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1780s In Wales
{, class="infobox" id="toc" , - , align="left" , 1770s , 1790s , Other years in Wales , - , , Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1780–1789 to Wales and its people. Events *1780 *1781 *1782 *1783 *1784 *1785 *1786 *1787 *1788 *1789 Arts and literature New books 1780 * John Walters - ''Poems with Notes'' 1781 *Thomas Pennant - ''Tours in Wales'', volume 2 1782 *Thomas Pennant - ''Journey to Snowdon'', volume 1 1783 * Julia Ann Hatton - ''Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects'' 1784 * Richard Price - ''Importance of the American Revolution'' 1785 *Nathaniel Williams - ''Darllen Dwfr a Meddyginiaeth'' 1786 *David Samwell - ''A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook'' *Hester Lynch Piozzi - ''Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., during the last twenty years of his life'' 1788 *Hester Lynch Piozzi - ''Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson'' 1789 * Richard Price - ''Love for our Country'' Music 1781 *J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1770s In Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1770–1779 to Wales and its people. Events *1770 in Wales *1771 in Wales *1772 in Wales *1773 in Wales *1774 in Wales *1775 in Wales *1776 in Wales *1777 in Wales *1778 in Wales *1779 in Wales Arts and literature New books *Thomas Churchyard - ''The Worthines of Wales, a Poem'' (1776) *Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - ''Casgliad o Bregethau'' (1776) * Williams Evans - ''A New English-Welsh dictionary: Containing All Words Necessary for Reading an English Author'' (1771) *Elizabeth Griffith - ''The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated'' (1775) *Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - ''Duwdod Crist'' (1777) * Jinny Jenks - ''Tour through Wales'' (1772) * Dafydd Jones - ''Marwnad Enoch Ffransis'' (1774) * Hugh Jones (Maesglasau) **''Cydymaith yr Hwsmon'' (1774) **''Gardd y Caniadau'' (1776) * Robert Jones **''Lleferydd yr Asyn'' (1770) **''Drych i'r Anllythrennog'' (1778) *Iolo Morganwg - ''Dagrau yr Awen'' (1772) * Nicholas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Pennant
Thomas Pennant (14 June Old Style, OS 172616 December 1798) was a Welsh natural history, naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. He was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall near Whitford, Flintshire, in Wales. As a naturalist he had a great curiosity, observing the geography, geology, plants, animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish around him and recording what he saw and heard about. He wrote acclaimed books including ''British Zoology'', the ''History of Quadrupeds'', ''Arctic Zoology'' and ''Indian Zoology'' although he never travelled further afield than continental Europe. He knew and maintained correspondence with many of the scientific figures of his day. His books influenced the writings of Samuel Johnson. As an antiquarian, he amassed a considerable collection of art and other works, largely selected for their scientific interest. Many of these works are now housed at the National Library of Wales. As a traveller he visited Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7 October
Events Pre-1600 * 3761 BC – The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar. *1403 – Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon. *1477 – Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year. *1513 – War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice. *1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat. 1601–1900 * 1691 – The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued. *1763 – King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements. *1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat British forces under general John Burgoyne in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights, compelling Burgoyne's eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Frankland Lewis
Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, 1st Baronet (14 May 1780 – 22 January 1855) was a British Poor Law Commissioner and moderate Tory MP. Early life Lewis was the son of John Lewis and Anne Frankland, daughter of Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet. Born in Great Ormond Street, London, he was educated at Eton College, and attended Christ Church, Oxford without taking a degree. His father died in 1797. Parliamentarian Lewis was an improving landlord of the family estates in Radnorshire, and was appointed High Sheriff of Radnorshire for 1804–05. He was ambitious to enter national politics as a Member of Parliament, which he did in 1812 as a follower of Lord Bulkeley, at Beaumaris. Lewis was an MP for most years between 1812 and 1855, for Ennis (1826–1828), for Radnorshire (1828–1834) and for Radnor Boroughs (1847–1855). Initially he was known as a Grenvillite; while he supported the landowner and agricultural interest, his sympathy with Catholic emancipation made him unaccept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14 May
Events Pre-1600 *1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. * 1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. *1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England. *1509 – Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice. 1601–1900 *1607 – English colonists establish "James Fort," which would become Jamestown, Virginia, the earliest permanent English settlement in the Americas. *1608 – The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states. *1610 – Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne. *1643 – Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cotton (priest)
James Henry Cotton (10 February 1780 – 28 May 1862) was a clergyman and educationist who held the position of Dean of Bangor from 1838 until his death and was instrumental in the restoration of Bangor Cathedral. He was the son of George Cotton, Dean of Chester, uncle of George Cotton, Bishop of Calcutta and the first cousin of Sir Stapleton Cotton. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and ordained shortly after graduating. By 1810 he was junior vicar and precentor of Bangor Cathedral, and as such was responsible for the fabric of the building. In the same year he married Mary Anne Majendie, daughter of Henry Majendie, the Bishop of Bangor; they had one son. During the 1820s, the cathedral was restored and rearranged to allow for services in both Welsh and English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10 February
