1796 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1796 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1796 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

February - The main line of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal opens; it is 12.5 miles (20.1 km) long, and runs from Newport to Pontnewynydd, via Pontymoile, rising by 447 feet (136.3m) through 42 locks.
27 February - John Stuart is created Marquess of Bute.
June - At the British general election, Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, backed by Bishop John Warren, challenges sitting MP Sir Robert Williams, the sitting member for Caernarvonshire; Sir Robert is easily re-elected.
John Wilkinson blows in blast furnace No. 1 on the site that becomes Brymbo Steelworks.

7 January - Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, only child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (d. 1817)
1 March - John Jones, Talysarn, preacher (d. 1857)
30 September - John Mytton, sportsman (d. 1834)
December - David Owen (Brutus), writer (d. 1866)

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