1872 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1872 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- 5 January — In a mining accident at Blackwood Colliery, five men are killed.
- 2 March — In a mining accident at Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, nineteen men are killed.
- 18 June — A derailment occurs in the Pencader Tunnel on the Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway.
- 12 July — Cardiff Tramways Company begins operation of horse trams.
- 1 August — Minffordd railway station is opened.
- 9 October — University College Wales, Aberystwyth, opens with 26 students; Thomas Charles Edwards is its first principal.
- Stocks are used on the last recorded occasion in the UK, at Adpar in Cardiganshire, when a man is imprisoned in them for drunkenness.
- Nitrocellulose manufacture at Penrhyndeudraeth begins.
- Colwyn Bay Hotel opened.
Arts and literature
New books
- R. D. Blackmore — The Maid of Sker
- Thomas Thomas — Hynodion Hen Bregethwyr Cymru
Music
- The South Wales "Cor Mawr", conducted by Griffith R. Jones (Caradog) wins a national choral competition at Crystal Palace.
Sport
- Cricket — First game played at Elwy Grove Park, St Asaph.
- Football — 28 September: Wrexham Football Club is founded. They play at the Racecourse Ground.
Births
- 21 February — Evan Lorimer Thomas, clergyman and academic (died 1953)[1]
- 16 March — Vernon Hartshorn, politician (died 1931)
- 6 May — William Llewellyn Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1943)
- 10 May — Tom Pearson, Wales international rugby player (died 1957)
- 18 May — Bertrand Russell, philosopher (died 1970)[2]
- 14 July — David Morgan, Wales international rugby player (died 1933)
- 14 September — Albert Jenkin, Wales international rugby player (died 1961)
- 8 October — John Cowper Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1963)[3]
- date unknown — Thomas Jeremiah Williams, lawyer and politician (died 1919)[4]
Deaths
- 9 January — Crawshay Bailey, industrialist[5]
- 24 March — James Williams, clergyman and philanthropist, 81[6]
- 13 April — Thomas Vowler Short, Bishop of St Asaph[7]
- 3 August — William Davies Evans, chess player, 82[8]
- 18 August — Evan Jones, missionary, 84[9]
- 22 August — Evan Davies, educator, 84[10]
- 26 September — William Williams (Carw Coch), poet[11]
- 16 October — David Lewis, MP for Carmarthen, 75
- 11 November — Mary Anne Disraeli, wife of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 80[12]
References
- ^ David Trevor William Price. "Thomas, Evan Lorimer (1872-1953), priest and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Amita Singh (1987). The Political Philosophy of Bertrand Russell. Mittal Publications. p. 4. ISBN 978-81-7099-039-0.
- ^ Herbert Williams (1997). John Cowper Powys. Seren. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-85411-196-8.
- ^ Raymond Grant (1978). The Parliamentary History of Glamorgan, 1542-1976. C. Davies. ISBN 978-0-7154-0381-5.
- ^ Watkin William Price. "BAILEY family, of Nant-y-glo, Aberaman, etc". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "Williams, James (1790–1872), cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
- ^ William Thomas Havard. "Short, Thomas Vowler". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ David James Morgan. "Evans, William Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Jerry L. Faught, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. "Evan Jones (1788-1872)." Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ^ "The Late Evan Davies, LL.D." Welsh Newspapers Online. 6 September 1872. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Williams, William (Carw Coch; 1808-1872), eisteddfodwr and man of letters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Mollie Hardwick (1972). Mrs. Dizzy: the life of Mary Anne Disraeli, Viscountess Beaconsfield. Cassell. p. 1.