1808 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1808 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, 6th 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 George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- 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 Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney[12][2][13]
Events
- 5 January - The first issue of The North Wales Gazette is printed at Bangor.
- 20 September - The White Book of Hergest is destroyed in a fire at Covent Garden.[24]
- 30 October - William Lort Mansel is consecrated Bishop of Bristol.[25]
- 19 November - The naval frigate HMS Owen Glendower is launched.
- date unknown
- Construction of the Horseshoe Falls on the River Dee by Thomas Telford.[26]
- The publishing house Gwasg Gee is founded.[27]
- St Katherine's Church, Milford Haven, built by Charles Francis Greville, is consecrated.[28]
- Benjamin Hall is given the Abercarn estate by his father-in-law, Richard Crawshay.
- The Ruabon Brook Tramway is extended from Acrefair to the Plas Madoc Colliery in Plasbennion.[29]
- Twelve-year-old Charles Nice Davies goes to serve in India as an ensign.
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Felicia Hemans - Juvenile Poems[30]
Welsh language
- Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn) - Ieithiadur neu Ramadeg Cymraeg[31]
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Bannau y Byd[32]
- Titus Lewis - Llyfr Rhyfeddodau[33]
Music
- Hymnau o Fawl i Dduw a'r Oen (hymns by Ann Griffiths, posthumously published)
Births
- 30 January - Sir John Henry Scourfield, author (died 1876)[34]
- 6 March - William Williams (Carw Coch), man of letters and eisteddfodwr (died 1872)[35]
- 13 May - Thomas Aubrey, Wesleyan leader (died 1867)
- date unknown
- Dic Penderyn, labourer executed for his part in the Merthyr Rising (died 1831)[36]
- William Roos, artist and engraver (died 1878)[37]
Deaths
- 21 January â Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, about 70[38]
- 12 February â Anna Maria Bennett, novelist, about 70[39]
- 12 September â Charles Herbert, Royal Navy officer, son of the Earl of Carnarvon, 34 (drowned)[40]
- 30 November â Watkin Williams, politician, 66?[41]
- 28 December â Griffith Roberts, physician and collector of manuscripts, 73[42]