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1864 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1864 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

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

    • Events

  • June - David Lloyd George's father dies and his family move from Pembrokeshire to Llanystumdwy to be cared for by his maternal uncle, Richard Lloyd, when he is aged 18 months.
  • June 23 - Aberystwyth is linked to the rail network for the first time.
  • October 6 - The Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway is completed throughout to Corwen.
  • David Davies Llandinam takes a lease of coal in the Upper Rhondda Valley and sinks the Parc and Maindy pits.
  • Opening of Rhosydd Quarry narrow gauge railway incline on the upper Croesor Tramway at the head of the Croesor valley.
  • The Llandudno Improvement Commissioners attempt to ban Punch and Judy shows. In this year, the town first receives the title "Queen of Welsh Resorts".

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Llandudno. The chair is won by Richard Foulkes Edwards (Rhisiart Ddu o Wynedd).

    • New books

  • R. D. Blackmore - Clara Vaughan
  • Huw Derfel - Llawlyfr Carnedd Llywelyn
  • Robert Jones Derfel - Traethodau ac Areithiau
  • Daniel Silvan Evans (ed.) - Y Marchog Crwydrad: Hen Ffuglith Gymreig
  • Sir John Henry Philipps - Lyrics
  • Alfred Russel Wallace - The Origin of Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced from the Theory of Natural Selection
  • Frances Williams-Wynn - Diaries of a Lady of Quality (posthumously published)

    • Music

  • William Griffiths (Ifander) - Gwarchae Harlech (cantata)

    • Sport

  • Cricket
  • South Wales Cricket Club play Gentlemen of Sussex. The South Wales team includes W. G. Grace, who scores 170.
  • Football
  • The predecessor of Wrexham F.C. is believed to have been founded.

    • Births

  • January 8
  • Prince Albert Victor, first child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1892)
  • Thomas Allen Glenn, soldier and historian (died 1948)
  • February 7 - Alfred Augustus Mathews, vicar and Wales international rugby player (died 1946)
  • March 11 - John Silas Evans, astronomer (died 1953)
  • May 4 - Harry Bowen, Wales international rugby player (died 1913)
  • June 5 - Edward Pegge, Wales international rugby player (died 1915)
  • July 5 - Lloyd Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon (died 1927)
  • August 19 - Charles Alfred Howell Green, first Bishop of Monmouth (died 1944)
  • September 15
  • Fred Andrews, Wales international rugby player (died 1929)
  • Giotto Griffiths, Wales international rugby player (died 1938)
  • September 21 - Ernest Rowland, priest and Wales international rugby player (died 1940)
  • October 10
  • Edward Bishop - Wales International rugby union player (died 1919)
  • Arthur Gould - Wales International rugby union captain (died 1919)
  • October 17 - Sir John Morris-Jones, grammarian (died 1929)
  • November 4 - Margaret Owen, later wife of David Lloyd George (died 1941)

    • Deaths

  • March 11 - Richard Roberts, engineer, 74
  • March 28 - Ellis Evans, Baptist minister and author, 77
  • June 18
  • Evan Davies, missionary, 59
  • William Smith O'Brien, Irish nationalist, 60
  • June 20 - John Davies (Brychan), poet, 79
  • July 24 - Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon, 59
  • August 1 - Thomas Rees, Unitarian minister (born 1777)
  • December 29 - Mary Jones, early owner of a Welsh Bible, 80

    • References

    1864 in Wales Wikipedia
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