
References
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- ↑ Arthur Beatty, William Wordsworth, his doctrine and art in their historical relations, University of Wisconsin Studies #17, 1922, p.64
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