1876 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1876 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[7][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[12][13]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[14]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes[15][14]
- Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones[14][16]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd (first official holder of the position[17]
Events
- January – The Argentine government appoints Antonio Oneto as civil authority over the Welsh colony in Patagonia, the population of which numbers 690.
- 9 January – The death of John Russell, Viscount Amberley, leaves Bertrand Russell an orphan.[18]
- 19 May – Sir Edmund Buckley, 1st Baronet, files for bankruptcy in Manchester with debts exceeding £500,000, causing his Dinas Mawddwy estate to be put up for sale.[19]
- June – Francis Kilvert becomes vicar of Saint Harmon, Radnorshire.[20]
- 13 July – Act of Parliament allows the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company to abandon plans for a line between Croesor Junction and Betws-y-Coed.
- 22 July – Art Treasures & Industrial Exhibition of North Wales & the Border Counties in Wrexham is opened.
- 19 August – Judge John Johnes is murdered at his home on Dolaucothi Estate by his butler.
- 2 December – Cardiff RFC plays its first match, against Newport.
- 18 December – In a mining accident at South Wales Pit, Abertillery, twenty men are killed.
Arts and literature
New books
- George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman – History of the Princes of South Wales
Music
- Eos Bradwen – Bugeiles yr Wyddfa
- Joseph Parry composes the hymn tune Aberystwyth (published 1879) which becomes the basis of the pan-African anthem Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
Sport
- Football
- 2 February – Llewelyn Kenrick sets up the Football Association of Wales in a meeting at the Wynnstay Arms hotel in Wrexham, in response to a challenge issued by The Field magazine, to organize an international match between Wales and Scotland or Ireland.
- 25 March – Wales play first international football match, against Scotland in Glasgow, losing 4–0.
- Formation of Caernarfon athletics club, later Caernarfon Town.
- Rugby union – Aberavon RFC, Cardiff RFC, Cardigan RFC, Llandaff RFC, Merthyr RFC and Pontypridd RFC are established.
Births
- 7 March – Edgar Evans, naval petty officer and Antarctic explorer (died 1912)[21]
- 19 June – Joe Pullman, Wales international rugby union player (died 1955)
- 22 June – Gwen John, artist (died 1939)[22]
- 15 July
- Jehoida Hodges, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1930)
- Jack Rhapps, Dual-code rugby international (died 1950)
- 24 July – Viv Huzzey, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1929)
- 18 September – Charles Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton (died 1934)
- 17 November – Dicky Owen, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1932)
Deaths
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- 3 January – Rosser Beynon, musician, 64[23]
- 19 February – Daniel Davies, Baptist preacher, 78[24]
- 24 February – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia, son of a Welsh planter, 66[25]
- 23 April (at Karlsruhe) – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85[26]
- 2 May – Daniel Thomas Williams (Tydfylyn), poet and musician (born 1820)[27]
- 19 July – George E. Pugh, Welsh-American politician, 53
- 9 August – Lady Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams, English-born artist and illustrator, 75[28]
- 21 August – C. W. Evan, Congregationalist minister in colonial South Australia, age unknown
- 9 November – John David Jenkins, philanthropist, 58[29]
- 17 November – Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth), leader of Rebecca Riots[30]
- 20 November – Robert Herbert Williams (Corfanydd), musician (born 1805)
- 25 December – Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle, 81[31]
References
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b c J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ "Death of Colonel Pryse". Cambrian News. 1 June 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Campbell, Thomas Methuen (2000). "C.R.M. Talbot 1803–1890". Morgannwg. 44: 66–104. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ James Henry Clark (1869). History of Monmouthshire. County Observer. p. 375.
- ^ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 170.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 266.
- ^ a b c Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ "Jones, William Basil (Tickell) (1822–1897)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ Daniel Williams (1959). "Griffiths, David (Clwydfardd; 1800-1894), eisteddfodic bard and arch-druid". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Bertrand Russell (2004). The Life of Bertrand Russell in Pictures and in His Own Words. Spokesman. p. 10. ISBN 9780851246802.
- ^ Quine, Dan (2022). The Hendre Ddu Tramway. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-915069-15-3.
- ^ Lockwood, David (1990). Francis Kilvert. Seren. p. 130-134. ISBN 978-1-85411-032-9.
- ^ Isobel Williams (30 November 2011). Captain Scott's Invaluable Assistant: Edgar Evans. History Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7524-7760-2.
- ^ National museum (Cardiff, GB).; Gwen John; Tate Britain (Gallery) (7 December 2004). Gwen John and Augustus John. Harry N. Abrams. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-85437-543-8.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "Beynon, Rosser (Asaph Glan Tâf; 1811-1876), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ Morris Brynllwyn Owen. "Davies, Daniel (1797-1876), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ Calvert Walke Tazewell (January 1992). Virginia's ninth president, Joseph Jenkins Roberts. W.S. Dawson Co. p. 40. ISBN 9781878515230.
- ^ Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. D. Appleton & Company. 1878. p. 630.
- ^ David James Bowen. "WILLIAMS, DANIEL THOMAS (Tydfylyn; 1820–1876), Congregational minister, poet, and musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Lindley, John (1846). "Trichosanthes colubrina". Edwards's Botanical Register. 32: 18 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Watkin William Price. "Jenkins, John David (1828-1876), cleric, philanthropist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion (in Welsh). Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. 1953. p. 1063.
- ^ Engineering. Office for Advertisements and Publication. January 1951. p. 299.