1838 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; Timeline of Welsh history 1838 in The United Kingdom Scotland Elsewhere

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1838 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

October - John Frost joins the Chartist movement.
Newly created baronets include Sir John Josiah Guest, Sir Benjamin Hall and Sir John Edwards.
John Cory of Devon opens his chandlery near the Custom House in Cardiff.
Thomas Gee joins his father's printing business.
Tinplate manufacture at Ystalyfera begins.
Wrexham Infirmary established.
Foundation of the Bangor Church Building Society.

Sir Henry Ellis (ed.) - Registrum vulgariter nuncupatum "The record of Caernarvon"
Lady Charlotte Guest begins publication of her translation into English of the Mabinogion.
Isaac Williams - Thoughts in Past Years
Jane Williams (Ysgafell) - Twenty Essays on the Practical Improvement of God's Providential Dispensations as Means to the Moral Discipline to the Christian