1853 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1853 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
- 23 January — Six members of the RhylRhylRhyl is a seaside resort town and community situated on the north east coast of Wales, in the county of Denbighshire , at the mouth of the River Clwyd . To the west is the suburb of Kinmel Bay, with the resort of Towyn further west, Prestatyn to the east and Rhuddlan to the south...
lifeboatLifeboat (rescue)A rescue lifeboat is a boat rescue craft which is used to attend a vessel in distress, or its survivors, to rescue crewmen and passengers. It can be hand pulled, sail powered or powered by an engine...
crew are drowned. - 2 November — Opening of the 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...
line from Gelli Tarw to Merthyr Tydfil. - David Williams (Alaw Goch) opens a new colliery at CwmdareCwmdareCwmdare is a village near Aberdare, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The village's history is intertwined with coal-mining, and since the decline of the industry in the 1980s, it has become primarily a commuter base for the larger surrounding towns of Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil and Pontypridd, as...
. - John Williams (Ab Ithel) quarrels with his friend and co-editor 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 resigns the editorship of Archaeologia Cambrensis. - Two translations of Uncle Tom's Cabin are published: Caban F'Ewyrth Twm by Hugh Williams (Cadfan) and Caban ‘Newyrth Tom by William Williams (Y Lefiad).
- William Roberts (Nefydd) is appointed South Wales agent for the British and Foreign Schools Society.
- Hugh Owen becomes Chief Clerk of the Poor Law CommissionPoor Law CommissionThe Poor Law Commission was a body established to administrate poor relief after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. The commission was made up of three commissioners who became known as "The Bashaws of Somerset House", their secretary and nine clerks or assistant commissioners...
. - Robert Fulke GrevilleRobert Fulke Greville (landowner)Robert Fulke Greville was a politician, soldier and landowner of the early Victorian era, the son of Regency courtier Robert Fulke Greville....
the younger returns to his family estate at Milford HavenMilford HavenMilford Haven is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, a natural harbour used as a port since the Middle Ages. The town was founded in 1790 on the north side of the Waterway, from which it takes its name...
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Awards
- William Thomas (Islwyn)William Thomas (Islwyn)William Thomas, bardic name Islwyn , was a Welsh language poet, born near Ynysddu, then in the old county of Monmouthshire, south-east Wales.- Early life :...
wins his first major eisteddfod prize at Cefn-Coed-y-Cymer.
New books
- B. B. Davies — The History of Wales
- W. Downing Evans — The Gwyddonwyson Wreath
- John Mills (Ieuan Glan Alarch) — British Jews
- 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...
— Raymonde de Monthault, The Lord Marcher - Thomas Rowland — Welsh Grammar
- William Spurrell — English-Welsh Dictionary
- Isaac WilliamsIsaac WilliamsThe Reverend Isaac Williams was a prominent member of the Oxford Movement, a student and disciple of John Keble and, like the other members of the movement, associated with Oxford University...
— Sermons on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holy Days - Benjamin Thomas WilliamsBenjamin Thomas WilliamsBenjamin Thomas Williams was a Welsh barrister and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1878 to 1882....
— Desirableness of a University for Wales
Births
- 9 March — Edward Thomas (Cochfarf), local politician (d. 1912)
- 20 August — Charles LewisCharles Lewis (rugby player)Charles Prytherch Lewis was a Welsh international rugby union player, who won five caps between 1882 and 1884.-Life:...
, rugby player (d. 1923) - 26 September — Godfrey DarbishireGodfrey DarbishireGodfrey Darbishire FRGS was an English-born rugby union forward who represented Bangor at club level and played international rugby for Wales, gaining one cap in the country's very first international rugby match....
, Wales rugby international player (d. 1889) - 27 September — William Pari Huws, minister and poet (d. 1936)
Deaths
- 24 April — Thomas Prothero, coal-owner, 73
- 27 January — John Iltyd NichollJohn Iltyd NichollJohn Nicholl was a Welsh Member of Parliament and was, for a very short time in 1835, a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. His father was Sir John Nicholl, who like his son was a judge and politician.-Personal history:...
, MP and judge, 55