24 July - Old Wye Bridge, Chepstow (rebuilt in cast iron) is opened across the River Wye. 9 October - Fanny Imlay, half-sister of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, takes a room at the Mackworth Arms in Swansea, and instructs the maid not to disturb her.
Fanny Imlay
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin