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

1780
- July 1 - Anthony Bacon acquires the lease of the Hirwaun ironworks.
- Admiral Sir Thomas Foley plays an important role in the relief of Gibraltar.
- Edward Williames Salusbury Vaughan succeeds to the Rûg estate.
- Thomas Parry Jones-Parry marries his cousin Margaret and acquires the Madryn estate.
- Richard Price devises the "Northampton Tables" for calculating actuarial valuation for assurance and pensions.
- Sir Watkin Lewes becomes Lord Mayor of London.
1781
- June - The Chancery court agrees the sale of the Kinmel estate to a London buyer.
- Richard Price is made an honorary LL.D. by Yale University, in the company of George Washington.
1782
- March - Lloyd Kenyon is appointed Attorney-General.
- William Owen Pughe and Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn) meet in London.
1783
1784
- March 30 - Lloyd Kenyon becomes Master of the Rolls.
- July - Hester Thrale marries Gabriele Piozzi, much to the displeasure of Dr Samuel Johnson.
- July 28 - Lloyd Kenyon is raised to a baronetcy.
- Henry Bayly Paget, 9th Baron Paget, is created Earl of Uxbridge.
1785
- Sir Joshua Reynolds paints the Prince of Wales.
1786
- The Kinmel estate is sold to the Rev Edward Hughes.
1787
1788
- March 18 - Great Sessions at Wrexham hear a graveyard dispute between the "Old" and "New" chapels at Llanuwchllyn.
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1784

1785

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

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

1783

1784

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

1787

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

1780
- March 6 - Sir John Meredith, lawyer, 65
- April 1 - Sir Stephen Glynne, 7th Baronet, 35
- date unknown - Richard Thomas, genealogist, 46
1781
- April 4 - Henry Thrale, brewer
- October 12 - David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân), Franciscan friar and author
1782
- May 15 - Richard Wilson, landscape painter, 54
- November - John Parry, harpist
1783
- August 7 - Thomas Llewellyn, Baptist minister and writer, 63?
- September 6 - Anna Williams, friend of Dr Johnson, 77?
1784
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1786
1787
1788
1789
- August 7 - William Edwards, minister and bridge-builder, 70

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 **[[Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge|Henry Bayly Paget, 9th Baron Paget]], is created [[Earl of Uxbridge]].
 *1785
+**Sir [[Joshua Reynolds]] paints the Prince of Wales.
 *1786
 **The Kinmel estate is sold to the Rev Edward Hughes.