1880 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1880 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
- Princess of Wales – Alexandra
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd
Events
- 25 February – The Resurgam, an early mechanically-powered submarine, sinks off Rhyl.[1]
- 10 March – Six miners are killed in an accident at the Bedwellty Colliery, Tredegar.
- 29 April – At the United Kingdom general election, Wales elects 28 Liberal MPs. David Davies, Llandinam, is returned unopposed as member for Cardigan.
- 17 June – The rebuilt Holyhead railway station and inner harbour are officially opened by the Prince of Wales.[2]
- 15 July – 120 miners are killed in an accident at the Risca Colliery.
- 3 August – Nine miners are killed in an accident at the Bersham Colliery in Wrexham.
- 10 December – 101 miners are killed in an accident at the Penygraig Colliery, Rhondda.
Arts and literature
- Beriah Gwynfe Evans' Owain Glyndwr, one of the first full-length plays in the Welsh language, is first performed at Llanberis.
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Caernarfon (first "official" National Eisteddfod)
- Chair – W. B. Joseph, "Athrilyth"[3]
- Crown – Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai)
New books
- Sir William Boyd Dawkins – Early Man in Britain and his place in the Tertiary Period
- Amy Dillwyn – The Rebecca Rioter
Music
- Joseph Parry – Emmanuel (cantata)
Sport
- Football – The Druids of Rhiwabon win the Welsh Cup for the first time.
- Rugby union – Cwmbran RFC and Crumlin RFC are founded.
- Yachting – Penarth Yacht Club is founded as Penarth Boat Club.
Births
- 31 January – Phil Hopkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1966)
- 12 February – William Joseph Rhys, writer (died 1967)
- 17 March – Harry Grindell Matthews, inventor (died 1941)
- 8 April – Thomas Thomas, boxing champion (died 1911)
- 19 April – Jack Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1971)
- 30 April – George Maitland Lloyd Davies, pacifist (died 1949)
- 9 May – Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, patron of the arts (died 1946)
- 11 May – David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, politician (died 1944)
- 22 May
- Dr Teddy Morgan, Wales international rugby player (died 1947)
- Robert John Rowlands ('Meuryn'), journalist and poet (died 1967)
- 31 May – Edward Tegla Davies, author (died 1967)
- 22 June – Rhys Gabe, rugby player (died 1967)
- 2 September – Isaac Daniel Hooson, poet (died 1948)[4]
- 15 September – William Charles Williams, VC recipient (died 1915)
- 20 September – Ernie Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1958)
Deaths
- 6 January – John Thomas ('Minimus'), minister and author, 71[5]
- 12 February – John Whitehead Greaves, slate mine proprietor, 72[6]
- 2 March – Charles Meredith, Tasmanian politician, 68[7]
- 12 April – Thomas Joseph Brown, Roman Catholic bishop, 81[8]
- 23 April – Robert Thomas ('Ap Vychan'), minister and writer, 70[9]
- 10 May – David Charles II, hymn-writer, 76?[10]
- 21 August – Evan Mathew Richards, politician, 68[11]
- 30 August – Mordecai Jones, industrialist, 67[12]
- 9 September – William Watkin Edward Wynne, politician and antiquarian, 78[13]
References
- ^ Richard Compton-Hall (2003). The Submarine Pioneers: The Beginnings of Underwater Warfare. Periscope Publishing Ltd. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-904381-19-8.
- ^ Roger Cragg (1997). Wales and West Central England. Thomas Telford. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-7277-2576-9.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
- ^ Thomas Parry, Arwyn Lloyd Hughes. "Hooson, Isaac Daniel (1880–1948), solicitor and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ Derwyn Jones. "Roberts, John (Minimus; 1808–1880), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "JW Greaves, Slate and the Festiniog Railway". Lillington Parish Church. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Sally O'Neill. "Meredith, Charles (1811–1880)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ Robert O'Neil (25 October 1997). Cardinal Herbert Vaughan: Archbishop of Westminster, Bishop of Salford, founder of the Mill Hill Missionaries. Burns & Oates. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-8245-1717-5.
- ^ Richard Griffith Owen. "Thomas, Robert Ap Vychan (1809-1880), Independent minister and tutor, poet and man of letters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "Charles, David, II (1803–1880), Calvinistic Methodist minister and hymnist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Sudden Death of Mr Evan Mathew Richards". The Cambrian. 27 August 1880. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Watkin William Price. "Jones, Mordecai (1813–1880), promoter of British Schools, colliery proprietor, etc". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ Thomas, D. L.; Jones, Beti (2004). "Wynne, William Watkin Edward (1801–1880)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 March 2009.