1796 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1796 to Wales
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Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and its people
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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Incumbents
- Prince of WalesPrince of WalesPrince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
- George, Prince RegentGeorge IV of the United KingdomGeorge IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later... - Princess of WalesPrincess of WalesPrincess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
- Caroline of BrunswickCaroline of BrunswickCaroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was the Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 until her death...
Events
- June - At the British general electionBritish general election, 1796The British general election, 1796 returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be held before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...
, Richard Pennant, 1st Baron PenrhynRichard Pennant, 1st Baron PenrhynRichard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn was a slave owner, anti-abolitionist Member of Parliament and Irish peer.Richard Pennant was educated at Newsome's academy in Hackney and Trinity College, Cambridge...
, backed by Bishop John WarrenJohn Warren (bishop)John Warren was Bishop of St David's 1779-1783, and Bishop of Bangor from 1783 until his death.Before his promotion to bishop, Warren was Archdeacon of Worcester. During the bishop's time at Bangor, he was involved in two major controversies...
, challenges sitting MP Sir Robert WilliamsSir Robert Williams, 9th BaronetSir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1790 to 1830.Williams was the son of Sir Hugh Williams, 8th Baronet and his wife Emma Rowland....
, the sitting member for Caernarvonshire; Sir Robert is easily re-elected. - John StuartJohn Stuart, 1st Marquess of ButeJohn Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, PC, FRS was a British nobleman.He was the son of the 3rd Earl of Bute and the former Mary Wortley Montagu, a granddaughter of the 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull and great-granddaughter of the 1st Earl of Sandwich...
is created Marquess of ButeMarquess of ButeMarquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute.-Family history:...
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New books
- Charles HeathCharles HeathCharles Theodosius Heath was an English engraver, currency and stamp printer, book publisher and illustrator.-Life and work:...
- The Excursion Down the Wye - Thomas PennantThomas PennantThomas Pennant was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary.The Pennants were a Welsh gentry family from the parish of Whitford, Flintshire, who had built up a modest estate at Bychton by the seventeenth century...
- Whiteford and Holywell - David Williams - The History of Monmouthshire
Births
- January 7 - Princess Charlotte Augusta of WalesPrincess Charlotte Augusta of WalesPrincess Charlotte of Wales was the only child of George, Prince of Wales and Caroline of Brunswick...
, only child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (d. 1817) - March 1 - John Jones, Talysarn, preacher (d. 1857)
- September 30 - John MyttonJohn MyttonJohn Mytton was a notable British eccentric and Regency rake.- Family :John "Mad Jack" Mytton was born to a family of Shropshire squires with a lineage that stretched back some 500 years before his day...
, sportsman (d. 1834) - December - David Owen (Brutus)David Owen (Brutus)David Owen David Owen David Owen (?December 1796 - 16 January 1866, known by the pseudonym Brutus, was a Welsh satirical writer, editor and preacher.He was born in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire where he was brought up as a Congregationalist. Thereafter he spent periods of time in other parts...
, writer (d. 1866)
Deaths
- February - John JonesJohn Jones (organist)John Jones was an English organist, who served at the St Paul's Cathedral.-Background:He was a chorister of St. Paul's Cathedral under Maurice Greene....
, organist, 70? - August 8 - Peter Williams, Methodist writer, 63
- date unknown - Ioan Siencyn, poet