
1860s in Wales
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1850s 1850s in Wales This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1850–1859 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria*Princess of Wales — vacant-Events:*1850*1851*1852*1853*1854*1855... | 1870s 1870s in Wales This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1870–1879 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria*Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark... | Other years in Wales |
Other events of the decade 1860s The 1860s were an extremely turbulent decade with numerous cultural, social, and political upheavals in Europe and America. Revolutions were prevalent in Germany and the Ottoman Empire... |
This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1860–1869 to Wales
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...
.
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 - 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...
— Alexandra of DenmarkAlexandra of DenmarkAlexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...
(from 1863)
Events
- 18601860 in WalesThis article is about the particular significance of the year 1860 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — vacant-Events:...
- 18611861 in WalesThis article is about the particular significance of the year 1861 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - Edward Albert, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales - vacant-Events:...
- 18621862 in WalesThis article is about the particular significance of the year 1862 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — vacant-Events:...
- 18631863 in WalesThis article is about the particular significance of the year 1863 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.*Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark-Events:...
- 18641864 in WalesThis article is about the particular significance of the year 1864 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - Edward Albert, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales - Alexandra of Denmark-Events:...
- 18651865 in WalesThis article is about the particular significance of the year 1865 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — Edward, son of Queen Victoria*Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark-Events:...
- 18661866 in WalesThis article is about the particular significance of the year 1866 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark-Events:...
- 18671867 in WalesThis article is about the particular significance of the year 1867 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria*Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark-Events:...
- 18681868 in WalesThis article is about the particular significance of the year 1868 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:* Prince of Wales—The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria* Princess of Wales—Alexandra of Denmark-Events:...
- 18691869 in WalesThis article is about the particular significance of the year 1869 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria*Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark-Events:*January...
Awards
National Eisteddfod of WalesNational Eisteddfod of Wales
The National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...
- 1861 — 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...
- 1862 — CaernarfonCaernarfonCaernarfon is a Royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,611. It lies along the A487 road, on the east banks of the Menai Straits, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is to the northeast, while Snowdonia fringes Caernarfon to the east and southeast...
- 1863 — SwanseaSwanseaSwansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
- 1864 — LlandudnoLlandudnoLlandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy County Borough, Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community...
- 1865 — AberystwythAberystwythAberystwyth is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. Often colloquially known as Aber, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol....
- 1866 — Chester
- 1867 — CarmarthenCarmarthenCarmarthen is a community in, and the county town of, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy north of its mouth at Carmarthen Bay. In 2001, the population was 14,648....
— A crown is presented for the first time - 1868 — RuthinRuthinRuthin is a community and the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of...
— The Eisteddfod Council is disbanded - 1869 — HolywellHolywellHolywell is the fifth largest town in Flintshire, North Wales, lying to the west of the estuary of the River Dee.-History:The market town of Holywell takes its name from the St Winefride's Well, a holy well surrounded by a chapel...
New books
- R. D. BlackmoreR. D. BlackmoreRichard Doddridge Blackmore , referred to most commonly as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world...
— Clara Vaughan (1864) - George BorrowGeorge BorrowGeorge Henry Borrow was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences around Europe. Over the course of his wanderings, he developed a close affinity with the Romani people of Europe. They figure prominently in his work...
— Wild WalesWild WalesWild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow, , first published in 1862....
(1862) - Rhoda BroughtonRhoda BroughtonRhoda Broughton was a novelist.-Life:Rhoda Broughton was born in Denbigh in North Wales on 29 November 1840. She was the daughter of the Rev. Delves Broughton youngest son of the Rev. Sir Henry Delves-Broughton, 8th baronet. She developed a taste for literature, especially poetry, as a young girl...
— Cometh up as a Flower (1867) - Richard Davies (Mynyddog)Richard Davies (Mynyddog)Richard Davies was a popular Welsh language poet.He was born in Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire, in a house called "Y Fron"....
— Caneuon Mynyddog (1866) - Huw Derfel — Llawlyfr Carnedd Llywelyn (1864)
- Robert Jones DerfelRobert Jones DerfelRobert Jones Derfel was a Welsh poet and political writer.He was born Robert Jones on a farm in Merionethshire and became a travelling salesman employed by a Manchester firm. He also became a Baptist preacher. With John Ceiriog Hughes and two other Welshmen, he formed a literary society in...
— Traethodau ac Areithiau (1864) - John Ceiriog HughesJohn Ceiriog HughesJohn Ceiriog Hughes , was a Welsh poet and well-known collector of Welsh folk tunes. Sometimes referred to as the "Robert Burns of Wales"...
