1876 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1876 to Wales and its people.

← 1875 1874 1873 1872 1871 1876 in Wales → 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1876 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
• Princess of Wales – Alexandra
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd

Events

• January – Argentine government appoints Antonio Oneto as civil authority over the Welsh colony in Patagonia, the population of which numbers 690.
• 9 January – The death of John Russell, Viscount Amberley, leaves Bertrand Russell an orphan.
• June – Francis Kilvert becomes vicar of Saint Harmon, Radnorshire.
• 13 July – Act of Parliament allows the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company to abandon plans for a line between Croesor Junction and Betws-y-Coed.
• 22 July – Art Treasures & Industrial Exhibition of North Wales & the Border Counties in Wrexham is opened.
• 19 August – Judge John Johnes is murdered at his home on Dolaucothi Estate by his butler.
• 2 December – Cardiff RFC plays its first match, against Newport.
• 18 December – In a mining accident at South Wales Pit, Abertillery, twenty men are killed.

Arts and literature

New books

• George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman – History of the Princes of South Wales

Music

• Eos Bradwen – Bugeiles yr Wyddfa
• Joseph Parry composes the hymn tune Aberystwyth (published 1879) which becomes the basis of the pan-African anthem Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

Sport

• Football
  • 2 February – Llewelyn Kenrick sets up the Football Association of Wales in a meeting at the Wynnstay Arms hotel in Wrexham, in response to a challenge issued by The Field magazine, to organize an international match between Wales and Scotland or Ireland.
  • 25 March – Wales play first international football match, against Scotland in Glasgow, losing 4–0.
  • Formation of Caernarfon athletics club, later Caernarfon Town.
• Rugby union – Aberavon RFC, Cardiff RFC, Cardigan RFC, Llandaff RFC, Merthyr RFC and Pontypridd RFC are established.

Births

• 7 March – Edgar Evans, naval petty officer and Antarctic explorer (died 1912)
• 19 June – Joe Pullman, Wales international rugby union player (died 1955)
• 22 June – Gwen John, artist (died 1939)
• 15 July
  • Jehoida Hodges, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1930)
  • Jack Rhapps, Dual-code rugby international (died 1950)
• 24 July – Viv Huzzey, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1929)
• 18 September – Charles Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton (died 1934)
• 17 November – Dicky Owen, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1932)

Deaths

Robert Herbert Williams (Corfanydd, 1805-76) NLW3364191

• 3 January – Rosser Beynon, musician, 64[1]
• 19 February – Daniel Davies, Baptist preacher, 78[2]
• 24 February – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia, son of a Welsh planter, 66[3]
• 23 April (at Karlsruhe) – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85[4]
• 2 May – Daniel Thomas Williams (Tydfylyn), poet and musician (born 1820)[5]
• 19 July – George E. Pugh, Welsh-American politician, 53
• 9 August – Lady Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams, English-born artist and illustrator, 75[6]
• 21 August – C. W. Evan, Congregationalist minister in colonial South Australia, age unknown
• 9 November – John David Jenkins, philanthropist, 58[7]
• 17 November – Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth), leader of Rebecca Riots[8]
• 20 November – Robert Herbert Williams (Corfanydd), musician (born 1805)
• 25 December – Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle, 81[9]

References

1. Robert David Griffith. "Beynon, Rosser (Asaph Glan Tâf; 1811-1876), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
2. Morris Brynllwyn Owen. "Davies, Daniel (1797-1876), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
3. Calvert Walke Tazewell (January 1992). Virginia's ninth president, Joseph Jenkins Roberts. W.S. Dawson Co. p. 40.
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. D. Appleton & Company. 1878. p. 630.
5. David James Bowen. "WILLIAMS, DANIEL THOMAS (Tydfylyn; 1820–1876), Congregational minister, poet, and musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
6. Lindley, John (1846). "Trichosanthes colubrina". Edwards's botanical register. 32: 18 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
7. Watkin William Price. "Jenkins, John David (1828-1876), cleric, philanthropist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
8. Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion (in Welsh). Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. 1953. p. 1063.
9. Engineering. Office for Advertisements and Publication. January 1951. p. 299.