1846 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1846 to Wales
and its people
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Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and its people
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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Incumbents
- Prince of WalesPrince of WalesPrince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
- Edward AlbertEdward VII of the United KingdomEdward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom - Princess of WalesPrincess of WalesPrincess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
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Events
- January 14 - 35 men are killed in a mining accident at RiscaRiscaRisca is a town of approximately 11,500 people in South Wales, within the Caerphilly County Borough and the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is today part of the Newport conurbation , though it is not a Ward of Newport City Council...
. - March - A speech by William Williams, MP for Coventry, on the subject of education and the Welsh language leads to the commissioning of a report.
- June 27 - Thomas Frankland Lewis is created a baronet.
- August 1 - Opening of the AberdareAberdareAberdare is an industrial town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Dare and Cynon. The population at the census was 31,705...
railway. - August 3 - Mary Cornelia Edwards of Plas MachynllethPlas MachynllethPlas Machynlleth was the Welsh residence of the Marquesses of Londonderry, situated in the market town of Machynlleth in Powys , Wales...
marries George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of LondonderryGeorge Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of LondonderryGeorge Henry Robert Charles William Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry KP , styled Viscount Seaham between 1823 and 1854 and known as The Earl Vane between 1854 and 1872, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, businessman, diplomat and Conservative politician.-Background and education:Born George...
. - MormonMormonThe term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity...
missionaries arrive in Merthyr TydfilMerthyr TydfilMerthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of...
. - The Cambrian Archaeological AssociationCambrian Archaeological AssociationThe Cambrian Archaeological Association was founded in 1846 to examine, preserve and illustrate the ancient monuments and remains of the history, language, manners, customs, arts and industries of Wales and the Welsh Marches and to educate the public in such matters.Its activities include holding...
is founded by Harry Longueville JonesHarry Longueville Jones-Life:Jones was the son of Edward Jones by Charlotte Elizabeth Stephens, was born in Piccadilly, London, in 1806. His father was second son of Captain Thomas Jones of Wrexham, who adopted the additional name of Longueville on succeeding to a portion of the Longueville estates in Shropshire. Jones...
and John Williams (Ab Ithel) and launches its journal Archaeologia CambrensisArchaeologia CambrensisArchaeologia Cambrensis is an archaeological and historical scholarly journal, published annually in Wales by the Cambrian Archaeological Association, containing excavation reports, book reviews, and historical essays...
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New books
- Griffith Edwards (Gutyn Padarn) - Gwaith Prydyddawl
- Daniel Silvan EvansDaniel Silvan EvansDaniel Silvan Evans was a Welsh scholar and lexicographer.He was born at Fron Wilym Uchaf, Llanarth, Ceredigion. Having started to preach to the Independent congregation of which he was a member, Evans decided at a relatively young age, to train for the ministry...
- Telynegion - Sir Samuel Rush MeyrickSamuel Rush MeyrickSir Samuel Rush Meyrick was an English collector. He lived at Goodrich Court, Goodrich, Herefordshire, England, and introduced the systematic study of arms and armour.-Life:...
- Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches between the years 1586 and 1613... - William Morgan (Gwilym Gelli-deg) - Cerbyd Awen
Births
- January 8 - Henry BracyHenry BracyHenry Bracy was a Welsh tenor who is notable as the creator of the role of Prince Hilarion in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera Princess Ida. Bracy was often a lead tenor within the operettas in which he appeared. He was married to actress Clara T. Bracy, the sister of Lydia Thompson...
, tenor (d. 1917) - October 1 - John Cadvan DaviesJohn Cadvan DaviesJohn Cadvan Davies 1846 – 1923 was a Wesleyan Methodist Minister and a Welsh poet who served as Archdruid. He is better known in Wales by his bardic name Cadfan -Early Life:...
, minister and poet (d. 1823) - October 17 - Mary Davies (Mair Eifion), poet (d. 1882)
- December 6 - James Charles, theologian (d. 1920)
- December 28 - William Frost, harpist (d. 1891)
- date unknown - Samuel M. JonesSamuel M. JonesSamuel Milton Jones, a.k.a. "Golden Rule Jones", lived from August 3, 1846 to 1904 and served as a Progressive Era Mayor of Toledo, Ohio from 1897 to 1904 . Born in Denbighshire, Wales, Jones emigrated to the United States in 1849. Jones had little education because he had to work in order to help...
, mayor of Toledo, Ohio (d. 1904)
Deaths
- March 9 - William Hughes, composer, 88
- March 28 - Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion)Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion)Daniel Evans , better known by his pseudonym, Daniel Ddu o Geredigion, was a Welsh language poet.- Life :Evans was born at Maesymynach, a farm in the parish of Llanfihangel Ystrad, Cardiganshire. He was the second of three sons born to a farmer, David Evans...
, poet, 53 - July 29 - John Owens, educational benefactor, 55
- December 3 - Daniel Jones, missionary, 33