Events Pre-1600 *1258 – Mongol invasions and conquests, Mongol invasions: Siege of Baghdad (1258), Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end. *1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn III of Badenoch, John Comyn, sparking the revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence. *1355 – The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days. *1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his 4th Portuguese India Armada (Gama, 1502), second voyage to India. *1567 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field, Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination. 1601–1900 *1712 – Huilliche uprising of 1712, Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomienda, encom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Jones (harpist)
__NOTOC__ Edward Jones (March 1752 – 18 April 1824) was a Welsh harpist, bard, performer, composer, arranger, and collector of music.Joan Rimmer"Edward Jones's Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, 1784: A Re-Assessment" ''The Galpin Society Journal'', Vol. 39 (September 1986), pp. 77-96 He was commonly known by the bardic name of "Bardd y Brenin", which he took in 1820, when King George IV, his patron, came to the throne. Jones was born in Llandderfel, near Bala, and is remembered for his three-volume work, the ''Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards''. He first came to London in 1775, and was patronised by prominent Welshmen and by Charles Burney. He played in the Bach-Abel concerts which were London’s first subscription concert series, started in 1765. He became harp tutor to several wealthy families, and in about 1790 was made Harp-Master to the Prince of Wales. In 1805 he moved into the Office of the Robes, St James's Palace. Jones suffered signif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Hughes
''Evan Hughes'' is an American operatic bass-baritone. Early life Evan Hughes grew up in Santa Barbara, California. His mother was a trained soprano and a voice teacher, and his father was a buildings and grounds manager at the Music Academy of the West. Evan Hughes earned a Bachelor's Degree in Music from University of California, Los Angeles, a Master's Degree in Music from the Curtis Institute of Music. Early career From 2010 to 2013, Evan Hughes was a member of the Lindemann Young Artist development program at the Metropolitan Opera. Since then he began his career in Europe as a member of the Sächsische Staatsoper in Dresden, appearing on stage at Opernhaus Zürich, Metropolitan Opera, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, Teatro Massimo, the Dutch National Opera and at the Festival d'Aix-En-Provence. Career Hughes has performed such roles as Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro in San Diego Opera, Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress at the Aix-en-Provence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Parry (harpist)
John Parry (c.1710 – 7 October 1782), known as ''Parri Ddall, Rhiwabon'' (or, in English, ''Blind Parry of Ruabon'') was born in the Llŷn Peninsula, Caernarfonshire, now Gwynedd, in Wales, and was blind from birth. His first patrons were the Griffiths family, of the Cefn Amwlch estate at Bryn Cynan on Pen Llŷn, who provided the young Parry with a Welsh triple harp. He later became harpist to Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn at Wynnstay, Ruabon and became a master of the High Baroque. He lived on the Wynnstay estate but spent much of his time at the Williams-Wynn's London home where he performed on the Welsh triple harp for London's cultural elite. Parry became a member of the Royal Society of Musicians in 1763. He inspired Thomas Gray to write his 1757 poem, ''The Bard''. It is also claimed that Parri first wrote down – or dictated to his fellow-compiler Evan Williams – in his manuscript ''Antient British Music'' (1741) a then unnamed 'aria' which is now world-famous as " Deck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hester Thrale
Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi (née Salusbury; later Piozzi; 27 January 1741 or 16 January 1740 – 2 May 1821),Contemporary records, which used the Julian calendar and the Annunciation Style of enumerating years, recorded her birth as 16 January 1740. The provisions of the British Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, implemented in 1752, altered the official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on 1 January (it had been 25 March). These changes resulted in dates being moved forward 11 days, and for those between 1 January and 25 March, an advance of one year. For further explanation, see: Old Style and New Style dates. a Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts, is an important source on Samuel Johnson and 18th-century English life. She belonged to the prominent Salusbury family, Anglo-Welsh landowners, and married first a wealthy brewer, Henry Thrale, then a music teacher, Gabriel Mario Piozzi. Her '' Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Samwell
David Samwell (15 October 1751 – 23 November 1798) was a Welsh naval surgeon and poet. He was an important supporter of Welsh cultural organisations and was known by the pseudonym Dafydd Ddu Feddyg. Personal history Samwell was born in Nantglyn, a small village in Denbighshire to William Samuel, a local vicar. His grandfather, Edward Samuel was also a notable Welsh author and poet. Samwell became a surgeon in the Royal Navy and between 1776 and 1779 he sailed around the world with Captain James Cook on board . As a ship's surgeon it was Samwell's job to ensure the crew's health did not deteriorate over the long journeys to the Pacific Ocean. Aboard the ship Samwell wrote of his travels, including some poetry. The journal of his experiences aboard Captain James Cook's ship provide a detailed account of the third and last voyages of Cook to the Pacific Ocean. Part of the journal Samwell, David. ''A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook''. London, 1786. describes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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