1873 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1873 to Wales
and its people
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Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and its people
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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Incumbents
- Prince of WalesPrince of WalesPrince 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 EdwardEdward VII of the United KingdomEdward 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 of the United Kingdom - Princess of WalesPrincess of WalesPrincess 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...
— Alexandra of DenmarkAlexandra of DenmarkAlexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...
Events
- 1 March — The sailing ship Chacabuco sinks off the Great OrmeGreat OrmeThe Great Orme is a prominent limestone headland on the north coast of Wales situated in Llandudno. It is referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd in a poem by the 12th century poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr...
with the loss of 24 lives. - 9 October — The first recorded sheepdog trialSheepdog trialA Sheepdog trial is a competitive dog sport in which herding dog breeds move sheep around a field, fences, gates, or enclosures as directed by their handlers. Such events are particularly associated with hill farming areas, where sheep range widely on largely unfenced land...
in the UK takes place at BalaBala, GwyneddBala is a market town and community in Gwynedd, Wales, and formerly an urban district of the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies at the north end of Bala Lake , 17 miles north-east of Dolgellau, with a population of 1,980...
. - 2 December — In a mining accident at Hafod Colliery, Rhiwabon, five men are killed.
- Construction of the HolyheadHolyheadHolyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the North Wales. It is also a major port adjacent to the Irish Sea serving Ireland....
breakwater (the longest in the world) is completed after 28 years. - Work begins on the Severn tunnelSevern TunnelThe Severn Tunnel is a railway tunnel in the United Kingdom, linking South Gloucestershire in the west of England to Monmouthshire in south Wales under the estuary of the River Severn....
. - The Glyn Valley Tramway opens, carrying slateSlateSlate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
from Glyn Ceiriog to ChirkChirkChirk is a small town and local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It has a population of over 4,000....
. - Construction of the Morriston Tabernacle chapel, the biggest in Wales at the time.
- Construction of lighthouse on Ynys LlanddwynYnys LlanddwynYnys Llanddwyn or Llanddwyn Island is a small tidal island off the west coast of Anglesey, North Wales. The nearest town is Newborough.-Geology and geography:...
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New books
- Rhoda BroughtonRhoda BroughtonRhoda Broughton was a novelist.-Life:Rhoda Broughton was born in Denbigh in North Wales on 29 November 1840. She was the daughter of the Rev. Delves Broughton youngest son of the Rev. Sir Henry Delves-Broughton, 8th baronet. She developed a taste for literature, especially poetry, as a young girl...
— Nancy - Robert Elis (Cynddelw) — Manion Hynafiaethol
Sport
- December — Major Walter Wingfield of Nantclwyd Hall at LlanelidanLlanelidan- Location :It is located just off the A494 road between Ruthin and Corwen in the Vale of Clwyd.Also accessible from the A5104 road when driving between Llandegla towards Carrog.- History & Amenities :...
designs a game for the amusement of his visitors. Wingfield soon patents nets for the game of lawn tennis, which he calls "sphairistike".
Births
- 7 January — Christopher WilliamsChristopher Williams (Welsh artist)Christopher David Williams was a Welsh artist.He was born in Maesteg, Wales. His father Evan Williams intended him to be a doctor, but he disliked the idea. A visit to the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, in 1892, where he spent some hours in front of Frederick Leighton's "Perseus and Andromeda,"...
, Welsh artist (died 1934) - 16 January — Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, politician (died 1939)
- 7 April
- John Dyfnallt OwenJohn Dyfnallt OwenRev. John Dyfnallt Owen , was a Welsh poet, and served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1954 until his death. He was often known simply by his bardic name, "Dyfnallt"....
, poet and Archdruid (died 1956) - Charles Butt Stanton, politician (died 1946)
- John Dyfnallt Owen
- 23 April — Sir Robert Thomas, 1st BaronetSir Robert Thomas, 1st BaronetSir Robert John Thomas, 1st Baronet was a Welsh businessman and Liberal Party politician, who was twice elected to parliament. Thomas was a ship and insurance broker. He was Member of Parliament for Wrexham from 1918 to 1922, and for Anglesey from 1923 to 1929...
, politician (died 1951) - 1 May — Harry EvansHarry Evans (composer)Harry Evans , was a Welsh musician, conductor and composer.He was born in Dowlais near Merthyr Tydfil, and learned music at home, showing such precocious talent that he was appointed organist of Gwernllwyn Congregational Church at the age of nine...
, musician (died 1914) - 2 June — Anna Eliza WilliamsAnna Eliza WilliamsAnna Eliza Williams was a British supercentenarian and the oldest person in the world during 1987....
, supercentenarian (died 1987) - 5 June — Ben DaviesBen Davies (rugby player)Benjamin "Ben" Davies was a Welsh international rugby halfback who played rugby union for Llanelli and was capped twice for Wales. Davies captained Llanelli for the 1894-95 season and was club secretary between 1898 and 1899...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1930) - date unknown — Arthur Tysilio Johnson ("The Perfidious Welshman") (died 1956)
Deaths
- January — John Emlyn Jones, poet (born 1818)
- 27 January — Josiah Thomas Jones, publisher (born 1799)
- 29 March — David Jones, merchant in Australia (born 1793)
- 17 May — Lord William PagetLord William PagetCaptain Lord William Paget , was a British naval commander and politician.Paget was the second son of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, by his first wife Lady Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey and Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey...
, soldier and politician (born 1803) - 9 October — John Evan ThomasJohn Evan Thomas (Welsh sculptor)John Evan Thomas, FSA was a Welsh sculptor, notable for many sculptures both in Wales and elsewhere in the UK, such as his portrait sculptures in London...
, sculptor (born 1810) - 31 October — William AmbroseWilliam AmbroseWilliam Ambrose KC was an English judge and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1899....
(Emrys), poet (born 1813) - 10 November — Maria Jane WilliamsMaria Jane WilliamsMaria Jane Williams was an 18th century Welsh musician and folklorist born at Aberpergwm House, Glynneath in Glamorgan, south Wales.-Life:Maria Jane Williams was born in 1794, or 1795, at Aberpergwm House, Glynneath...
, musician (born 1795) - date unknown — William JonesWilliam Jones (Chartist)William Jones was a political Radical and Chartist, who was a former actor, working as a watchmaker at Pontypool in Monmouthshire and was also keeping a beer house....
, Chartist leader