This article is about the particular significance of the year 1834 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell 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 Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson
Events 12 February - The city of Bangor, Maine, is incorporated in the United States. It is said to have been named after the Welsh hymn tune "Bangor". 23 June - HMS Tartarus is launched at Pembroke Dock. It is the Royal Navy's first steam-powered man-of-war (a paddle gunvessel). 27 December - A ferry from Penally to Caldey sinks and 15 people drown. 29 December - The West of England and South Wales District Bank is established in Bristol. unknown dates William Williams of Wern starts the "General Union" movement. The government begins to make grants of 50% towards the erection of new elementary schools in England and Wales; hence the Treasury awards £84 for a school to be set up at Abergwili. Border Breweries (Wrexham) begin operation at the Nag's Head public house. Walter Rice Howell Powell inherits the Maesgwynne estate. Nicholas, Thomas.
Arts and literature At an eisteddfod held in Cardiff, Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover, wins a prize for her essay on the Welsh language. Taliesin Williams wins the chair.
New books Sir Harford Jones Brydges - An Account of His Majesty's Mission to Persia in the years 1807-11 Thomas Medwin - The Angler in Wales: Or, Days and Nights of Sportsmen John Humffreys Parry - The Cambrian Plutarch: Comprising Memoirs of Some of the Most Eminent WelshmenParry, John H.. The Cambrian Plutarch: Comprising Memoirs of Some of the Mosts Eminent Welshmen.... United Kingdom: Simpkin, 1834.
Music Foulk Robert Williams - Llyfr Cerddoriaeth o Gerddi Sion... (unpublished MS)
Births 15 February - Sir William Henry Preece, engineer (d. 1913) 31 March - Thomas Rees Jones, engineer and inventor (d. 1897) 14 April - Arthur John Williams, lawyer, author and politician (d. 1911) 2 July - Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel, politician (d. 1913) 23 August - Hugh Owen Thomas, orthopaedic surgeon (d. 1891) 16 October - Pryce Pryce-Jones, mail order entrepreneur (d. 1920) 21 December - Griffith Rhys Jones, choirmaster and conductor (d. 1897) date unknown - William Thomas (Gwilym Marles), minister (d. 1879)
Deaths 17 February - John Thelwall, Welsh-descended orator, writer, political reformer, journalist, poet, elocutionist and speech therapist, 69 29 March - John Mytton, eccentric squire and politician of the Welsh border country, 37 (alcohol-related) 13 May - John Jones, clergyman and writer, 58 20 June - John Wynne Griffith, politician, 71 9 July - Dafydd Cadwaladr, preacher, 82 11 August - William Crawshay I, industrialist, about 70 (b. 1764) 2 September - David Charles, hymn-writer (b. 1762))
See also 1834 in Ireland
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