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1850s in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1850–1859 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
  • Princess of Wales – vacant

    • Events

  • 1850
  • 1851
  • 1852
  • 1853
  • 1854
  • 1855
  • 1856
  • 1857
  • 1858
  • 1859

    • Awards

    National Eisteddfod of Wales

  • 1853 — "Islwyn" wins the crown at the Abergavenny eisteddfod.
  • 1858 — "Great Eisteddfod" at Llangollen; early appearance of Gorsedd ceremony.

    • New books

  • Anne Beale — Gladys of Harlech (1858)
  • John Blackwell (Alun) — Ceinion Alun (1851;posthumously published)
  • B. B. Davies — The History of Wales (1853)
  • Samuel Evans (Gomerydd) — Y Gomerydd (1854)
  • John Ceiriog Hughes — Gohebiaethau Syr Meurig Crynswth (vol. 1) (1856)
  • Aneurin Jones — Tafol y Beirdd(1852)
  • John Jones (Talhaiarn) — Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. 1 (1855)
  • Owen Wynne Jones
  • Fy Oriau Hamddenol (1854)
  • Dafydd Llwyd (1857)
  • Lleucu Llwyd (1858)
  • Robert Parry (Robyn Ddu Eryri) — Teithiau a Barddoniaeth Robyn Ddu Eryri (1857)
  • William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)
  • Aelwyd F'Ewythr Robert (1852)
  • Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym Hiraethog (1855)
  • William Thomas (Islwyn) — Barddoniaeth (1854)
  • William Thomas (Gwilym Marles) — Prydyddiaeth (1859)
  • Morris Williams (Nicander) — Y Psalmwyr (1850)
  • William Williams (Creuddynfab) — Y Barddoniadur (1855)

    • Music

  • Y Blwch Cerddorol (collection of hymns and anthems) (1854)
  • Thomas Jones (Gogrynwr) — Gweddi Habacuc (cantata) (1851)
  • J. Ambrose Lloyd — Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear (1852)
  • Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) — Ystorm Tiberias (oratorio) (1852)
  • January 1856 — The Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, is composed by James James with lyrics by his father Evan James.

    • Births

  • 1850
  • 4 January — Griffith J. Griffith, industrialist (died 1919)
  • 16 April — Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, inventor (died 1885)
  • 1851
  • 24 March — Robert Ambrose Jones (Emrys ap Iwan) (d. 1906)
  • 8 July — Sir Arthur Evans, archaeologist (d. 1941)
  • 27 December — Percy Gilchrist, industrialist
  • date unknown — Elizabeth Phillips Hughes, promoter of women's education (died 1925)
  • 1852
  • 20 March — John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer (died 1930)
  • 26 April — William Eilir Evans, journalist (died 1910)
  • 28 April — Sir Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet, Liberal politician (died 1927)
  • 11 May — Sir David Saunders Davies, MP (died 1934)
  • 25 November — Sir Evan Vincent Evans, Eisteddfod supporter (died 1934)
  • December — Alice Gray Jones (Ceridwen Peris), writer (died 1943)
  • 1855
  • date unknown — Jeremiah Jones, poet (died 1902)
  • 1856
  • 26 March — David Alfred Thomas, politician (died 1918)
  • 1858
  • 28 January — Edgeworth David, explorer (died 1934)
  • 28 December — Josiah Towyn Jones, politician
  • 1859
  • 16 February — T. E. Ellis, politician (died 1899)
  • 17 July — Ernest Rhys, writer (died 1946)

    • Deaths

  • 1850
  • 2 September — Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn, politician (born 1775)
  • 1851
  • 6 April — William Morgan Kinsey, travel writer (born 1788)
  • 30 June — Thomas Phillips, founder of Llandovery College (born 1760)
  • 1852
  • 23 February — Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), minister and journalist, 31
  • 2 May — John Jones (Ioan Tegid), poet (born 1792)
  • 26 November — John Josiah Guest, engineer, entrepreneur and politician, 77
  • 1853
  • date unknown — William Roberts, preacher (b. 1809)
  • 1854
  • 3 April — Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn, politician (born 1768)
  • 29 April — Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, soldier and politician (born 1768)
  • 1855
  • 28 June — FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (born 1788)
  • date unknown
  • Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet, industrialist
  • John Henry Vivian, industrialist (born 1785)
  • 1857
  • 10 February — David Thompson, explorer (born to Welsh parents 1770)
  • 12 August — William Daniel Conybeare, dean of Llandaff (born 1787)
  • 16 August — John Jones, Talysarn, leading non-conformist minister (born 1796)
  • 1858
  • 17 November — Robert Owen, founder of the Co-operative Society (born 1771)
  • 20 November — Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet, ironmaster (born 1783)
  • 18 December — John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury, nephew of Hester Thrale (born 1793)

    • References

    1850s in Wales Wikipedia
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