1855 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1855 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
- 25 February — The steamship Morna is wrecked off North Bishop Rock, with the loss of 21 lives.
- 30 March — The Severn ferry from ChepstowChepstowChepstow is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the River Wye, close to its confluence with the River Severn, and close to the western end of the Severn Bridge on the M48 motorway...
sinks, and seven people drown. - Construction of the first section of the Llanidloes and Newtown RailwayLlanidloes and Newtown RailwayThe Llanidloes and Newtown Railway was an early Welsh railway. It was absorbed by the Cambrian Railway. A section of the line - from Newtown to where the later Cambrian Line diverges to Machynlleth, at the former Moat Lane Junction, remains in use...
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New books
- John Jones (Talhaiarn)John Jones (Talhaiarn)John Jones , known by his bardic name of Talhaiarn, was a Welsh poet and architect.He was born at the Harp Inn in Llanfair Talhaearn, Denbighshire. Apprenticed to an architect, he served with ecclesiastical architects in London, and was employed by Sir Joseph Paxton to oversee the building of the...
— Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. 1 - William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)The Rev. William Rees , usually known in Wales by his bardic name of Gwilym Hiraethog, was a Welsh poet and author, one of the major figures of Welsh literature during the 19th century....
— Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym Hiraethog - William Williams (Creuddynfab) — Y Barddoniadur
Births
- 11 February — Samuel GoldsworthySamuel GoldsworthySamuel James Goldsworthy was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1889) - 16 August — William David PhillipsWilliam David PhillipsWilliam David Phillips was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1918) - 11 December — David Thomas Ffrangcon Davies, singer (died 1918)
- date unknown — Jeremiah JonesJeremiah JonesJeremiah "Jerry" Alvin Jones was a Black Canadian soldier who served in World War I. He was apparently recommended for a Distinguished Conduct Medal but there is no record of him having received it. His treatment has been seen as an example of the lack of recognition accorded to Black Canadian...
, poet (died 1902)
Deaths
- 21 January - Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), poet, 59
- 22 January — Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician, 74
- 9 February — William Chambers, industrialist, 81
- 28 June — FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron RaglanFitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron RaglanField Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, GCB, PC , known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British soldier.-Early life:...
, 66 - probable
- Richard Jones, printer and publisher, ?68
- William Edwards (Gwilym Callestr), poet