1849 in Wales
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Template:Short description Template:Use Welsh English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Year in Wales header This article is about the particular significance of the year 1849 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
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- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (from 4 May)[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston (until 14 October); Alfred Ollivant (from 2 December)[18][19]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short[20][21][19]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[22][19][23]
Events
- 2 January – Completion of both tubes of Robert Stephenson's Conwy Railway Bridge.
- 26 February – Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones embarks with 249 Welsh converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bound for Salt Lake City from Liverpool.[24]
- 13 May – A case of cholera is recorded in Cardiff, the beginning of an outbreak that spreads to Merthyr, Dowlais and Aberdare, and kills 800 people.
- 20 June – First tube of Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge is floated into position on the Menai Strait.[25]
- 10 August – Underground explosion at Lletty Shenkin colliery, Cwmbach, kills 52.[26]
- 1 November – Alfred Ollivant becomes Bishop of Llandaff.
- 13 December – Foundation stone of Llandovery College is laid.
- A temperance festival is held at Carmarthen.
Arts and literature
Awards
- David Griffith (Clwydfardd) is appointed official bard of the Aberffraw eisteddfod. Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is also invested as a bard.
New books
English language
- Anne Beale – Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry
- Lady Charlotte Guest concludes publication of her translation into English of the Mabinogion[27]
- John Lloyd – The English Country Gentleman
- Samuel Lewis – Topographical Dictionary of Wales
- Thomas Stephens – The Literature of the Kymry
Welsh language
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Yr Adgyfodiad
- Hugh Derfel Hughes – Y Gweithiwr Caniadgar[28]
- Rowland Hughes – Cyfarchiad Caredig i rai newydd ddychwelyd
- John Jones (Talhaiarn) – Awdl y Greadigaeth
Music
- Haleliwia (hymns)
Births
- 2 May – Charles James Jackson, businessman and collector (d. 1923)
Deaths
- 14 August – Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff, 73[29]
- 16 September – Thomas Jones, missionary, 39[30]
- 2 October – James Davies, schoolmaster, 83[31]
- 2 November – Jacob Davies, missionary, 33[32]
- 5 December – Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), poet, 88
See also
References
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