1828 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1828 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant
- Princess of Wales - vacant
[edit] Events
- Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, visits the eisteddfod at Denbigh, making it the first to receive a royal visit.
- David Owen (Brutus) becomes editor of the periodical Lleuad yr Oes at Aberystwyth.
- Welsh architect John Nash creates Marble Arch in London.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- Ellis Evans - Unoliaeth a Gweledigaeth yr Eglwys, sef, Llythyr Cymanfa Cefn Mawr
- Thomas Prichard - The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shôn Catti
- David Saunders (Dafydd Glan Teifi) - Awdl ar Fordaith yr Apostol Paul
- John Thomas - Telyn y Cantorion
- John Walters - An English and Welsh Dictionary
- Thomas Wiliam - Cwyn yr Unig
[edit] Music
- William Owen (Gwilym Ddu Glan Hafren) - Y Caniedydd Crefyddol (collection of hymn tunes)
[edit] Births
- January 30 - John David Jenkins, philanthropist (d. 1876)
- March 13 - Thomas Morgan Thomas, missionary (d. 1884)
- September 23 - Charles James Watkin Williams, politician (d. 1884)
- December 13 - David Lewis Wooding, genealogist (d. 1891)
- date unknown - John Richard Hughes, evangelist (d. 1893)
[edit] Deaths
- February 19 - Thomas Jones (Y Bardd Cloff), 59
- March 29 - Griffith Rowlands, surgeon, 65
- May 12 - Thomas Assheton Smith I, industrialist, 75
- September - William Madocks, landowner, 55
- date unknown - Edward Charles (Siamas Gwynedd), writer, 70?
