1869 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1869 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 - 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...
Events
- January
- Henry Austin Bruce becomes MP for RenfrewshireRenfrewshireRenfrewshire is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfrewshire, the others being Inverclyde to the west and East Renfrewshire to the east...
. - Timothy Richards Lewis goes to India to study choleraCholeraCholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking or eating water or food that has been contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person or the feces...
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- Henry Austin Bruce becomes MP for Renfrewshire
- May — The Western Mail is published for the first time.
- 19 May — Two days after John Young, the English manager of the nearby Leeswood Green colliery, announces a pay cut, he is attacked by some of his workers.
- 2 June — Seven men are tried at Mold for attacking John Young. A riot breaks out as those convicted are being transported to the railway station; soldiers fire on the crowd, killing four people.
- 10 June — Three people are killed in a derailment at Maesycymmer in Glamorgan.
- 30 October — The first edition of the Welsh-language periodical, Y Goleuad, is published.
- Anti-Irish riots at Pontlottyn in the Rhymney ValleyRhymney ValleyThe Rhymney Valley is a valley encompassing the villages of Abertysswg, Fochriw, Pontlottyn, Tirphil, New Tredegar, Aberbargoed, Rhymney, and Ystrad Mynach, and the towns of Bargoed and Caerphilly, in south-east Wales, formerly famous for its coal mining and iron industries.-Geography:Created as a...
result in one death. - John HughesJohn Hughes (businessman)John James Hughes was a Welsh engineer, businessman and founder of a city in Ukraine. The city was originally named Yuzovka or Hughesovka after Hughes, but was renamed Stalino in 1924 .-Biography:Hughes was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales,...
of 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...
buys land near the Sea of Azov, where he develops an ironworks and founds the city of Yuzovka (later DonetskDonetskDonetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...
). - Construction of the fort at St Catherine's IslandSt Catherine's IslandSt Catherine's Island is a small tidal island linked to Tenby in Pembrokeshire, Wales, by a beach at low tide. The island is home to a Palmerston fort, constructed to protect Pembroke Dock and completed in 1870. In 1907, the island was sold privately for 500 pounds. St...
, off TenbyTenbyTenby is a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, lying on Carmarthen Bay.Notable features of Tenby include of sandy beaches; the 13th century medieval town walls, including the Five Arches barbican gatehouse ; 15th century St...
. - Prehistoric burial remains are discovered at Parc le BreosParc le BreosParc le Breos was a great medieval deer park in the south of the Gower Peninsula, about eight miles west of Swansea, Wales, and about 1¼ miles north of the Bristol Channel. The park was an enclosed, oval area of in circumference, covering about and measuring miles by just over miles...
on the Gower PeninsulaGower PeninsulaGower or the Gower Peninsula is a peninsula in south Wales, jutting from the coast into the Bristol Channel, and administratively part of the City and County of Swansea. Locally it is known as "Gower"...
. - Rail link is built from Greenfield to 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...
. - Emmeline Lewis Lloyd attempts an ascent of the MatterhornMatterhornThe Matterhorn , Monte Cervino or Mont Cervin , is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit is 4,478 metres high, making it one of the highest peaks in the Alps. The four steep faces, rising above the surrounding glaciers, face the four compass points...
. - John Owen of Tyn-llwyn is evicted from his farm for voting Tory.
New books
- J. H. Clark — History of Monmouthshire
- John Hugh Evans — Pryddest Goffa i Thomas Aubrey
- Jane Hughes — Galargan am y diweddar Barch. Henry Rees, Liverpool
- David Watkin Jones (Dafydd Morgannwg) — Yr Ysgol Farddol
- Nathaniel JonesNathaniel Jones (poet)Nathaniel Jones , was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister and poet.Nathaniel Jones took his bardic name of "Cynhafal" from his birthplace of Llangynhafal in Denbighshire. He worked as a tailor, and later as a sales assistant, before becoming a preacher in 1859...
(Cynhafal) — Elias y Thesbiad - John PetherickJohn PetherickJohn Petherick , Welsh traveller in East Central Africa, was born in Glamorganshire, and adopted the profession of mining engineer....
— Travels in Central Africa and Explorations of the Western Nile Tributaries - William Rowlands — Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry (Bibliography of the Welsh) (posthumous; ed. 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...
) - Jane Williams (Ysgafell)Jane Williams (Ysgafell)Jane Williams , was a Welsh writer, often known by her bardic name of Ysgafell. She is sometimes confused with her contemporary, Maria Jane Williams....
— A History of Wales derived from Authentic Sources - 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....
— Y Geninen
Births
- 11 January — Ralph Sweet-EscottRalph Sweet-EscottRalph Bond Sweet-Escott was an English-born international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Cardiff and was capped three times for Wales. Sweet-Escott also played cricket for Glamorgan representing the county in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship...
, English born, Wales rugby international (died 1907) - 9 April — John Hugh EdwardsJohn Hugh EdwardsHugh Edwards was a British Liberal Party politician.Aberystwyth-born Edwards was an author, having written a history of Wales and three biographies of David Lloyd George. He was a governor of University College Aberystwyth and University College Cardiff...
, politician (died 1945) - 20 May — Robert Griffith Berry, minister and writer (died 1945)
- 30 May — 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) - 12 August — Fred ParfittFred ParfittFrederick 'Fred' Charles Parfitt was a Welsh international rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Newport, regional rugby for Somerset and was capped nine times for Wales...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1953) - 6 September — Walford Davies, composer (died 1944)
- 24 September — Maud CunningtonMaud CunningtonMaud Edith Cunnington , was a Welsh-born archaeologist, most famous for her pioneering work on the prehistoric sites of Salisbury Plain....
, archaeologist (died 1951) - 29 October — Bill MorrisBill Morris (rugby player)William "Bill" Morris was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played for club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales. He was the uncle of Welsh boxer Gipsy Daniels.-Rugby career:...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1946) - 9 November — Osbert Fynes-Clinton, dialectologist (died 1941)
- 12 November — Arthur Leonard Leach, geologist and archaeologist (died 1957)
- 15 November — Percy BennettPercy BennettPercy Bennett was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff Harlequins and international rugby for Wales...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1936)
Deaths
- 18 February — Henry Rees, Calvinistic Methodist minister, 71
- 23 March — William Williams (Caledfryn), poet, 68
- 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, 67 - 16 April — James Davies (Iago ap Dewi), poet, 68
- 12 May — Thomas Walter Price (Cuhelyn), journalist and poet, 39
- 1 July — David JonesDavid Jones (MP)David Jones was a Welsh banker and Conservative Party politician.-Early life:Born in Llwynberllan near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, he was the eldest son of John and Mary Jones and was educated at Charterhouse School. He married Margaret Charlotte Campbell, daughter of Sir George Campbell, 4th...
, banker and politician, 58 - 14 July — Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron KenyonLloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron KenyonLloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon , was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Kenyon was the son of George Kenyon, 2nd Baron Kenyon, and Margaret Emma Hanmer. His grandfather was Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice of England...
, 64 - October — 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, 59 - 15 December — David WilliamsDavid Williams (Merioneth)David Williams was a Welsh Liberal Party politician who served for a short time as the Member of Parliament for the Merioneth constituency...
, politician, 70 - 17 December — Sarah Jacob, "the fasting girl", 12