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1830s The 1830s (pronounced "eighteen-thirties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1830, and ended on December 31, 1839. In this decade, the world saw a rapid rise of imperialism and colonialism, particularly in Asia an ...

, Other years in Wales , - , , Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1820–1829 to Wales and its people.

Arts and literature

New books

* John Elias – ''Golygiad Ysgrythurol ar Gyfiawnhad Pechadur'' (1821) * Felicia Hemans – ''The Forest Sanctuary'' (1825) *

Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) The Reverend Thomas Price (2 October 1787 – 7 November 1848) (known by the bardic name of Carnhuanawc) was a historian and a major Welsh literary figure of the early 19th century. Price was also "an essayist, orator, naturalist, educationalist, ...

– ''An Essay on the Physiognomy and Physiology of the Present Inhabitants of Britain'' (1829) *

David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) David Richards (22 January 1751 – 12 May 1827), better-known by his bardic name Dafydd Ionawr, was a Welsh-language poet, born at Glanyrafon near Bryn-crug in the parish of Tywyn in Merionethshire (now Gwynedd), north-west Wales. He took an ...

– ''Cywydd y Dilyw'' (1821)

Music

John Ellis John Ellis may refer to: Academics *John Ellis (scrivener) (1698–1791), English political writer *John Ellis (naturalist) (1710–1776), English botanical illustrator *John Ellis (physicist, born 1946), British theoretical physicist at CERN * Jo ...

– ''Eliot'' (

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 ...

) (1823) * Edward Jones – ''Hen Ganiadau Cymru'' (1820) *'' Peroriaeth Hyfryd'' (collection of hymns including ''Caersalem'' by Robert Edwards) (1827) *''Seren Gomer'' (collection of hymns including ''Grongar'' by John Edwards) (1824)

Births

*1820 **21 May –

Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd, 1st Baronet (21 May 1820 – 21 July 1877) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament, for Ceredigion, Cardiganshire (Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency) ...

, politician and landowner (d. 1877) *1821 **24 June – Guillermo Rawson, Argentinian politician (d. 1890) **16 July – John Jones (Mathetes), preacher and writer (d. 1878) *1822 **2 March –

Michael D. Jones Michael Daniel Jones (2 March 1822 – 2 December 1898) was a Welsh people, Welsh Congregational church, Congregationalist minister and principal of a theological college, but is best remembered as a founder of the Welsh settlement in Patago ...

, Patagonian settler (d. 1898) *1823 **8 January –

Alfred Russel Wallace Alfred Russel Wallace (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural se ...

, biologist (d. 1913) **March –

Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) Reverend Rowland Williams (March 1823 – 10 November 1905), commonly known by his bardic name "Hwfa Môn", was a Welsh clergyman and poet, who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1895 to 1905. Early life and education ...

, poet and archdruid (d. 1905) **23 November – Sir John Evans, archaeologist (d. 1908) *1824 **''date unknown'' –

John Basson Humffray John Basson Humffray (17 April 1824 – 18 March 1891) was a leading advocate in the movement of miner reform process in the British colony of Victoria, and later a member of parliament. Humffray was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wale ...

, political reformer in Australia (d. 1891) *1825 **7 June –

R. D. Blackmore Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. He won acclaim for vivid descriptions and personification of the ...

, novelist (d. 1900) *1826 **13 January – Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff (d. 1913) **1 March –

John Thomas John Thomas may refer to: Politics United Kingdom * John Thomas (c. 1490–1540/42), British Member of Parliament for Truro * John Thomas (c. 1531–1581/90), British Member of Parliament for Mitchell * John Thomas (British politician) (1897 ...

, harpist (d. 1913) **8 May – George Osborne Morgan, lawyer (d. 1897) **11 May – David Charles Davies, Nonconformist leader (d. 1891) *1827 **27 October –

Joseph Tudor Hughes Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the m ...

(Blegwryd), harp prodigy (d. 1841) *1828 **30 January –

John David Jenkins John David Jenkins (30 January 1828 – 9 November 1876) was a Welsh clergyman and historian. He spent six years ministering in Pietermaritzburg; after his return to England, he became known as the "Rail men's Apostle" for his work with railway wo ...

, philanthropist (d. 1876) *1829 **27 January –

Isaac Roberts Isaac Roberts FRS (27 January 1829 – 17 July 1904) was a Welsh people, Welsh engineer and businessman best known for his work as an amateur astronomer, pioneering the field of astrophotography of nebulae. He was a member of the Liverpool As ...

, astronomer (d. 1904)

Deaths

*1820 **29 January – King

George III of the United Kingdom George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Monarchy of Ireland, Ireland from 25 October 1760 until Acts of Union 1800, the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was ...

, Prince of Wales 1751–1760 **16 June –

Thomas Jones of Denbigh Thomas Jones (1756 in Wales, 1756 – 16 June 1820 in Wales, 1820), called "Thomas Jones of Denbigh" (in Welsh, "Thomas Jones o Ddinbych") to differentiate him from namesakes, was a Welsh Methodist clergyman, writer, editor and poet, active ...

, Methodist preacher and writer (b. 1756) **27 June –

William Lort Mansel William Lort Mansel (2 April 1753 – 27 June 1820) was an English churchman and Cambridge fellow. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1798 to his death in 1820, and also Bishop of Bristol from 1808 to 1820. Life He was born in Pe ...

, bishop and academic (b. 1753) **23 August –

John Randles Sir John Scurrah Randles (25 December 1857 – 11 February 1945) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Biography John Scurrah Randles was born on Christmas Day, 25 December 1857 in Boston, Lincolnshire, the son of a Wesleyan mi ...

, harpist (b. 1763) **28 August – Henry Mills, musician (b. 1757) *1821 **2 May – Hester Thrale, diarist (b. 1741) **7 August – Caroline of Brunswick, former Princess of Wales (1795–1820), 53 *1822 **30 March – David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri), poet (b. 1759) **''date unknown'' – Stephen Kemble, actor, brother of Sarah Siddons (b. 1758) *1823 **26 February – John Philip Kemble, actor, brother of Sarah Siddons (b. 1757) *1825 **24 February – Thomas Bowdler, editor (b. 1754) **9 June –

Abraham Rees Abraham Rees (1743 – 9 June 1825) was a Welsh nonconformist minister, and compiler of ''Rees's Cyclopædia'' (in 45 volumes). Life He was the second son of Esther, daughter of Abraham Penry, and her husband Lewis Rees, and was born in L ...

, encyclopaedist (b. 1743) **10 August – Joseph Harris (Gomer), Baptist minister, poet and editor (b. 1773) *1827 **''date unknown'' –

Helen Maria Williams Helen Maria Williams (17 June 1759 – 15 December 1827) was a British novelist, poet, and translator of French-language works. A religious dissenter, she was a supporter of abolitionism and of the ideals of the French Revolution; she was impri ...

, novelist and poet (b. c. 1761) *1828 **September – William Madocks, landowner *1829 **26 January – Benjamin Millingchamp, collector of manuscripts (b. 1756) **June –

Elizabeth Randles Elizabeth Randles (1 August 1800 – 6 May 1829), also known as "Little Cambrian Prodigy", was a Welsh harpist and pianist. A child prodigy, she started playing the piano at the age of sixteen months, and performed in public for the firs ...

, harpist (b. 1801)