1851 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1851 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...
— The Prince Albert EdwardEdward 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...
— vacant
Events
- 24 September — Vale of Neath RailwayVale of Neath RailwayThe Vale of Neath Railway was a broad gauge railway line from Neath to Merthyr Tydfil, in Glamorgan, Wales, and also operated the Swansea and Neath Railway which gave it access to the docks at Swansea...
opens from NeathNeathNeath is a town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK with a population of approximately 45,898 in 2001...
to 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...
. - August — William Bulkeley HughesWilliam Bulkeley HughesWilliam Bulkeley Hughes was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 1837 to 1859, and as a Liberal from 1865 to 1882....
hosts a banquet at Bangor for Robert StephensonRobert StephensonRobert Stephenson FRS was an English civil engineer. He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed locomotive builder and railway engineer; many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were actually the joint efforts of father and son.-Early life :He was born on the 16th of...
. - Richard Fothergill III is prosecuted for running a "truck shop" at Aberdare.
- David Davies (Llandinam) marries Margaret Jones of Llanfair Caereinion.
New books
- John Blackwell (Alun)John Blackwell (Alun)John Blackwell , who used the bardic name Alun, was a Welsh language poet, born near Mold, Flintshire, in north Wales. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford.-External links:*...
— Ceinion Alun (posthumously published) - Richard Williams MorganRichard Williams MorganRichard Williams Morgan was a Welsh clergyman and author. He was born in Llangynfely, Cardiganshire and educated at Saint David's College in Lampeter...
— A Tragedy of Powys Castle
Music
- Thomas Jones (Gogrynwr) — Gweddi Habacuc (cantata)
- John Ambrose Lloyd — Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear (anthem)
- John Owen (Owain Alaw)John Owen (Owain Alaw)John Owen, also known by his bardic name Owain Alaw Pencerdd , was a Welsh language poet, baritone vocalist, accompanist and musician.-Early life:...
- Deborah a Barac (anthem)
- Gweddi Habacuc (cantata)
Births
- 8 February — Sir Marteine Lloyd, 2nd BaronetSir Marteine Lloyd, 2nd BaronetSir Marteine Owen Mowbray Lloyd, 2nd Baronet , was the second of the Lloyd Baronets of Bronwydd, Cardiganshire....
(d. 1933) - 10 March — William HaggarWilliam HaggarWilliam Haggar was a British pioneer of the cinema industry. Beginning his career as a travelling entertainer, Haggar, whose large family formed his theatre company, later bought a Bioscope show and earned his money in the fairgrounds of south Wales...
, pioneer of the film industry (d. 1925) - 24 March — Robert Ambrose Jones (Emrys ap Iwan) (d. 1906)
- 15 June — Ernest Howard GriffithsErnest Howard GriffithsErnest Howard Griffiths was a British physicist born in Brecon, Wales. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1895 and won its Hughes Medal in 1907...
, physicist (d. 1932) - 8 July — Sir Arthur EvansArthur EvansSir Arthur John Evans FRS was a British archaeologist most famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete and for developing the concept of Minoan civilization from the structures and artifacts found there and elsewhere throughout eastern Mediterranean...
, archaeologist (d. 1941) - 12 July — Elizabeth Phillips HughesElizabeth Phillips HughesElizabeth Phillips Hughes was a Welsh scholar, teacher, and promoter of women's education. She used the bardic name Merch Myrddin....
, promoter of women's education (died 1925) - 27 December — Percy GilchristPercy GilchristPercy Carlyle Gilchrist FRS was a British chemist and metallurgist born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, and who studied at Felsted and the Royal School of Mines...
, industrialist
Deaths
- 6 April — William Morgan Kinsey, travel writer, 62?
- 30 June — Thomas PhillipsThomas Phillips (educational benefactor)Thomas Phillips , was an educational benefactor, a founder of St David's College, Lampeter, and the founder of Llandovery College in Wales....
, founder of Llandovery CollegeLlandovery CollegeLlandovery College is an independent school in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was founded and endowed by Thomas Phillips in 1847 to provide a classical and liberal education in which the Welsh language; the study of Welsh literature and history were also to be cultivated.Llandovery...
, 80 - 17 July — Aneurin Owen, historian, 58
- 22 November — Thomas MorganThomas Morgan (navy chaplain)Thomas Morgan was a Welsh navy chaplain who saw action during the French Revolutionary Wars and was involved in the Spithead mutiny before serving as chaplain of the naval dockyard at Portsmouth.-Life:...
, navy chaplain, 81