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Шаблон:Use Welsh English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Year in Wales header This article is about the particular significance of the year 1796 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Henry Paget[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (from 4 April)
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet (until 26 July); Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon (from 9 September)
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Harley[10][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Warren[11][12]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot[14][11]
- Bishop of St Davids – William Stuart[15]
Events
- February - The main line of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal opens; it is Шаблон:Convert 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.
- John Wilkinson blows in blast furnace No. 1 on the site that becomes Brymbo Steelworks.
Arts and literature
New books
- Charles Heath - The Excursion Down the Wye[16]
- Thomas Pennant - Whiteford and Holywell
- Uvedale Price - An Essay on the Picturesque[16]
- Anna Seward - Llangollen Vale and Other Poems[16]
- David Williams - The History of Monmouthshire
Births
- 7 January - Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, only child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1817)[17]
- 8 January - Eliza Constantia Campbell, author (died 1864)[18]
- 1 March - John Jones, Talysarn, preacher (died 1857)[19]
- 30 September - John Mytton, sportsman (died 1834)[20]
- December - David Owen (Brutus), writer (died 1866)
Deaths
- February - John Jones, organist, 70?[21]
- 26 July - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet, landowner and politician, 61[22]
- 8 August - Peter Williams, Methodist writer, 63[23]
- date unknown - Ioan Siencyn, poet
References
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