1807 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1807 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
• Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick

Events

• 9 March - Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, assumes the name and arms of Herbert only in lieu of those of Clive by Royal licence, in order to inherit the Powis Castle estates of his uncle.
• March 25 - Opening of the world's first fare-paying passenger railway - the horse-drawn Oystermouth Railway between Oystermouth and Mumbles.^[1]
• May 7 - The first Welsh language Bible issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society is published.
• December (approximate) - Welsh Wesleyan preachers make their first visit to Brecon.^[2]
• North Wales Chronicle begins publication in Bangor.^[3]
• Walter Coffin opens a coal seam at Dinas Rhondda.
• William Taitt of the Dowlais Company brings a libel action against Samuel Homfray. Damages of £300 are awarded.
• The world's oldest international football stadium, the Racecourse Ground, opens in Wrexham, although it will not host football games until 1872.
• The red dragon on a green mount is adopted as the Royal Badge of Wales.^[4]

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Charles - Hyfforddwr
• Peter Bailey Williams - Trysorfa Gwybodaeth

Music

• Anthem y Saint… gan Evan Dafydd (collection of hymns)

Births

• 23 May - Samuel Warren, barrister, novelist and MP (died 1877)
• 4 July - Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys), writer (died 1889)
• 22 September - Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet, landowner and politician (died 1874)
• 7 October - Joshua Hughes, Bishop of St Asaph (died 1889)^[5]
• date unknown - Sir William Milbourne James, judge (died 1881)
• probable - Levi Gibbon, balladeer (died 1870)^[6]

Deaths

• April - Edward Owen, Anglican priest, headmaster and translator, 78?
• 18 July - Thomas Jones, mathematician, 51
• date unknown - Joseph Turner, architect.^[7]
• probable - John Lloyd, clergyman and academic, 53?^[8]

References

1. Lee, Charles E. (1942). The First Passenger Railway: the Oystermouth or Swansea and Mumbles Line. London: Railway Publishing Co.
2. David Young, The origins and history of Methodism in Wales and the borders (1893), p 142
3. "North Wales Chronicle". British Newspapers 1800-1900. British Library. 2009. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
4. Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 732. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
5. Welsh Biography Online
6. http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-GIBB-LEV-1807.html
7. Joseph Turner - Summary, Parks and Gardens Data Services, retrieved 6 November 2011
8. Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "JOHN LLOYD (1754-1807?)". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2008-05-01.