1829 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1829 to Wales and its people.

← 1828 1827 1826 1825 1824 1829 in Wales → 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1829 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - vacant
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• January - The first issue of the Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory appears.[1]
• 6 May - The Cymmrodorion hold an eisteddfod in London.[2]
• 24 November - The Ecclesiastical Courts Act, 1829, is passed, largely at the instigation of Sir John Nicholl.[3]
• Formation of the North Wales and South Wales MMs (monthly meetings) by the Society of Friends.
• Beaumaris Gaol is built, to the design of Joseph Hansom.[4]

Arts and literature

New books

• Ellis Evans - Arddangosiad Syml o Syniadau Gwahaniaethol, neu Egwyddorion Priodol, y Bedyddwyr Crediniol[5]
• John Jones (Tegid) - A Defence of the Reformed System of Welsh Orthography
• Thomas Love Peacock - The Misfortunes of Elphin
• Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) - An Essay on the Physiognomy and Physiology of the Present Inhabitants of Britain[6]

Music

• Felix Mendelssohn visits Wales and transcribes some Welsh music.[7]

Births

• 27 January - Isaac Roberts, astronomer (d. 1904)
• 2 June - Sir John Henry Puleston, banker and politician (d. 1908)
• 23 December - Thomas Walter Price (Cuhelyn), journalist and poet (d. 1869)

Deaths

• 26 January - Benjamin Millingchamp, collector of manuscripts, 72
• June - Elizabeth Randles, harpist, 28?[8]
• 19 August - Jonathan Williams, antiquary, 77
• 20 November - John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), antiquary, 59[9]

References

1. National Identity in Great Britain and British North America, 1815–1851 p154
2. collections historical and archeological relating to montgomeryshrine, and its borders. issued by the powys-land club for the use of its members. 1877. p. 196.
3. The Ecclesiastical Law: 2. London. 1842. p. 1.
4. John Timpson (1989). Timpson's Towns of England and Wales: Oddities & Curiosities. Jarrold. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-7117-0419-0.
5. William Thomas Whitley (1984). A Baptist Bibliography. Georg Olms Verlag. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-487-41340-2.
6. Robert Williams (1852). Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times to the Present, and Including Every Name Connected with the Ancient History of Wales. W. Rees. pp. 423.
7. R. Larry Todd (28 October 2013). Mendelssohn Essays. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-135-86669-3.
8. Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office.
9. William Jones (1839). The Gwyneddion for 1832: Containing the Prize Poems, Etc., of the Beaumaris Eisteddfod and North Wales Literary Society. Hughes. p. 148.