- Oriau'r Hwyr (1860)
- Oriau'r Bore (1862)
- Cant o Ganeuon (1863)
- Y Bardd a'r Cerddor (1865)
- Oriau eraill (1868)
- David Watkin Jones (Dafydd Morgannwg) — Yr Ysgol Farddol (1869)
- 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....
— Emmanuel (1861) - 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 :...
— Caniadau (1867) - Robert Williams (Trebor Mai)Robert Williams (Trebor Mai)Robert Williams , usually referred to by his bardic name Trebor Mai, was a Welsh language poet, born in Llanrhychwyn, near Llanrwst, in the old county of Caernarfonshire, north Wales....
- Fy Noswyl (1861)
- Geninen (1869)
- Alfred Russel WallaceAlfred Russel WallaceAlfred Russel Wallace, OM, FRS was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist...
- The Origin of Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced from the Theory of 'Natural Selection (1864)
- The Malay Archipelago (1867)
Music
- William Griffiths (Ifander) — Gwarchae Harlech (cantata) (1864)
- Hugh Jerman — Deus Misereatur (1861)
- Henry Brinley RichardsHenry Brinley RichardsHenry Brinley Richards was a Welsh composer.Richards was born in Hall Street, Carmarthen, his father being organist at St Peter's Church in the town and an organiser of local musical events. Richards won a prize at the Gwent-Morgannwg Eisteddfod of 1834, held at Cardiff, for his arrangement of...
— "God Bless the Prince of Wales" (1863) - John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia)John Thomas (harpist)John Thomas was a Welsh composer and harpist. The bardic name Pencerdd Gwalia was conferred on him at the 1861 Aberdare Eisteddfod....
- Llewelyn (cantata) (1863)
- The Bride of Neath Valley (cantata) (1866)
Births
- 1860
- date unknown — Sir William PriceWilliam Price (industrialist)Sir William Price , born in Wales, was a farmer and industrialist, Director of United Dairies Ltd. He was knighted in 1922, on the nomination of David Lloyd George, by King George V . A fluent speaker of Welsh, he was nominated because of his company's deliveries of milk during the General strike...
(died 1938)
- date unknown — Sir William Price
- 1861
- date unknown
- John Edward LloydJohn Edward LloydSir John Edward Lloyd , was a Welsh historian, the author of the first serious history of the country's formative years, A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest, 2 vols...
, historian (died 1947) - Thomas Mardy Rees, writer (died 1953)
- John Edward Lloyd
- date unknown
- 1862
- date unknown — John Daniel Evans, Patagonia settler
- 1863
- 17 January — David Lloyd GeorgeDavid Lloyd GeorgeDavid Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...
, politician (died 1945) - 3 March — Arthur MachenArthur MachenArthur Machen was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror...
, writer (died 1947)
- 17 January — David Lloyd George
- 1864
- 8 January — Prince Albert Victor, first child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1892)
- 17 October — Sir John Morris-JonesJohn Morris-JonesSir John Morris-Jones was a Welsh grammarian, academic and poet.He was born at Llandrygarn, Anglesey and educated at Friars School, Bangor. Whilst at Jesus College, Oxford, Morris-Jones co-founded the Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym...
, grammarian (died 1929) - date unknown — Charles Alfred Howell GreenCharles Alfred Howell GreenCharles Alfred Howell Green was the first bishop of the newly established diocese of Monmouth and subsequently Bishop of Bangor during which time he also served as Archbishop of Wales...
, first Bishop of Monmouth (died 1944)
- 1865
- 3 June — Prince GeorgeGeorge V of the United KingdomGeorge V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
, second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales and himself Prince of Wales 1901–1910 - date unknown — William BraceWilliam BraceWilliam Brace was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour politician. Born in Risca, in the coal-mining district of Monmouthshire, he was one of six children of Thomas and Anne Brace. Brace briefly attended school before starting work at the local colliery, aged 12...
, politician (died 1947)
- 3 June — Prince George
- 1866
- 12 October — James Ramsay MacDonald, politician (died 1937)
- date unknown — John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes, poet and hymn-writer (died 1944)
- 1867
- 2 May — Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn)Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn)Eliseus Williams, better known by his bardic name Eifion Wyn , was a Welsh language poet, born in Porthmadog in the old county of Caernarfonshire, north Wales...
, poet (died 1926) - 13 May — Frank BrangwynFrank BrangwynSir Frank William Brangwyn RA RWS RBA was an Anglo-Welsh artist, painter, water colourist, virtuoso engraver and illustrator, and progressive designer.- Biography :...
