1824 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1824 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant
- Princess of Wales - vacant
[edit] Events
- September 8 - The Society of Cymmrodorion sponsors a major eisteddfod at Welshpool.
- December 18 - William Chambers inherits the Stepney estate.
- The first gasometer in Wales is built at Greenfield, Flintshire.
- William Davies Evans develops the Evans Gambit.
- Major repairs to Bangor Cathedral are begun.
- Two new furnaces are erected at the Dyffryn ironworks by Anthony Hill.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- T. G. Cumming - Description of the Iron Bridges of Suspension now erecting over the Strait of Menai at Bangor and over the River Conway
- David Davis (Castellhywel) - Telyn Dewi
- Benjamin Jones (P A Môn) - An Elegy on the death of Benjamin B. Jones, the eldest surviving child of B. Jones of Holyhead
[edit] Music
- Seren Gomer (collection of hymns including Grongar by John Edwards)
[edit] Births
- July 24 - Robert Jones Derfel, poet (d. 1905)
- date unknown - John Basson Humffray, political reformer in Australia (d. 1891)
[edit] Deaths
- April 18 - Edward Jones, harpist ("Bardd y Brenin"), 72
- November - William Moses, poet, 82
- date unknown - Thomas Parry, Chennai merchant, 56
