# 1830s in Wales > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1830s_in_Wales > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1830s_in_Wales.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1830s_in_Wales > Source revision: 1326694598 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1820s | 1840s | Other years in Wales Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade **1830–1839** to [Wales](/source/Wales) and [its people](/source/Welsh_people). ## Events - [1830](/source/1830_in_Wales) - [1831](/source/1831_in_Wales) - [1832](/source/1832_in_Wales) - [1833](/source/1833_in_Wales) - [1834](/source/1834_in_Wales) - [1835](/source/1835_in_Wales) - [1836](/source/1836_in_Wales) - [1837](/source/1837_in_Wales) - [1838](/source/1838_in_Wales) - [1839](/source/1839_in_Wales) ## Arts and literature ### New books - [Charles James Apperley](/source/Charles_James_Apperley) - *The Chace, the Road, and the Turf* (1837) - [Eliza Constantia Campbell](/source/Eliza_Constantia_Campbell) - *Tales about Wales* (1837) - [John Evans (I. D. Ffraid)](/source/John_Evans_(I._D._Ffraid)) - *Hanes yr Iddewon* (1831) - *Y Fwyalchen* (poetry anthology) (1835) - [Felicia Hemans](/source/Felicia_Hemans) - *Songs of the Affections* (1830) - [Benjamin Jones (PA Môn)](/source/Benjamin_Jones_(PA_M%C3%B4n)) - *Athrawiaeth Bedydd* (1830) - Sir [Samuel Rush Meyrick](/source/Samuel_Rush_Meyrick) - *Engraved Illustrations of Antient Arms and Armour, from the Collection at Goodrich Court* (1830) - [Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc)](/source/Thomas_Price_(Carnhuanawc)) - *Hanes Cymru a Chenedl y Cymry o'r Cynoesoedd hyd at Farwolaeth Llywelyn ap Gruffydd*, vol. 1 (1836) - [William Williams (Caledfryn)](/source/William_Williams_(Caledfryn)) - *Drych Barddonol* (1839) ### Music - [Thomas Griffiths (Tau Gimel)](/source/Thomas_Griffiths_(Tau_Gimel)) - *Casgliad o Hymnau* (1830) - David James - *Myfyrdawd* (1833) ## Births - 1830 - [23 January](/source/23_January) - [Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn](/source/Thomas_Lloyd-Mostyn), politician (d. 1861) - [22 April](/source/22_April) - [Sarah Emily Davies](/source/Sarah_Emily_Davies), educator (d. 1921) - May - [Richard Davies (Tafolog)](/source/Richard_Davies_(Tafolog)), poet and critic (d. 1904) - [25 May](/source/25_May) - [Robert Williams (Trebor Mai)](/source/Robert_Williams_(Trebor_Mai)), poet (d. 1877) - 1831 - [20 December](/source/20_December) - [William T. Davies](/source/William_T._Davies), Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1912) - 1832 - [5 January](/source/5_January) - [Love Jones-Parry](/source/Sir_Love_Jones-Parry,_1st_Baronet), politician and Patagonian settler (d. 1891) - [3 April](/source/3_April) - [William Thomas (Islwyn)](/source/William_Thomas_(Islwyn)), poet (d. 1878) - [25 September](/source/25_September) - [John Ceiriog Hughes](/source/John_Ceiriog_Hughes), poet (d. 1887) - 1833 - *date unknown* - [Richard Davies (Mynyddog)](/source/Richard_Davies_(Mynyddog)), poet (d. 1877) - [James James](/source/James_James), harpist and composer (d. 1902) - 1834 - [16 October](/source/16_October) - [Pryce Pryce-Jones](/source/Pryce_Pryce-Jones), mail order entrepreneur (d. 1920) - *date unknown* - [William Thomas (Gwilym Marles)](/source/William_Thomas_(Gwilym_Marles)), minister (d. 1879) - 1836 - [30 January](/source/30_January) - [Lewis Jones](/source/Lewis_Jones_(Patagonia)), Patagonian settler (d. 1904) - [5 July](/source/5_July) - [Evan Herber Evans](/source/Evan_Herber_Evans), minister (d. 1896) - [30 September](/source/30_September) - [George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn](/source/George_Douglas-Pennant,_2nd_Baron_Penrhyn), industrialist (d. 1907) - [6 October](/source/6_October) - [Allen Raine](/source/Allen_Raine), novelist (d. 1908) - [20 October](/source/20_October) - [Daniel Owen](/source/Daniel_Owen), novelist (d. 1895)[1] - *date unknown* - [John Jones (Myrddin Fardd)](/source/John_Jones_(Myrddin_Fardd)), poet (d. 1921) - 1837 - [5 August](/source/5_August) - [William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr](/source/William_Lewis,_1st_Baron_Merthyr), industrialist (d. 1914) - [6 September](/source/6_September) - [Henry Thomas Edwards](/source/Henry_Thomas_Edwards), preacher (d. 1884) - [22 September](/source/22_September) - [Thomas Charles Edwards](/source/Thomas_Charles_Edwards), minister, writer and first principal of the University of Wales (d. 1900) - [26 December](/source/26_December) - Sir [William Boyd Dawkins](/source/William_Boyd_Dawkins), geologist (d. 1929) - *date unknown* - [William Bowen Rowlands](/source/William_Bowen_Rowlands), politician (d. 1906) - 1838 - *date unknown* - [Charles Gresford Edmondes](/source/Charles_Gresford_Edmondes), clergyman and teacher (d. 1893) - 1839 - [7 March](/source/7_March) - [Ludwig Mond](/source/Ludwig_Mond), German-born industrialist (d. 1909) - [24 September](/source/24_September) - [John Neale Dalton](/source/John_Neale_Dalton), royal chaplain and tutor (d. 1931) - *date unknown* - [Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen)](/source/Sarah_Jane_Rees_(Cranogwen)), writer (d. 1916) ## Deaths - 1830 - [26 June](/source/26_June) - King [George IV of the United Kingdom](/source/George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom), formerly the second longest-serving Prince of Wales (1762-1820) - 1831 - [7 January](/source/7_January) - [Edward "Celtic" Davies](/source/Edward_Davies_(Celtic)), author, 74 - [8 June](/source/8_June) - [Sarah Siddons](/source/Sarah_Siddons), actress (born 1755) - [13 August](/source/13_August) - [Dic Penderyn](/source/Dic_Penderyn), labourer (executed) (born 1808) - 1834 - [11 August](/source/11_August) - [William Crawshay I](/source/William_Crawshay_I), industrialist (b. 1764) - [2 September](/source/2_September) - [David Charles](/source/David_Charles_(hymn-writer)), hymn-writer (b. 1762) - 1835 - [13 May](/source/13_May) - [John Nash](/source/John_Nash_(architect)), architect (b. 1752) - [3 June](/source/3_June) - [William Owen Pughe](/source/William_Owen_Pughe), grammarian and lexicographer (b. 1759) - *date unknown* - [Robert Davies (Robin Ddu o'r Glyn)](/source/Robert_Davies_(Robin_Ddu_o'r_Glyn)), poet (b. 1769) - 1836 - [22 November](/source/22_November) - [Peter Bailey Williams](/source/Peter_Bailey_Williams), antiquarian (b. 1763) - 1837 - [19 February](/source/19_February) - [Thomas Burgess](/source/Thomas_Burgess_(bishop,_born_1756)), Bishop of St David's, 80 - 1838 - [14 March](/source/14_March) - [Wyndham Lewis](/source/Wyndham_Lewis_(politician)), MP, 57 - [19 July](/source/19_July) - [Christmas Evans](/source/Christmas_Evans), preacher (b. 1766) - [26 December](/source/26_December) - [Ann Hatton](/source/Ann_Hatton), novelist (b. 1764) - 1839 - [16 May](/source/16_May) - [Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis](/source/Edward_Clive,_1st_Earl_of_Powis) ## References 1. ["Daniel Owen"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Owen). [Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica). Retrieved 10 December 2025. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1830s in Wales](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1830s_in_Wales) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1830s_in_Wales?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.