, artist (died 1956) - 26 May — Mary of TeckMary of TeckMary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....
, later Princess of Wales 1901–1910 (died 1953) - 29 September — John Richard Williams (J.R. Tryfanwy), poet (died 1924)
- 2 May — Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn)
- 1869
- 6 September — Walford Davies, composer (died 1944)
- date unknown
- Thomas ReesThomas ReesThomas Rees may refer to:* Thomas Ifor Rees , Welsh diplomat and translator* Thomas M. Rees , a U.S. Representative from California* Thomas Rees , Welsh Congregationalist minister...
, theologian (died 1926) - Osbert Fynes-Clinton, dialectologist (died 1941)
- Thomas Rees
Deaths
- 1860
- 4 May — William Ormsby-GoreWilliam Ormsby-GoreFor his great-great grandson, see William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech.William Ormsby-Gore , known as William Gore until 1815, was a British Member of Parliament....
, politician (born 1779) - 17 July — Beti Cadwaladr, Crimea nurse (born 1789)
- 4 May — William Ormsby-Gore
- 1861
- 8 May — Thomas Lloyd-MostynThomas Lloyd-MostynThomas Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn , was a British Conservative Member of Parliament .Lloyd-Mostyn was the eldest son and heir apparent of Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn...
, politician (born 1830)
- 8 May — Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn
- 1862
- 3 January — Dan Jones, Mormon missionary (born 1810)
- date unknown — John Williams (Ab Ithel), antiquary
- 1863
- April — George Cornewall LewisGeorge Cornewall LewisSir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet PC was a British statesman and man of letters.-Family:He was born in London, the son of Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court, Radnorshire and his wife Harriet Cornewall...
, statesman (born 1806)
- April — George Cornewall Lewis
- 1864
- 11 March — Richard RobertsRichard Roberts (engineer)Richard Roberts was a British engineer whose development of high-precision machine tools contributed to the birth of production engineering and mass production.-Early life:...
, engineer - 1 August — Thomas ReesThomas Rees (Unitarian minister)Thomas Rees , Welsh Nonconformist divine, was a Unitarian minister and scholar.Rees was educated at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, and entered the Unitarian ministry in 1807 at the Newington Green Unitarian Church, London. He went to Southwark in 1813, earned the degree of LL.D...
, Unitarian minister (born 1777) - date unknown
- Evan DaviesEvan Davies (missionary)Evan Davies was a Welsh Protestant Christian missionary in the Congregationalist tradition. He served with the London Missionary Society and worked among the Chinese in Malaysia in Penang....
, missionary - Mary JonesMary Jones (Bible)The story of Mary Jones and her Bible inspired the founding of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Mary Jones was a Welsh Protestant Christian girl who, at age fifteen, walked twenty-five miles across the countryside to buy a copy of the Welsh Bible from Thomas Charles because she did not have...
, early owner of a Welsh Bible
- Evan Davies
- 11 March — Richard Roberts
- 1865
- 21 February — Stapleton CottonStapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount CombermereField Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere GCB, GCH, KSI, PC , was a British military leader, diplomat and politician...
, military leader (born 1773)
- 21 February — Stapleton Cotton
- 1866
- 27 January — John GibsonJohn Gibson (sculptor)John Gibson, was a Welsh sculptor.-Early life:He was born near Conwy, Wales, his father being a market gardener. To his mother, whom he described as ruling his father and all the family, he owed the energy and determination which carried him over every obstacle.When he was nine years old the...
, sculptor (born 1790)
- 27 January — John Gibson
- 1867
- 27 April — Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron LlanoverBenjamin Hall, 1st Baron LlanoverBenjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover PC , known as Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt, between 1838 and 1859, was a British civil engineer and politician.-Political career:...
, industrialist (born 1802) - 23 May — William Crawshay IIWilliam Crawshay IIWilliam Crawshay II was the son of William Crawshay I, the owner of Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales....
, industrialist (born 1788)
- 27 April — Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
- 1868
- 22 June — Owain Meirion, poet (born 1803)
- date unknown — Dafydd Jones (Dewi Dywyll), balladeer (born 1803)
- 1869
- 31 March — David Rees (Y Cynhyrfwr)David Rees (Y Cynhyrfwr)The Reverend David Rees was a Welsh Congregational minister of Capel Als chapel Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, and an editor of a radical Welsh language Nonconformist periodical titled Y Diwygiwr [The Reformer]...
, Nonconformist leader and author - date unknown — 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...
, poet (born 1810)
- 31 March — David Rees (Y Cynhyrfwr)