1789 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1789 in Great Britain Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1789 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Bishop of Bangor – John Warren[11][12]
Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson[13]
Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Hallifax (from 4 April)[14]
Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Horsley[15]

Events

July–August - Bread riots break out in North Wales.[16]
23 October - Christmas Evans marries Catherine Jones at Bryncroes chapel in Llŷn, shortly after his own ordination.
8 November - Port Penrhyn opens.[17]
unknown date - Blaenavon Ironworks begins production.[18]

Arts and literature

12 May - Thomas Jones organises an eisteddfod at the New Inn (modern-day Owain Glyndwr Hotel) in Corwen,[19] where for the first time the public are admitted.

New books

Jenkin Lewis - Memoirs of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester[20]
Richard Price - Love for our Country

Births

22 April - Richard Roberts, engineer (died 1864)
24 May - Betsi Cadwaladr, Crimea nurse (died 1860)[21]

Deaths

28 June - John Walters, priest and poet, 29[22]
24 July - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, politician, 39[23]
7 August - William Edwards, minister and bridge-builder, 70[24]
26 November - Elizabeth Baker, diarist, 70?[25]

References

Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
John Henry James (1898). A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. p. 16.
The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 163.
Ehrman, John (1983). The Younger Pitt. Stanford University Press. p. 92. ISBN 9780804711845.
"Chester, Friday, Nov. 13". Chester Chronicle. 13 November 1789. p. 3.
The Foundry Trade Journal. Institute of Cast Metals Engineers. 1972.
Mary-Ann Constantine; Dafydd R. Johnston (15 April 2013). Footsteps of 'Liberty and Revolt': Essays on Wales and the French Revolution. University of Wales Press. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2591-9.
The Gentleman's Magazine. E. Cave. 1789. p. 339.
Roberts, Alun (2002). Welsh National Heroes. ISBN 9780862436100.
Griffith John Williams. "WALTERS, JOHN (1760-1789), cleric, poet, and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
Thomas, Peter, D.G., Biography in History of Parliament Online, extracted from The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754–1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
Edward Ivor Williams (1959). "Edwards, William (1719-1789), Independent minister, and architect". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "Baker, Elizabeth (1720-1789), diarist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

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[1] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.

[Sainty-2] J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

[3] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.

[4] Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.

[5] Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.

[6] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.

[7] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.

[8] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.

[9] Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[10] Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.

[Fasti305-11] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.

[12] The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.

[13] John Henry James (1898). A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. p. 16.

[14] The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.

[15] Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 163.

[16] Ehrman, John (1983). The Younger Pitt. Stanford University Press. p. 92. ISBN 9780804711845.

[17] "Chester, Friday, Nov. 13". Chester Chronicle. 13 November 1789. p. 3.

[18] The Foundry Trade Journal. Institute of Cast Metals Engineers. 1972.

[19] Mary-Ann Constantine; Dafydd R. Johnston (15 April 2013). Footsteps of 'Liberty and Revolt': Essays on Wales and the French Revolution. University of Wales Press. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2591-9.

[20] The Gentleman's Magazine. E. Cave. 1789. p. 339.

[21] Roberts, Alun (2002). Welsh National Heroes. ISBN 9780862436100.

[22] Griffith John Williams. "WALTERS, JOHN (1760-1789), cleric, poet, and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

[23] Thomas, Peter, D.G., Biography in History of Parliament Online, extracted from The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754–1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964

[24] Edward Ivor Williams (1959). "Edwards, William (1719-1789), Independent minister, and architect". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

[25] William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "Baker, Elizabeth (1720-1789), diarist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2021.