1815 in Wales
| |||||
| Centuries: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decades: | |||||
| See also: | List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history
| ||||
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1815 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
- Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick
Events
- 23 January - John Scandrett Harford inherits the family estates on the death of his father.
- 28 March - Opening of the British School for boys at Newport.
- 12 April - Admiral Thomas Foley is knighted.
- 23 May - John Luxmore replaces William Cleaver as Bishop of St Asaph.
- May or June - Bryn Oer Tramway opens in South Wales.
- 18 June - Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, famously loses a leg at the Battle of Waterloo. General Thomas Picton is killed in the same battle.
- A twice-weekly boat service between Cardiff and Bristol is established.[1]
Arts and literature
New books
- Walter Davies - General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of South Wales
- Richard Fenton - Memoirs of an Old Wig
- Thomas Love Peacock - Headlong Hall (anonymous; dated 1816)
- David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) - Barddoniaeth Gristianogawl
Music
- Peter Roberts - The Cambrian Popular Antiquities of Wales [2]
Births
- 24 January - Thomas Gee, publisher (died 1898)
- 16 April - Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (died 1895)
- May - William Lucas Collins, author (died 1887)
- 2 June - John Deffett Francis, painter and art collector (died 1901)
- 21 November - John Bowen, Bishop of Sierra Leone (died 1859)
- 13 December - Thomas Rees, Congregational minister (died 1885)
- date unknown - Thomas Gruffydd, harpist (died 1887)
Deaths
- 5 March - Sir Stephen Glynne, 8th Baronet, 34
- 24 April - John Lloyd, naturalist, 65
- 18 June - Thomas Picton, soldier, 56
- date unknown - Edward Edwards, Royal Navy officer of Welsh parentage, 73
References
- ^ Sanders, Bob. "A Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan Chronology". Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Peter Roberts (1815). The Cambrian Popular Antiquities: Or, An Account of Some Traditions, Customs, and Superstitions, of Wales, with Observations as to Their Origin, &c. &c. Illustrated with Copper Plates, Coloured from Nature. E. Williams.