1829 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1829 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1829 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Prince of Wales - vacant
Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

January - The first issue of the Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory appears.[1]
6 May - The Cymmrodorion hold an eisteddfod in London.[2]
24 November - The Ecclesiastical Courts Act, 1829, is passed, largely at the instigation of Sir John Nicholl.[3]
Formation of the North Wales and South Wales MMs (monthly meetings) by the Society of Friends.
Beaumaris Gaol is built, to the design of Joseph Hansom.[4]

Arts and literature

New books

Ellis Evans - Arddangosiad Syml o Syniadau Gwahaniaethol, neu Egwyddorion Priodol, y Bedyddwyr Crediniol[5]
John Jones (Tegid) - A Defence of the Reformed System of Welsh Orthography
Thomas Love Peacock - The Misfortunes of Elphin
Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) - An Essay on the Physiognomy and Physiology of the Present Inhabitants of Britain[6]

Music

Felix Mendelssohn visits Wales and transcribes some Welsh music.[7]

Births

27 January - Isaac Roberts, astronomer (d. 1904)
2 June - Sir John Henry Puleston, banker and politician (d. 1908)
23 December - Thomas Walter Price (Cuhelyn), journalist and poet (d. 1869)

Deaths

26 January - Benjamin Millingchamp, collector of manuscripts, 72
June - Elizabeth Randles, harpist, 28?[8]
19 August - Jonathan Williams, antiquary, 77
20 November - John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), antiquary, 59[9]

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References

National Identity in Great Britain and British North America, 1815–1851 p154
collections historical and archeological relating to montgomeryshrine, and its borders. issued by the powys-land club for the use of its members. 1877. p. 196.
The Ecclesiastical Law: 2. London. 1842. p. 1.
John Timpson (1989). Timpson's Towns of England and Wales: Oddities & Curiosities. Jarrold. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-7117-0419-0.
William Thomas Whitley (1984). A Baptist Bibliography. Georg Olms Verlag. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-487-41340-2.
Robert Williams (1852). Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times to the Present, and Including Every Name Connected with the Ancient History of Wales. W. Rees. pp. 423.
R. Larry Todd (28 October 2013). Mendelssohn Essays. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-135-86669-3.
Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office.
William Jones (1839). The Gwyneddion for 1832: Containing the Prize Poems, Etc., of the Beaumaris Eisteddfod and North Wales Literary Society. Hughes. p. 148.

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[1] National Identity in Great Britain and British North America, 1815–1851 p154

[2] collections historical and archeological relating to montgomeryshrine, and its borders. issued by the powys-land club for the use of its members. 1877. p. 196.

[3] The Ecclesiastical Law: 2. London. 1842. p. 1.

[Timpson1989-4] John Timpson (1989). Timpson's Towns of England and Wales: Oddities & Curiosities. Jarrold. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-7117-0419-0.

[5] William Thomas Whitley (1984). A Baptist Bibliography. Georg Olms Verlag. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-487-41340-2.

[6] Robert Williams (1852). Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times to the Present, and Including Every Name Connected with the Ancient History of Wales. W. Rees. pp. 423.

[7] R. Larry Todd (28 October 2013). Mendelssohn Essays. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-135-86669-3.

[8] Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office.

[9] William Jones (1839). The Gwyneddion for 1832: Containing the Prize Poems, Etc., of the Beaumaris Eisteddfod and North Wales Literary Society. Hughes. p. 148.