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1796 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1796 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
  • Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick

    • Events

  • February - The main line of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal opens; it is 12.5 miles (20.1 km) long, and runs from Newport to Pontnewynydd, via Pontymoile, rising by 447 feet (136.3m) through 42 locks.
  • 27 February - John Stuart is created Marquess of Bute.
  • June - At the British general election, Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, backed by Bishop John Warren, challenges sitting MP Sir Robert Williams, the sitting member for Caernarvonshire; Sir Robert is easily re-elected.

    • New books

  • Charles Heath - The Excursion Down the Wye
  • Thomas Pennant - Whiteford and Holywell
  • David Williams - The History of Monmouthshire

    • Births

  • 7 January - Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, only child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (d. 1817)
  • 1 March - John Jones, Talysarn, preacher (d. 1857)
  • 30 September - John Mytton, sportsman (d. 1834)
  • December - David Owen (Brutus), writer (d. 1866)

    • Deaths

  • February - John Jones, organist, 70?
  • 8 August - Peter Williams, Methodist writer, 63
  • date unknown - Ioan Siencyn, poet

    • References

    1796 in Wales Wikipedia
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