1783 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1783 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1783 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet (until 1 August)[1][2] Henry Paget (from 1 August)[3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire â Charles Morgan of Dderw[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â John Vaughan
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer[9][4]
- Bishop of Bangor â John Moore (until 26 April)[10] John Warren (from 26 April)[11][12]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Richard Watson[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Jonathan Shipley[14]
- Bishop of St Davids â Edward Smallwell (from 6 July)[15]
Events
- 20 August - Thomas Charles marries Sally Jones and settles in Bala.[16]
- 26 September - Industrialist and slave-owner Richard Pennant is created 1st Baron Penrhyn in the county of Lough.[17]
- Welsh emigrant Evan Williams founds a whiskey distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States, which will still be operating in the 21st century.
Arts and literature
New books
- Julia Ann Hatton - Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects[18]
Music
- Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - Rhai Hymnau Newyddion o Fawl i'r Oen[19]
Births
- 11 February - Thomas Richard, minister (died 1856)
- 16 March - Henry Williams-Wynn, politician (died 1856)[20]
- May - Cadwaladr Jones, minister and literary editor (died 1867)[21]
- unknown dates
- Hugh Jones, archdeacon of Essex (died 1869)[22]
Deaths
- 19 June - Henry Lloyd, soldier and military writer[23]
- 7 August - Thomas Llewellyn, Baptist minister and writer, 63?[24]
- 2 September - Edward Edwards, academic
- 6 September - Anna Williams, friend of Dr Johnson, 77?[25]
- 16 December - Sir William James, 1st Baronet, naval commander, 61-62[26]