Wales

Richard Roberts Welsh, inventor and developer of textile machinery, died

Richard Roberts (22 April 1789 – 11 March 1864) was a Welsh patternmaker and engineer whose development of high-precision machine tools contributed to the birth of production engineering and mass production.

Thomas Edward Ellis, Welsh Nationalist, born

Robert Owen, Welsh-Scottish industrialist and social reformer, founder of New Lanark community, died

Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement. He strove to improve factory working conditions, promoted experimental socialistic communities, and sought a more collective approach to child-rearing, including government control of education.

Chartist march on Newport Wales ends as militia fires on Chartists killing nine

The Peoples Charter, drafted in 1838 by William Lovett, was at the heart of a radical campaign for parliamentary reform of the inequities remaining after the Reform Act of 1832. The Chartists six main demands were:

William Henry Preece, Welsh wireless inventor, born

Communications pioneer who brought the telephone to Britain and helped Marconi to give radio to the world. His graduate studies at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, under Michael Faraday aroused Preeces interest in applied electricity

Daniel Silvan Evans, a Welsh clergyman, scholar and lexicographer, born

Daniel Silvan Evans (born January 10, 1818 – died March 11, 1903) was a Welsh lexicographer, grammarian, and writer. He made significant contributions to the study and preservation of the Welsh language and culture.

Evan Davies, Welsh Bard known as Myfir Morganwg, born

Evan Davies, known by the bardic name “Myfyr Morgannwg,” was a prominent Welsh poet, scholar, and antiquarian. He was born on January 07, 1782, in Llancarfan, Glamorgan, Wales. Myfyr Morgannwg played a significant role in preserving and promoting Welsh literary heritage and history.

Dr. William Price, self styled Welsh Druid and Chartist, born

Dr William Price (1800-93), Chartist, doctor, druid and cremation pioneer, was born at Tynycoedcae farm, Rudry, near Caerphilly. He was 19th century eccentric whose main legacy was the cremation of his son, changing the future of funerals in Britain.

John Jones (Tegid) Welsh poet and scholar transcriber of the Mabinogion born

John Jones (10 February 1792 – 2 May 1852), commonly known by his bardic name of Ioan Tegid or simply Tegid, was a Welsh clergyman and writer. He was born on February 9, 1792, in Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire, Wales.

Taliesin Williams, born

Taliesin Williams was a key figure in his own right in the Welsh linguistic and cultural revival of the late 1700s and early 1800s. He undertook his fathers trade, His father was Edward Williams, as a writer.