1819 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1819 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

 * Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
 * Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort
 * Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley
 * Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell
 * Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
 * Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
 * Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
 * Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute
 * Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
 * Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
 * Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford
 * Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney


 * Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie
 * Bishop of Llandaff – Herbert Marsh (until 28 April); William Van Mildert (from 31 May)
 * Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore
 * Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess

Events

 * August - Thomas Telford begins construction of the Menai Suspension Bridge.
 * date unknown
 * The embankment on Telford's Holyhead Road through the Nant Ffrancon Pass is completed.
 * The Welsh colony of Cardigan is established in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
 * Robert Bamford Hesketh begins construction of Gwrych Castle.
 * Scottish-born London India merchant John Christie purchases a substantial tract of the Great Forest of Brecknock from the Crown.
 * Approximate date - John Scandrett Harford and his brothers acquire the Peterwell estate at Lampeter

Arts and literature

 * Major eisteddfodau are held at Carmarthen and Denbigh. The Gorsedd tradition (begun by Iolo Morganwg) becomes formally linked with the eisteddfod at Carmarthen.

New books

 * William Owen Pughe - Coll Gwynfa (translation of Milton's Paradise Lost)

Music

 * "From Greenland’s Icy Mountains", a hymn by Reginald Heber, is sung for the first time, at St Giles' Church, Wrexham.

Births

 * 3 March - William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech (died 1904)
 * 4 November - Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor (died 1894)
 * 7 November - Enoch Salisbury, barrister, politician and bibliophile (died 1890)
 * 15 November - Arthur Wynn Williams, physician (died 1886)
 * 7 December - John Cambrian Rowland, painter (died 1890)
 * 9 December - John Roose Elias, writer (died 1881)

Deaths

 * 9 January - William Parry, minister and teacher, 74
 * 31 January - Thomas Bevan, missionary, about 24
 * 3 February - Mary Bevan, missionary, wife of Thomas Bevan, age unknown
 * 6 February - David Davies, clergyman and author, 76
 * 8 February - Sydenham Teak Edwards, botanist, 51
 * 25 June
 * John Abel, minister, 49
 * Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet, industrialist, 73
 * 11 November - Moses Griffiths, artist, 72