1875 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1875 to Wales and its people.

← 1874 1873 1872 1871 1870 1875 in Wales → 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1875 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Albert Edward
• Princess of Wales – Alexandra

Events

• August - First publication of The Usk Gleaner and Monmouthshire Record.
• December - South Wales miners, led by William Abraham, come to agreement on a sliding scale of wages in relation to prices and profits.
• 4 December - In a mining accident at Old Pit, New Tredegar, 22 men are killed.
• 5 December - In a mining accident at Llan Colliery, Pentyrch, twelve men are killed.
• The first imports of North American wheat come through Cardiff.
• The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service recognises Welsh as a distinct nationality - the first official body ever to do so.
• Ordnance Survey publishes the first complete maps of Wales.
• David Davies Llandinam is elected treasurer of the University of Wales.
• Major eisteddfod held at Pwllheli. Future archdruid Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is a leading adjudicator.
• Francis Wallace Grenfell takes part in the expedition which claims Griqualand West (site of the Kimberley diamond fields) for the UK.
• Bodnant Garden is begun by Baron Aberconway.

Arts and literature

• Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot buys James Milo Griffith's Summer Flowers for Margam Castle.

New books

English language

• Hugh Owen Thomas - Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints

Welsh language

• William Ambrose - Gweithiau y Parch. W. Ambrose (posthumously published)
• David Stephen Davies - Adroddiad
• Isaac Foulkes - Y Ddau Efell, neu Llanllonydd[1]
• Owen Jones (Meudwy Môn) (ed.) - Cymru, yn Hanesyddol, Parthedegol, a Bywgraphyddol[2]
• John Goronwy Mathias - Y Dywysen Aeddfed[3]
• Evan Rees (Dyfed) - Caniadau Dyfedfab

Music

• Robert Griffiths becomes the first secretary of the tonic solfa college.
• Joseph Parry composes the music to Myfanwy.
• Sarah Edith Wynne marries and retires from her singing career.

Sport

• Rugby union - Llanelli RFC and Risca RFC are formed.
• Yachting - Bristol Channel Yacht Club is formed in Swansea.

Births

• 3 January - Cliff Bowen, Wales international rugby player and county cricketer (died 1929)
• 4 January – William Williams (Crwys), poet and Archdruid (died 1968)
• 19 January – Thomas Owen Jones, dramatist, actor and producer (died 1941)[4]
• 23 February – David Brazell, singer (died 1959)
• 4 March - John Kelt Edwards, cartoonist (died 1934)
• 23 May - Nathaniel Walters, Wales international rugby player (died 1956)
• 26 May - Jack Evans Wales international rugby player (died 1947)
• 31 May - Dan Jones, Wales international rugby player (died 1959)
• 11 June - Will Osborne, Wales international rugby player (died 1942)
• 16 June - Henry Paget, Lord Paget, eccentric, born in Paris (died 1905)
• 10 September
  • John Evans, politician (died 1961)
  • Harry Vaughan Watkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1945)
• 26 October – Sir Lewis Casson, artist (died 1969)
• 11 November – Johnny Jenkins, racing driver (died 1945)
• 20 December (in Shirley, Derbyshire) – T. F. Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1953)
• 25 December – George Davies, international rugby player (died 1959)

Deaths

• 4 January – Thomas Stephens, historian, literary critic and social reformer (born 1821)
• 4 March – John Evans (I. D. Ffraid), minister and author (born 1814)
• April – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85[5]
• 27 July – Connop Thirlwall, bishop, 78[6]
• 19 August – Robert Elis (Cynddelw), writer, 63[7]
• 7 September – John Prichard, minister, author and teacher, 79[8]
• 29 November – Thomas Jones, librarian, 65[9]
• date unknown (in London) – Fanny Parkes, travel writer, 81[10]

References

1. Rhiannon Ifans (9 January 2019). Red Hearts and Roses?: Welsh Valentine Songs and Poems. University of Wales Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-78683-372-3.
2. Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan; Erich Poppe (15 January 2019). Arthur in the Celtic Languages: The Arthurian Legend in Celtic Literatures and Traditions. University of Wales Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-78683-344-0.
3. Benjamin George Owens. "Mathias, James Goronwy (Goronwy Ddu; 1842-1895), Baptist minister and littérateur". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
4. Thomas Elwyn Griffiths. "Jones, Thomas Owen ('Gwynfor', 1875-1941), librarian, dramatist, actor and producer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry. Appleton. 1877. p. 630.
6. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Thirlwall, Connop (1797-1875), bishop of S. Davids". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
7. John Thomas Jones. "Ellis, Robert (Cynddelw; 1812-1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
8. Tom Ellis Jones. "Prichard, John (1796-1875), Baptist minister and tutor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
9. Sutton, C. W.; Crosby, Alan G. (2004). "Jones, Thomas (1810–1875)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
10. Margot Finn; Kate Smith (15 February 2018). East India Company at Home, 1757-1857. UCL Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-78735-027-4.