1855 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1855 to Wales and its people.

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Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
See also:
1855 in
The United Kingdom
Ireland
Scotland

Incumbents

Events
  • 25 February – The steamship Morna is wrecked off North Bishop Rock, with the loss of 21 lives.[1]
  • 30 March – The Severn ferry from Chepstow sinks, and seven people drown.
  • Construction of the first section of the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway begins.

Arts and literature

New books

Music
  • Death of James Green of Bron y Garth, last of the traditional crwth players.[2]

Births
  • 11 February – Samuel Goldsworthy, Wales international rugby player (died 1889)
  • 9 April – Jeremiah Jones, poet (died 1902)
  • 16 August – William David Phillips, Wales international rugby player (died 1918)
  • 11 December – David Thomas Ffrangcon Davies, singer (died 1918)

Deaths
  • 21 January – Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), poet, 59
  • 22 January – Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician, 74
  • 9 February – William Chambers, industrialist, 81
  • 28 June – FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 66
  • probable
    • Richard Jones, printer and publisher, ?68
    • William Edwards (Gwilym Callestr), poet[3]
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References
  1. Jay Robert Nash (18 May 1976). Darkest Hours. M. Evans. p. 683. ISBN 978-1-59077-526-4.
  2. Budkavlen. F. W. Unggrens bok tryckeri. 1952. p. 10.
  3. Welsh Biography Online
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