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March 11, 1747

Iolo Morganwg (Edward Williams), Welsh Poet, Born

July 9, 1787

Taliesin Williams, Born

February 10, 1792

John Jones (Tegid) Welsh Poet and Scholar Transcriber of the Mabinogion Born

March 4, 1800

Dr. William Price, Self Styled Welsh Druid and Chartist, Born

January 6, 1801

Evan Davies, Welsh Bard Known as Myfir Morganwg, Born

February 21, 1804

Richard Trevithick Cornish Inventor and Engineer Demonstrated the First Steam Driven, Died.

January 11, 1818

Daniel Silvan Evans, a Welsh Clergyman, Scholar and Lexicographer, Born

February 15, 1834

William Henry Preece, Welsh Wireless Inventor, Born

November 5, 1839

Chartist March on Newport Wales Ends as Militia Fires on Chartists Killing Nine

November 17, 1858

Robert Owen, Welsh-Scottish Industrialist and Social Reformer, Founder of New Lanark Community, Died

February 16, 1859

Thomas Edward Ellis, Welsh Nationalist, Born

March 16, 1864

Richard Roberts Welsh, Inventor and Developer of Textile Machinery, Died