1801 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1801 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Henry Paget[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire â Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Thomas Johnes[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â John Vaughan
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis (until 16 January);[2] vacant until 1804
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Thomas Harley[11][2]
Events
- Chirk aqueduct is completed and opened.[18]
- First railway in north Wales is built by Lord Penrhyn to link his quarries with Bethesda and Port Penrhyn.
- John Rice Jones becomes first attorney-general of Indiana.[19]
- The "Great Debate" is held at Ramoth Chapel in Llanfrothen, Merionethshire, as a result of which John Richard Jones forms the "Scottish Baptist" connexion.[20]
Arts and literature
New books
- Cyhoeddiadau Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion
- The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, vol. 1[21]
- Azariah Shadrach - Allwedd Myfyrdod[22]
- Hester Thrale - Retrospection: or a review of the most striking events, characters, situations, and their consequences, which the last eighteen hundred years have presented to the view of mankind
Music
Births
- 6 January â Evan Davies (Myfyr Morganwg), bard, druid and antiquarian (d. 1888)[23]
- 6 February â William Williams (Caledfryn), poet and critic (d. 1869)[24]
- 1 November â John Lloyd Davies, politician (d. 1860)[25]
- 18 November â David Rees (Y Cynhyrfwr), minister and writer (d. 1869)[26]
- 23 December â William Watkin Edward Wynne, politician (d. 1880)[27]
- date unknown â Thomas Phillips, lawyer, politician and businessman, mayor of Newport (d. 1867)[28]
Deaths
- 16 January â George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, 45[29]
- 14 February â Rhys Jones, antiquary, 87[30]
- 23 September â Thomas Nowell, historian, 71?[31]
- 13 December â William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington, about 90[32]
- probable â Frances Williams, convicted thief, one of the first women to settle Australia, 40/41[33]