1875 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1875 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- August - First publication of The Usk Gleaner and Monmouthshire Record.
- December - South Wales miners, led by William Abraham, come to agreement on a sliding scale of wages in relation to prices and profits.
- 4 December - In a mining accident at Old Pit, New Tredegar, 22 men are killed.
- 5 December - In a mining accident at Llan Colliery, Pentyrch, twelve men are killed.
- The first imports of North American wheat come through Cardiff.
- The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service recognises Welsh as a distinct nationality - the first official body ever to do so.
- Ordnance Survey publishes the first complete maps of Wales.
- David Davies Llandinam is elected treasurer of the University of Wales.
- Major eisteddfod held at Pwllheli. Future archdruid Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is a leading adjudicator.
- Francis Wallace Grenfell takes part in the expedition which claims Griqualand West (site of the Kimberley diamond fields) for the UK.
- Bodnant Garden is begun by Baron Aberconway.
Arts and literature
- Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot buys James Milo Griffith's Summer Flowers for Margam Castle.
New books
English language
- Hugh Owen Thomas - Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints
Welsh language
- William Ambrose - Gweithiau y Parch. W. Ambrose (posthumously published)
- David Stephen Davies - Adroddiad
- Isaac Foulkes - Y Ddau Efell, neu Llanllonydd[1]
- Owen Jones (Meudwy Môn) (ed.) - Cymru, yn Hanesyddol, Parthedegol, a Bywgraphyddol[2]
- John Goronwy Mathias - Y Dywysen Aeddfed[3]
- Evan Rees (Dyfed) - Caniadau Dyfedfab
Music
- Robert Griffiths becomes the first secretary of the tonic solfa college.
- Joseph Parry composes the music to Myfanwy.
- Sarah Edith Wynne marries and retires from her singing career.
Sport
- Rugby union - Llanelli RFC and Risca RFC are formed.
- Yachting - Bristol Channel Yacht Club is formed in Swansea.
Births
- 3 January - Cliff Bowen, Wales international rugby player and county cricketer (died 1929)
- 4 January – William Williams (Crwys), poet and Archdruid (died 1968)
- 19 January – Thomas Owen Jones, dramatist, actor and producer (died 1941)[4]
- 23 February – David Brazell, singer (died 1959)
- 4 March - John Kelt Edwards, cartoonist (died 1934)
- 23 May - Nathaniel Walters, Wales international rugby player (died 1956)
- 26 May - Jack Evans Wales international rugby player (died 1947)
- 31 May - Dan Jones, Wales international rugby player (died 1959)
- 11 June - Will Osborne, Wales international rugby player (died 1942)
- 16 June - Henry Paget, Lord Paget, eccentric, born in Paris (died 1905)
- 10 September
- John Evans, politician (died 1961)
- Harry Vaughan Watkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1945)
- 26 October – Sir Lewis Casson, artist (died 1969)
- 11 November – Johnny Jenkins, racing driver (died 1945)
- 20 December (in Shirley, Derbyshire) – T. F. Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1953)
- 25 December – George Davies, international rugby player (died 1959)
Deaths
- 4 January – Thomas Stephens, historian, literary critic and social reformer (born 1821)
- 4 March – John Evans (I. D. Ffraid), minister and author (born 1814)
- April – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85[5]
- 27 July – Connop Thirlwall, bishop, 78[6]
- 19 August – Robert Elis (Cynddelw), writer, 63[7]
- 7 September – John Prichard, minister, author and teacher, 79[8]
- 29 November – Thomas Jones, librarian, 65[9]
- date unknown (in London) – Fanny Parkes, travel writer, 81[10]
References
- ^ Rhiannon Ifans (9 January 2019). Red Hearts and Roses?: Welsh Valentine Songs and Poems. University of Wales Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-78683-372-3.
- ^ Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan; Erich Poppe (15 January 2019). Arthur in the Celtic Languages: The Arthurian Legend in Celtic Literatures and Traditions. University of Wales Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-78683-344-0.
- ^ Benjamin George Owens. "Mathias, James Goronwy (Goronwy Ddu; 1842-1895), Baptist minister and littérateur". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Thomas Elwyn Griffiths. "Jones, Thomas Owen ('Gwynfor', 1875-1941), librarian, dramatist, actor and producer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry. Appleton. 1877. p. 630.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Thirlwall, Connop (1797-1875), bishop of S. Davids". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ John Thomas Jones. "Ellis, Robert (Cynddelw; 1812-1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Tom Ellis Jones. "Prichard, John (1796-1875), Baptist minister and tutor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Sutton, C. W.; Crosby, Alan G. (2004). "Jones, Thomas (1810–1875)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ^ Margot Finn; Kate Smith (15 February 2018). East India Company at Home, 1757-1857. UCL Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-78735-027-4.