1884 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1884 to Wales
and its people
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— held at Liverpool
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...
— Alexandra of DenmarkAlexandra of DenmarkAlexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom... - ArchdruidArchdruidThe Archdruid is the title used by the presiding official of the Gorsedd.The Archdruid presides over the most important ceremonies at the National Eisteddfod of Wales including the Crowning of the Bard, The Award of the Prose Medal and Chairing of the Bard. From 1932 only former winners of the...
of the National Eisteddfod of WalesNational Eisteddfod of WalesThe National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...
— Clwydfardd
Events
- 18 January — Dr William PriceWilliam Price (doctor)William Price was a Welsh physician who achieved notoriety for his support of Welsh nationalism, Chartism and his involvement with the Neo-Druidic religious movement...
crematesCremationCremation is the process of reducing bodies to basic chemical compounds such as gasses and bone fragments. This is accomplished through high-temperature burning, vaporization and oxidation....
his dead baby son. He is later tried at CardiffCardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
Assizes, and is acquitted. - 27 January — 14 miners are killed in an accident at the Naval Colliery, PenygraigPenygraigPenygraig is a village and community in the Rhondda Valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales...
. - 18 October — Opening of University of Wales, Bangor
- 8 November — 15 miners are killed in an accident at the Pochin Colliery, Tredegar.
- Isolation hospital for 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...
patients opens at Flat HolmFlat HolmFlat Holm is a limestone island lying in the Bristol Channel approximately from Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan, but in the City and County of Cardiff. It includes the most southerly point of Wales....
. - A Chair of Celtic Studies is founded at Cardiff UniversityCardiff UniversityCardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...
. - Closure of Talargoch lead mine, near Dyserth.
- ArgentineArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Congress authorises the construction of the Central of Chubut RailwayCentral of Chubut RailwayThe Central Chubut Railway was a British-owned company that built and operated a gauge railway line in the Argentine province of Chubut in the Patagonia region of Argentina at the end of the nineteenth century....
by Lewis Jones y CiaLewis Jones (Patagonia)Lewis Jones was one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia. The city of Trelew was named after him....
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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 :...
— held at Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
- Chair — Evan Rees ("Dyfed")
- Crown — Edward Foulkes
Sport
- FootballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
— OswestryOswestryOswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads....
win the Welsh CupWelsh CupThe Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales.The Football Association of Wales is the organising body of this competition, which has been run every year since its inception in 1877-78...
for the first time. - Rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
— The first international match is played at Cardiff Arms ParkCardiff Arms ParkCardiff Arms Park , also known as The Arms Park, is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green, and is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World...
(between Wales and Ireland).
Births
- 9 January — William Llewellyn MorganWilliam Llewellyn MorganWilliam Llewellyn Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union halfback who played club rugby for Cardiff. Morgan played international rugby for Wales and in 1908 was selected to join Arthur Harding's Anglo-Welsh tour of New Zealand and Australia.-Rugby career:One of the first clubs that Morgan...
, Wales international rugby union player (died 1960) - 19 February — Clement DaviesClement DaviesClement Edward Davies KC, MP was a Welsh politician and leader of the Liberal Party from 1945 to 1956.-Life:...
, politician (died 1962) - 6 April — J. G. Parry-Thomas, engineer and racing driver (died 1927)
- 7 April — C. H. DoddC. H. DoddCharles Harold Dodd was a Welsh New Testament scholar and influential Protestant theologian.He is known for promoting "realized eschatology", the belief that Jesus' references to the kingdom of God meant a present reality rather than a future apocalypse.-Life:Dodd was born in Wrexham,...
, theologian (died 1973) - 12 April — Tenby DaviesTenby DaviesFrederick Charles Davies was a world-class Welsh athlete who was better known to the sporting world as Tenby Davies, and who became the half-mile world professional champion in 1909 after an enthralling race against Irishman Beauchamp Day.-Biography:Frederick Charles Davies was born at South...
, half-mile world champion runner (died 1932) - 20 June — John DykeJohn Dyke (rugby player)John Charles Meredith Dyke is a former international rugby union fullback. Dyke made his debut for Wales on 1 December 1906 versus South Africa and was selected for the 1908 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia...
, Wales international rugby union player (died 1960) - 31 July — Lionel ReesLionel ReesGroup Captain Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees VC OBE MC AFC RAF was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
, aviator, recipient of the Victoria CrossVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
(died 1955) - 15 August — Ivor MorganIvor MorganIvor Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Glamorgan.-Club career:...
, Wales international rugby union player (died 1943) - 21 August — John ChandlessJohn ChandlessJohn Chandless was a Welsh cricketer. Chandless was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Cardiff, Glamorgan....
, cricketer (died 1968) - 24 November — Jack JonesJack Jones (novelist)Jack Jones was a Welsh novelist and playwright who began writing in the 1930s.-Early years:Jack Jones was born in 1884 at Tai-Harri-Blawdd in Merthyr Tydfil, the son of a coal miner. He joined his father to work in the mine aged 12. At the age of 17 he joined the army and was posted to South...
, novelist (died 1970) - 3 December — Bailey Davies, Wales international rugby union player (died 1968)
- 14 December — Margaret DaviesMargaret DaviesMargaret Sidney Davies , was a Welsh art collector and patron of the arts. With her sister Gwendoline, she bequeathed a total of 260 works, particularly strong in Impressionist and 20th-century art, which formed the basis of the present-day National Museum Wales' international collection...
, patron of the arts (died 1963) - date unknown
- Arthur JenkinsArthur Jenkins (politician)Arthur Jenkins was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour Party politician.Jenkins was a coal miner's agent who studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and at Ruskin College, Oxford, before becoming Vice-President of the South Wales Miners Federation...
, politician (died 1946) - Thomas JonesThomas Jones (Welsh footballer)Thomas Daniel Jones was a Welsh footballer and football club manager. He represented Wales at international level on one occasion....
, footballer (died 1958)
- Arthur Jenkins
Deaths
- 12 February — Henry Morgan-CliffordHenry Morgan-CliffordHenry Morgan-Clifford was a British Liberal Party politician.He was elected unopposed at the 1847 general election as one of the two Member of Parliament for the city of Hereford...
, politician, 77 - 17 March — Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron MostynEdward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron MostynEdward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn , was a British peer and Member of Parliament .Mostyn was the son of Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn...
, 89 - 24 May — Henry Thomas EdwardsHenry Thomas EdwardsHenry Thomas Edwards was a Welsh preacher.He was born at Llan-ym-Mawddwy, Merioneth, where his father was vicar. He was educated at Westminster and at Jesus College, Oxford , and after teaching for two years at Llandovery went to Llangollen as his father's curate.He became vicar of Aberdare in...
, preacher, 46 (suicide) - 17 July — Charles James Watkin WilliamsCharles James Watkin WilliamsCharles James Watkin Williams was a Welsh judge, doctor and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880.-Life:...
, judge, doctor and politician, 55 - 6 November — George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of LondonderryGeorge Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of LondonderryGeorge Henry Robert Charles William Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry KP , styled Viscount Seaham between 1823 and 1854 and known as The Earl Vane between 1854 and 1872, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, businessman, diplomat and Conservative politician.-Background and education:Born George...
, industrialist and owner of Plas Machynlleth, 63