1873 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1873 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 March – The sailing ship Chacabuco sinks off the Great Orme with the loss of 24 lives.[1]
- 18 March – Work begins on construction of the Severn Tunnel.[2]
- 30 March – The Glyn Valley Tramway opens as a horse-worked line to carry slate and other minerals from Glyn Ceiriog to Chirk.[3]
- 19 August – The Holyhead Breakwater (the longest in the world) is officially opened by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.[4] having taken 28 years to construct.
- 9 October – The first recorded sheepdog trial in the UK takes place at Bala.[5]
- 2 December – In a mining accident at Hafod Colliery, Rhiwabon, five men are killed.
- date unknown
- Construction of the Morriston Tabernacle chapel, the biggest in Wales at this time.
- Construction of lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn.
Arts and literature
New books
- Rhoda Broughton – Nancy
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Manion Hynafiaethol
- Ebenezer Thomas – Gweithiau Barddonol Eben Fardd (posthumously published)
Music
- Henry Brinley Richards – Songs of Wales
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog) writes the song "Rheolau yr Aelwyd", the basis of "Sosban Fach".
Sport
- December – Major Walter Wingfield of Nantclwyd Hall at Llanelidan designs a game for the amusement of his visitors. Wingfield soon patents nets for the game of lawn tennis, which he calls "sphairistike".
Births
- 7 January – Christopher Williams, artist (died 1934)
- 16 January – Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, politician (died 1939)
- 7 April
- John Dyfnallt Owen, poet and Archdruid (died 1956)
- Charles Butt Stanton, politician (died 1946)[6]
- 23 April – Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1951)[7]
- 1 May – Harry Evans, musician (died 1914)[8]
- 22 May – J. Brynach Davies (Brynach) (died 1923)
- 5 June – Ben Davies, Wales international rugby player (died 1930)
- date unknown – Arthur Tysilio Johnson ("The Perfidious Welshman") (died 1956)
Deaths
- January – John Emlyn Jones, poet, 54[9]
- 27 January – Josiah Thomas Jones, publisher, 73
- 20 February – (at Launceston, Tasmania) William Jones, Chartist leader, 64
- 29 March – David Jones, merchant in Australia, 80
- 17 May – Lord William Paget, soldier and politician, 70
- 9 October – John Evan Thomas, sculptor, 63
- 31 October – William Ambrose (Emrys), poet, 60
- 10 November – Maria Jane Williams, musician, 78
References
- ^ "Chacabuco". Coflein. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Severn Tunnel." engineering-timelines.com, Retrieved: 2 July 2018.
- ^ Milner, John (1984). The Glyn Valley Tramway. Oxford Publishing Co.
- ^ Denton, A., & Leach, N. (2008). Lighthouses of Wales. Landmark Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84306-459-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Janet Larson (1999). The Versatile Border Collie. Alpine Publications. ISBN 978-0931866920.
- ^ Huw Morris-Jones. "Stanton, Charles Butt (1873–1946), M.P. for the Merthyr and Aberdare constituency, 1915–1922". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ John Graham Jones. "Thomas, Sir Robert (1873–1951), politician and shipowner". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "Evans, Harry (1873–1914), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, John (Ioan Emlyn; 1818–1873), Baptist minister, poet, and man of letters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2019.