1850 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1850 to Wales and its people.

1850
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
See also:
1850 in
The United Kingdom
Ireland
Scotland

Incumbents

Events

  • 18 March – Opening of the Britannia Bridge.[1]
  • 16 June – Opening of the South Wales Railway between Chepstow and Swansea.
  • November – Launch of the periodical Y Drych.
  • 14 December – 13 men are killed in a mining accident at New Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash.
  • G. T. Clark marries Ann Price Lewis, a descendant of one of the original partners in the Dowlais Ironworks.
  • The Llanelli Board of Health is founded, with William Chambers as its first chairman.
  • The Merthyr Board of Health is founded, with John Josiah Guest as its first chairman.

Arts and literature

New books

  • Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch)Geirlyfr Saesoneg a Chymraeg, An English and Welsh Dictionary
  • 'Elen Egryn' (Elin Evans) – Telyn Egryn (poems)
  • Elijah WaringRecollections and Anecdotes of Edward Williams[2]
  • Morris Williams (Nicander) – Y Psalmwyr

Music

Births

Deaths

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References

  1. Steve Skinner (19 July 2014). Hydraulic Fluid Power – A Historical Timeline. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-291-67689-1.
  2. Hobsbawm, E. J. Hobsbawm; Eric Hobsbawm; Terence Ranger (31 July 1992). The Invention of Tradition. Cambridge University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-521-43773-8.
  3. Gareth Williams (1998). Valleys of Song: Music and Society in Wales 1840–1914. University of Wales Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-7083-1480-7.
  4. Rhys, James Ednyfed (1959). "Rees, Evan (Dyfed; 1850–1923), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. "BBC – south east Wales historical figures – Griffith J Griffith". BBC website. BBC. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  6. William Llewelyn Davies. "Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist (1850–1885), metallurgist and inventor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Bridge Books. p. 33. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.
  8. Williams, Griffith John. "John Evan Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  9. Edgar William Jones. "Owen, Owen (1850–1920), first chief inspector of the Central Welsh Board for Intermediate Education in Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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