1866 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1866 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- 5 February — Railway contractor Thomas Savin goes bankrupt, resulting in a temporary halt in the construction of the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway.[2]
- 31 March — The last public execution in Wales takes place as Robert Coe is hanged in Swansea.[3]
- July — Launch of Yr Australydd, a Welsh language Calvinistic Methodist newspaper, in Victoria (Australia), edited by William Meirion Evans and Theophilus Williams.[citation needed]
- 5 September — The Pembroke and Tenby Railway is extended for passengers to Whitland.[4]
- 6 September — Six people are killed in a railway derailment near Criccieth.
- September — The song Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau — later to become the official national anthem of Wales — is sung for the first time at the National Eisteddfod held at Chester.
- 17 October — First confirmed death from a cholera epidemic in Carnarvon.[5]
- Sir George Gilbert Scott begins work on the renovation of Bangor Cathedral.
- The Baptist Union of Wales is established.
- Whiteford Lighthouse on Gower, the only wave-swept cast-iron lighthouse ever built in the UK, is first lit.[6]
- Edward Gordon Douglas is created Baron Penrhyn.
- December — The Talyllyn Railway officially opens.[7]
Arts and literature
Awards
- The National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Chester in England.
- The harpist William Frost is awarded a pedal harp by Pencerdd Gwalia
New books
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog) — Caneuon Mynyddog
- Roger Edwards — Y Tri Brawd
- Rees Howell Gronow — Last Recollections
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) — Nodiadau ar yr Epistol at yr Hebreaid[8]
Music
- John Owen (Owain Alaw) — Gŵyl Gwalia
- John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) — The Bride of Neath Valley (cantata)
- The Eryri music festival (Gwyl Gerddorol Eryri) is founded.
Sport
- Cricket — Hawarden Park Cricket Club is founded, reputedly by William Ewart Gladstone.
- Rugby football — First competitive game played in Wales, between college teams at Lampeter.
Births
- 13 January — Frank Hill, Wales international rugby captain (died 1927)
- 21 January — Sir Owen Cox, politician and businessman in Australia (died 1932)
- 22 March — Willie Thomas, Wales international rugby captain (died 1921)
- 1 April — Sir William Henry Hoare Vincent, diplomat (died 1941)
- 18 April — Frederick Llewellyn-Jones, lawyer and politician (died 1941)
- 20 April — Sir John Milsom Rees, laryngologist (died 1952)[9]
- 30 May — John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes, poet and hymn-writer (died 1944)
- 5 August — Sir Edward Anwyl, Celtic scholar (died 1914)[10]
- 7 August — Charles Granville Bruce, mountaineer (died 1939)
- 13 August - William Finney, cricketer (died 1927)
- 24 August — Caesar Jenkyns, footballer (died 1941)
- 4 October — Robert Jones (Trebor Aled), poet (died 1917)
- 12 October — James Ramsay MacDonald, politician (died 1937)[11]
- 4 November — Sir David William Evans, lawyer, public servant and Wales international rugby player, (died 1926)
- 5 November — Daniel Protheroe, conductor and choirmaster (died 1934)
- 14 November — Tom Morgan Wales international rugby player (died 1899)
- 24 November — Alexander Bland, Wales international rugby player (died 1947)
- 4 December — Dai Lewis (died 1943), rugby union forward who played international rugby for Wales
- 15 December — William Williams, Wales national rugby union player (died 1945)
- date unknown — David Delta Evans (Dewi Hiraddug), journalist, author, and Unitarian minister (died 1948)
Deaths
- 16 January — David Owen (Brutus), literary editor, 70
- 27 January — John Gibson, sculptor, 75
- 31 January — Owen Owen Roberts, physician, 73
- 29 March - Thomas Jones (Glan Alun), poet, 55
- 19 May — David Davis, Blaengwawr, industrialist, 69[12]
- 31 August (approx) — Robert Jermain Thomas, missionary (murdered in Korea), 26
- October — Evan Bevan, humorous writer, 42/43[13]
- 16 October — Angharad Llwyd, antiquary, 86[14]
- 27 October — William Rowlands, minister and author active in the USA
- 30 October — George Lort Phillips, MP for Pembrokeshire, 55 (injuries from a fall)[15]
- 1 December (in London) — George Everest, surveyor and geographer, 76
References
- ^ Georgina Battiscombe (2002). Queen Alexandra. Royal National Institute of the Blind.
- ^ Reports of County Courts Cases and Appeals: Decided by All the Superior Courts, and of Decisions in the County Courts, Together with Cases in Bankruptcy. John Crockford. 1874. p. 18.
- ^ Welsh Bibliographical Society (1950). The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. Welsh Bibliographical Society. p. 69.
- ^ Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: a Chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5.
- ^ Morris, Keith. "Cholera 1866". Carnarvon Traders. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Whitford Point Lighthouse". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ^ Boyd, James I. C. (1988). The Tal-y-llyn Railway. Wild Swan Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-906867-46-0.
- ^ William Rees (1866). Nodiadau eglurhaol ac ymarferol ar yr Epistol at yr Hebreaid.
- ^ Emyr Wyn Jones. "Rees, Sir John Milsom (1866-1952), surgeon and laryngologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams. "Anwyl, Sir Edward (1866-1914), Celtic scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ Marquand, David: Ramsay MacDonald, London, 1977, pp. 4–5
- ^ Watkin William Price. "Davis family, of Hirwaun, Aberdare, and Ferndale, coalowners". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Griffith Milwyn Griffiths. "Evan Bevan". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Evan Gilbert Wright. "Llwyd, Angharad (1780-1866), antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "Funeral of the Late Mr Lort Phillips". Potter's Electric News. 7 November 1866. Retrieved 13 December 2013.