1783 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1783 to Wales and its people.

← 1782 1781 1780 1779 1778 1783 in Wales → 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1783 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• 20 August - Thomas Charles marries Sally Jones and settles in Bala.[1]
• 26 September - Industrialist and slave-owner Richard Pennant is created 1st Baron Penrhyn in the county of Lough.[2]
• Welsh emigrant Evan Williams founds a whiskey distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, which will still be operating in the 21st century.

Arts and literature

New books

• Julia Ann Hatton - Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects[3]

Music

• Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - Rhai Hymnau Newyddion o Fawl i'r Oen[4]

Births

• 11 February - Thomas Richard, minister (died 1856)
• May - Cadwaladr Jones, minister and literary editor (died 1867)[5]

Deaths

• 19 June - Henry Lloyd, soldier and military writer[6]
• 7 August - Thomas Llewellyn, Baptist minister and writer, 63?[7]
• 2 September - Edward Edwards, academic
• 6 September - Anna Williams, friend of Dr Johnson, 77?
• 16 December - Sir William James, 1st Baronet, naval commander

References

1. "Thomas Charles". Banner of Truth. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
2. 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–.
3. 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.
4. Robert (Bob) Owen. "Hughes, Evan ('Hughes Fawr'; d. 1800), cleric and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office.