1873 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 1873 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 – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[8][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[14][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[15][16]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[17]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes[18][17]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[17][19]
Events
- 1 March – The sailing ship Chacabuco sinks off the Great Orme with the loss of 24 lives.[20]
- 18 March – Work begins on construction of the Severn Tunnel.[21]
- 30 March – The Glyn Valley Tramway opens as a horse-worked line to carry slate and other minerals from Glyn Ceiriog to Chirk.[22]
- 19 August – The Holyhead Breakwater (the longest in the world) is officially opened by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.[23] having taken 28 years to construct.
- 9 October – The first recorded sheepdog trial in the UK takes place at Bala.[24]
- 2 December – In a mining accident at Hafod Colliery, Rhiwabon, five men are killed.
- date unknown – Construction of:
- Tŵr Mawr Lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn.
- Buckley Arms hotel, Dinas Mawddwy, in reinforced concrete.[25]
Arts and literature
New books
- Rhoda Broughton – Nancy
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Manion Hynafiaethol
- Ebenezer Thomas – Gweithiau Barddonol Eben Fardd (posthumously published)[26]
Music
- Henry Brinley Richards – Songs of Wales
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog) writes the song "Rheolau yr Aelwyd", the basis of "Sosban Fach".
Sport
- December – Major Walter Wingfield of Nantclwyd Hall at Llanelidan designs a game for the amusement of his visitors. Wingfield soon patents nets for the game of lawn tennis, which he calls "sphairistike".[27]
Births
- 7 January – Christopher Williams, artist (died 1934)
- 16 January – Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, politician (died 1939)
- 7 April
- John Dyfnallt Owen, poet and Archdruid (died 1956)
- Charles Butt Stanton, politician (died 1946)[28]
- 23 April – Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1951)[29]
- 1 May – Harry Evans, musician (died 1914)[30]
- 22 May – Template:Ill (Brynach) (died 1923)
- 5 June – Ben Davies, Wales international rugby player (died 1930)
- 14 October – Sam Livesey, actor (died 1936)
- date unknown – Arthur Tysilio Johnson, plantsman and author of The Perfidious Welshman (died 1956)
Deaths
- January – John Emlyn Jones, poet, 54[31]
- 27 January – Josiah Thomas Jones, publisher, 73[32]
- 20 February – (at Launceston, Tasmania) William Jones, Chartist leader, 64
- 29 March – David Jones, merchant in Australia, 80
- 17 May – Lord William Paget, soldier and politician, 70
- 9 October – John Evan Thomas, sculptor, 63[33]
- 31 October – William Ambrose (Emrys), poet, 60[34]
- 10 November – Maria Jane Williams, musician, 78[35]
See also
References
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- ↑ "Severn Tunnel." engineering-timelines.com, Retrieved: 2 July 2018.
- ↑ Milner, John (1984). The Glyn Valley Tramway. Oxford Publishing Co.
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