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1810s In Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1810–1819 to Wales and its people. Events *1810 *1811 *1812 *1813 *1814 *1815 *1816 *1817 *1818 *1819 Arts and literature New books *Thomas Charles - ''Biblical Dictionary'', vol. 4 (1811) * Dafydd Ddu Eryri - (1810) *Richard Fenton **''A Tour in Quest of Genealogy'' (1811) **''Memoirs of an Old Wig'' (1815) *Joseph Harris (Gomer) - (1816) *Ann Hatton **''Cambrian Pictures'' (1810) **''Chronicles of an Illustrious House'' (1816) *Samuel Johnson - ''A Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, in the Year 1774'' (1816) * Thomas Jones (Dinbych) - (1813) *William Owen Pughe - (translation of Milton's ''Paradise Lost'') (1819) *David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) - (1815) * John Thomas (Eos Gwynedd) - (1817) Music *1811 ** John James - *1817 ** Robert Williams - {{Lang, cy, Llanfair (hymn tune, formerly named ''Bethel''); Williams recorded that the tune was composed on 14 July of this year. Births *1810 **12 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1800s In Wales
{, class="infobox" id="toc" , - , align="left" , 1790s in Wales, 1790s , 1810s in Wales, 1810s , List of years in Wales, Other years in Wales , - , , 1800-1809, Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1800–1809 to Wales and Welsh people, its people. Events *1800 in Wales, 1800 *1801 in Wales, 1801 *1802 in Wales, 1802 *1803 in Wales, 1803 *1804 in Wales, 1804 *1805 in Wales, 1805 *1806 in Wales, 1806 *1807 in Wales, 1807 *1808 in Wales, 1808 *1809 in Wales, 1809 Arts and literature New books *J. T. Barber - ''A Tour Throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire'' (1803) *Thomas Charles - ''The Welsh Methodists Vindicated'' (1802) *Edward Davies (Celtic), Edward Davies **''Celtic Researches on the Origin, Traditions and Languages of the Ancient Britons'' (1804) **''The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids'' (1809) *Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn) **''Barddoniaeth'' (1803) **''Ieithiadur neu Ramadeg Cymraeg'' (1808) *Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd Ddu Eryri
Dafydd is a Welsh masculine given name, related to David, and more rarely a surname. People so named include: Given name Medieval era :''Ordered chronologically'' * Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1145-1203), Prince of Gwynedd * Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1238–1283), Prince of Wales ** Dafydd Goch, said to be the illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Gruffydd * Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320–c. 1350/1370), Welsh poet * Dafydd ap Llywelyn (1215–1246), Prince of Gwynedd and first Prince of Wales ** Dafydd ap Dafydd ap Llywelyn (born between 1240 and 1246-?), illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Llywelyn * Dafydd Bach ap Madog Wladaidd (fl. 1340-1390), Welsh poet * Dafydd Benfras (fl. 1230-1260), Welsh court poet * Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug (died 1371), Welsh poet, grammarian and cleric * Dafydd Gam (1380-1415), Welsh soldier and nobleman who died at the Battle of Agincourt * Dafydd ab Ieuan or David Holbache (died 1422/3), Welsh politician * Dafydd Gorlech (c. 1410-c. 1490), Welsh poet * Dafydd Llwyd a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12 January
Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523. * 1554 – Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma. 1601–1900 * 1616 – The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco. *1792 – Federalist Thomas Pinckney appointed first U.S. minister to Britain. * 1808 – John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture. * 1808 – The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14 July
Events Pre-1600 * 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy. *1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II. * 1420 – Battle of Vítkov Hill, decisive victory of Czech Hussite forces commanded by Jan Žižka against Crusade army led by Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor. *1430 – Joan of Arc, taken by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais. * 1596 – Anglo-Spanish War: English and Dutch troops sack the Spanish city of Cádiz before leaving the next day. 1601–1900 *1769 – An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California). *1771 – Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra. *1789 – Storming of the Bastille in Paris. This event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymn Tune
A hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung. Musically speaking, a hymn is generally understood to have four-part (or more) harmony, a fast harmonic rhythm (chords change frequently), with or without refrain or chorus. From the late sixteenth century in England and Scotland, when most people were not musically literate and learned melodies by rote, it was a common practice to sing a new text to a hymn tune the singers already knew which had a suitable meter and character. There are many hymn tunes which might fit a particular hymn: a hymn in Long Metre might be sung to any hymn tune in Long Metre, but the tunes might be as different as those tunes that have been used for centuries with hymns such as ''Te lucis ante terminum'', on one hand, and an arrangement of the calypso tune used with ''Jamaica Farewell'', on the other. Hymnal editors Editors bring extensive knowledge of theology, poetry, and music to the process of compiling a new hymn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Williams (composer)
Robert, Rob, Robbie, Bob or Bobby Williams may refer to: Entertainment Film * Robert Williams (actor, born 1894) Robert Williams (September 15, 1894 – November 3, 1931) was an American stage and film actor. He is best known for his first, and only, leading role in the 1931 romantic comedy '' Platinum Blonde'', opposite Loretta Young and Jean Harlow ... (1894–1931), American stage and film actor * Robert B. Williams (actor) (1904–1978), American film actor * R. J. Williams (born 1978), American former child actor and later internet entrepreneur * Rob Williams (filmmaker), American film director Music * Robert Pete Williams (1914–1980), American blues guitarist * Chocolate Williams (Robert Williams Jr., 1916–1984), jazz bassist and blues vocalist * Bob Williams (singer) (1918–2003), American singer and one of the Williams Brothers * Robert Williams (singer) (1949–2022), Greek singer and composer * Robert S. Williams (born 1949), bassoon player of the Detroit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
