1817 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1817 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 (from 22 November)
• 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
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore
• Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess

Events

• March - A riot breaks out in Amlwch over food prices, and a ship carrying flour is prevented from leaving the harbour.
• 22 July - Windham Sadler succeeds in crossing the Irish Sea by hot air balloon, landing near Holyhead.
• October John Gibson arrives in Rome to study sculpture with help from Antonio Canova.
• 6 December - Joseph Tregelles Price advertises Neath Abbey ironworks for sale.
• dates unknown
• Lewis Weston Dillwyn retires from managing the Cambrian Pottery at Swansea.
• Joseph Harris (Gomer) launches the unsuccessful periodical, Greal y Bedyddwyr.
• Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis drafts the report on the Poor Law which brings its abuses to the attention of the public.
• Construction work commences on the first chapel in Tywyn.
• Approximate date - Britain's longest tramroad tunnel is opened at Pwll du near Blaenavon. The Pwll Du Tunnel is more than a mile (2400 m) in length. Begun as a mineral adit, at this time it carries a horse-drawn double track plateway of approximately 2 ft (600 mm) gauge carrying material for Blaenavon Ironworks; next summer it will be incorporated in Thomas Hill's Tramroad, connecting to the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.

Arts and literature

New books

• Catherine Hutton - The Welsh Mountaineer
• John Thomas (Eos Gwynedd) - '