1807 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1807 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1807 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

9 March - Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, assumes the name and arms of Herbert only in lieu of those of Clive by Royal licence, in order to inherit the Powis Castle estates of his uncle.
March 25 - Opening of the world's first fare-paying passenger railway - the horse-drawn Oystermouth Railway between Oystermouth and Mumbles.[1]
May 7 - The first Welsh language Bible issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society is published.
December (approximate) - Welsh Wesleyan preachers make their first visit to Brecon.[2]
North Wales Chronicle begins publication in Bangor.[3]
Walter Coffin opens a coal seam at Dinas Rhondda.
William Taitt of the Dowlais Company brings a libel action against Samuel Homfray. Damages of £300 are awarded.
The world's oldest international football stadium, the Racecourse Ground, opens in Wrexham, although it will not host football games until 1872.
The red dragon on a green mount is adopted as the Royal Badge of Wales.[4]

23 May - Samuel Warren, barrister, novelist and MP (died 1877)
4 July - Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys), writer (died 1889)
22 September - Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet, landowner and politician (died 1874)
7 October - Joshua Hughes, Bishop of St Asaph (died 1889)[5]
date unknown - Sir William Milbourne James, judge (died 1881)
probable - Levi Gibbon, balladeer (died 1870)[6]

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David Young, The origins and history of Methodism in Wales and the borders (1893), p 142
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Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 732. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
Welsh Biography Online
https://biography.wales/article/s-GIBB-LEV-1807
Joseph Turner - Summary, Parks and Gardens Data Services, archived from the original on 6 September 2012, retrieved 6 November 2011
Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "JOHN LLOYD (1754-1807?)". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2008.

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