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This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1780–1789 to Wales and its people.

Events

Arts and literature

New books

1780

John Walters - Poems with Notes

1781

Thomas Pennant - Tours in Wales, volume 2

1782

Thomas Pennant - Journey to Snowdon, volume 1

1783

Julia Ann Hatton - Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects

1784

Richard Price - Importance of the American Revolution

1785

Nathaniel Williams - Darllen Dwfr a Meddyginiaeth

1786

David Samwell - A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook
Hester Lynch Piozzi - Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., during the last twenty years of his life

1788

Hester Lynch Piozzi - Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson

1789

Richard Price - Love for our Country

Music

1781

John Parry (harpist) - British Harmony, being a Collection of Antient Welsh Airs

1783

Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - Rhai Hymnau Newyddion o Fawl i'r Oen

1784

Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) - The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards

1787

Nathaniel Williams - Ychydig o Hymnau Newyddion

Births

1780
- 10 February - James Henry Cotton, Dean of Bangor (died 1862)
- 14 May - Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician (died 1855)
- 7 October - Wyndham Lewis, MP (died 1838)
1781
1782
- 20 January - Sir William Nott, military leader (died 1845)
- 29 December - Sir William Lloyd, soldier and mountaineer (died 1857)
1783
- May - Cadwaladr Jones, minister and literary editor (died 1867)
1784
- 17 January - Joseph Tregelles Price, ironmaster (died 1854)
- date unknown - Walter Coffin, coal-owner (died 1867)
1785
- December - Richard Jones (Gwyndaf Eryri), poet (died 1848)
- 24 December - William Bruce Knight, clergyman and scholar (died 1845)
- date unknown - William Owen, historian (died 1864)
1786
1787
- 2 October - Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), historian (died 1848)
1788
- 12 February - William Williams, MP (died 1865)
- 3 October - John Montgomery Traherne, antiquary (died 1860)
1789
- 22 April - Richard Roberts, engineer (died 1864)
- 24 May - Beti Cadwaladr, Crimea nurse (died 1860)

Deaths

1780
- 6 March - Sir John Meredith, lawyer, 65
- 1 April - Sir Stephen Glynne, 7th Baronet, 35
- date unknown - Richard Thomas, priest and antiquarian, 46
1781
- 4 April - Henry Thrale, brewer
- 12 October - David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân), Franciscan friar and author
1782
- 15 May - Richard Wilson, landscape painter, 54
- November - John Parry, harpist
1783
- 7 August - Thomas Llewellyn, Baptist minister and writer, 63?
- 6 September - Anna Williams, friend of Dr Johnson, 77?
1784
- 5 April - David Williams, minister and schoolmaster, 74?
1785
- 2 February - John Guest, industrialist, 63
- 20 October - David Jones of Trefriw, poet, 77?
1789
- 24 July - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, politician, 39
- 7 August - William Edwards, minister and bridge-builder, 70
- 26 November - Elizabeth Baker, diarist, 70?

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-This article is about the particular significance of the decade '''1780 - 1789''' to [[Wales]] and [[Welsh people|its people]].
+This article is about the particular significance of the decade '''1780–1789''' to [[Wales]] and [[Welsh people|its people]].
-==Incumbents==
-*[[Prince of Wales]] - [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George]]
-*[[Princess of Wales]] - ''vacant''
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 ==Arts and literature==
 ===New books===
 *[[John Walters (poet)|John Walters]] - ''Poems with Notes''
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 *[[Richard Price]] - ''Importance of the American Revolution''
-*[[Nathaniel Williams]] - ''Darllen Dwfr a Meddyginiaeth''
+*[[Nathaniel Williams (writer)|Nathaniel Williams]] - ''Darllen Dwfr a Meddyginiaeth''
 *[[David Samwell]] - ''A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook''
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 *[[Edward Jones (harpist)|Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin)]] - ''The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards''
-*[[Nathaniel Williams]] - ''Ychydig o Hymnau Newyddion''
+*[[Nathaniel Williams (writer)|Nathaniel Williams]] - ''Ychydig o Hymnau Newyddion''
 ==Births==
 *1780
-**[[10 February]] - [[James Henry Cotton]], Dean of Bangor (died 1862)
+**[[10 February]] - [[James Cotton (priest)|James Henry Cotton]], Dean of Bangor (died 1862)
 **[[14 May]] - Sir [[Thomas Frankland Lewis]], politician (died 1855)
 **[[7 October]] - [[Wyndham Lewis (politician)|Wyndham Lewis]], MP (died 1838)
 *1781
 *1782
-**[[20 January]] - Sir [[William Nott]], military leader (died 1845)
+**[[20 January]] - Sir [[William Nott (British general)|William Nott]], military leader (died 1845)
 **[[29 December]] - Sir [[William Lloyd (mountaineer)|William Lloyd]], soldier and mountaineer (died 1857)
 *1783
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 **[[6 March]] - Sir [[John Meredith (lawyer)|John Meredith]], lawyer, 65
 **[[1 April]] - [[Sir Stephen Glynne, 7th Baronet]], 35
-**''date unknown'' - [[Richard Thomas (genealogist)|Richard Thomas]], genealogist, 46
+**''date unknown'' - [[Richard Thomas (priest)|Richard Thomas]], priest and antiquarian, 46
 *1781
 **[[4 April]] - [[Henry Thrale]], brewer
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 **[[26 November]] - [[Elizabeth Baker (diarist)|Elizabeth Baker]], diarist, 70?
+[[Category:1780s in Wales| ]]
 [[Category:18th century in Wales]]
 [[Category:1780s by country|Wales]]
 [[Category:1780s in Great Britain|Wales]]
 [[Category:Decades in Wales]]
-[[Category:1780s in Wales| ]]