Incumbents

• Prince of Wales
  Prince of Wales
  Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
  
   — The Prince Albert Edward
  Edward VII of the United Kingdom
  Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
  
  , son of Queen Victoria
• Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
  
   — vacant

Events

• May 13 — A case of cholera
  Cholera
  Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking or eating water or food that has been contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person or the feces...
  
   is recorded in Cardiff
  Cardiff
  Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
  
  , the beginning of an outbreak that spreads to Merthyr, Dowlais and Aberdare, and kills 800 people.
• November 1 — Alfred Ollivant
  Alfred Ollivant
  Alfred Ollivant was an academic who went on to become bishop of Llandaff.Born in Manchester, he was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He won the Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholarship in 1822 and was elected to a fellowship at Trinity College. In 1827, he was appointed the first...
  
   becomes Bishop of Llandaff
  Bishop of Llandaff
  The Bishop of Llandaff is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.-Area of authority:The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul , in the village of Llandaff, just north-west of the City of...
  
  .
• December 13 — Foundation stone of Llandovery College
  Llandovery College
  Llandovery College is an independent school in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was founded and endowed by Thomas Phillips in 1847 to provide a classical and liberal education in which the Welsh language; the study of Welsh literature and history were also to be cultivated.Llandovery...
  
   is laid.
• Official opening of the Conwy Railway Bridge
  Conwy Railway Bridge
  Conwy railway bridge carries the North Wales coast railway line across the River Conwy between Llandudno Junction and the town of Conwy. The wrought iron tubular bridge was built by Robert Stephenson to a design by William Fairbairn, and is similar in construction to Stephenson's other famous...
  
   designed by Robert Stephenson
  Robert Stephenson
  Robert Stephenson FRS was an English civil engineer. He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed locomotive builder and railway engineer; many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were actually the joint efforts of father and son.-Early life :He was born on the 16th of...
  
  .
• A temperance
  Temperance movement
  A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
  
   festival is held at Carmarthen
  Carmarthen
  Carmarthen is a community in, and the county town of, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy north of its mouth at Carmarthen Bay. In 2001, the population was 14,648....
  
  .

Awards

• David Griffith (Clwydfardd)
  David Griffith (Clwydfardd)
  David Griffith , known by the bardic name of "Clwydfardd" was a Welsh poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.-Early life:...
  
   is appointed official bard of the Aberffraw
  Aberffraw
  Aberffraw is a small village and community on the south west coast of the Isle of Anglesey , in Wales, by the west bank of the River Ffraw, at . The UK postcode begins LL63. Access by road is by way of the A4080 and the nearest rail station is Bodorgan. In the early Middle Ages Aberffraw was the...
  
   eisteddfod. Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn)
  Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn)
  Rev. Rowland Williams , commonly known by his bardic name of "Hwfa Môn", was a Welsh clergyman and poet, who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1895 to 1905.- Early Life and education:...
  
   is also invested as a bard.

New books

• Anne Beale
  Anne Beale
  Anne Beale was a popular Welsh novelist and poet.She lived at Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, but later moved to London, where she died at 68 Belsize Road, South Hampstead...
  
   — Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry
• Robert Elis (Cynddelw) — Yr Adgyfodiad
• Hugh Derfel Hughes — Y Gweithiwr Caniadgar
• Rowland Hughes
  Rowland Hughes
  Rowland Hughes was a director of the United States' Office of Management and Budget from April 16, 1954 until April 1, 1956. Hughes, known for his distinctive black eye patch, was called "the logical man" in a 1956 Time Magazine cover story....
  
   — Cyfarchiad Caredig i rai newydd ddychwelyd
• John Jones (Talhaiarn)
  John Jones (Talhaiarn)
  John Jones , known by his bardic name of Talhaiarn, was a Welsh poet and architect.He was born at the Harp Inn in Llanfair Talhaearn, Denbighshire. Apprenticed to an architect, he served with ecclesiastical architects in London, and was employed by Sir Joseph Paxton to oversee the building of the...
  
   — Awdl y Greadigaeth
• John Lloyd — The English Country Gentleman
• Samuel Lewis — Topographical Dictionary of Wales
• Thomas Stephens — The Literature of the Kymry

Births

• April 21 — Sir David Treharne Evans, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1907)
• May 2 — William Cadwaladr Davies, educationist (d. 1905)

Deaths

• March 21 — William Sherley Williams, Welsh-descended pioneer
• September 16 — Thomas Jones
  Thomas Jones (missionary)
  Thomas Jones was a Welsh missionary, best remembered for his work in recording the Khasi language in Roman script...
  
  , missionary, 39
• December 5 — Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), poet, 88