1877 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1877 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
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- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[7][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[12][13]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[14]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes[15][14]
- Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones[14][16]
Events
- 8 March – In a mining accident at Worcester Colliery, Swansea, seventeen men are killed.[18]
- 11 April – In a mining accident at Tynewydd Colliery, Rhondda, five men are killed by flooding.[19] Twenty-five of the rescue team are awarded the Albert Medal for bravery.
- 10 July – Consecration of new Merthyr Synagogue, the oldest surviving synagogue building in Wales.
- 1 August – Opening of new Llandudno Pier.[20]
- 15 August – Opening to passengers of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways from Dinas to Tryfan Junction and Bryngwyn.[21]
- 30 November – Opening of the new market hall at Builth Wells by Sir Joseph Bailey M.P.
- unknown dates
- Opening of Stepaside, Pembrokeshire village school (part of modern-day Stepaside Heritage Park).
- Closure of lead mine at Loggerheads, Denbighshire.
Arts and literature
- Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Treherbert.
New books
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog) – Y Trydydd Cynnig[22]
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Helyntion Bywyd Hen Deiliwr
Music
- Joseph Parry resigns from his position as Professor of Music at University of Wales, Aberystwyth.[23]
Sport
- Football
- The Racecourse Ground at Wrexham hosts Wales' first ever home international match, making it the world's oldest international football stadium still to host international matches.[24]
- The Welsh Cup is inaugurated.
- Rugby union
- 8 November – Blaenavon RFC play their first game, against Abergavenny.
Births
- 2 May – Sid Bevan, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1933)
- 6 June (in Guernsey) – Herbert John Fleure, zoologist and geographer (died 1969)[25]
- 9 June – George Travers, Wales international rugby union player (died 1945)
- 21 June – Elizabeth Mary Jones (Moelona), Welsh-language children's novelist (died 1953)[26]
- 1 July – Llewellyn Lloyd, Wales international rugby union player (died 1957)
- 19 August – John Evans, supercentenarian (died 1990)
- 17 September – Henry Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, industrialist (died 1928)[27]
- 26 September (in Wandsworth) – Edmund Gwenn, actor (died 1959) (long believed to have been born in Wales)
- 5 October – Lily Gower, croquet player (died 1959)[28]
- 27 October – David Harris Davies, Wales international rugby union player (died 1944)
- 7 November – Maurice Parry, footballer (died 1935)
- 27 November – Leigh Richmond Roose, football goalkeeper (killed in battle 1916)
- 2 December – John Strand-Jones, Wales international rugby union player (died 1958)
Deaths
- 9 January – Thomas Thomas, clergyman, 72
- 24 June – Robert Dale Owen, Welsh-American politician, 75[29]
- 14 July – Richard Davies (Mynyddog), poet, 44[30]
- 18 July – Thomas Richards, "father of Tasmanian journalism", 77
- 27 July – John Frost, Chartist leader, 93[31]
- 5 August – Robert Williams (Trebor Mai), poet, 47[32]
- 17 October – Charles Williams, academic, 73?
- 7 November – Calvert Jones, painter and pioneer photographer, 72[33]
- 13 December – John Griffith (journalist), journalist who wrote under the pseudonym Y Gohebydd, 56[34]
See also
References
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