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1883 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1883 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

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

    • Events

  • 27 January — In the same storm, the James Gray is wrecked on Tusker Rocks, Porthcawl, and the Agnes Jack off Port Eynon. The Mumbles lifeboat puts out, and 5 of its crew are drowned in the rescue attempt.
  • 1 February — Five miners are killed in an accident at the Lewis Merthyr Colliery.
  • 25 June — Six miners are killed in an accident at the New Duffryn Colliery, Rhymney.
  • July — The steamship Rishanglys leaves three seamen, who are believed to be suffering from cholera, on the island of Flat Holm; one of them subsequently dies.
  • 21 August — Five miners are killed in an accident at the Gelli Colliery, Gelli, Glamorgan.
  • 24 October — Cardiff University opens (under the name of University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire).
  • 31 October — 18 people are drowned when the German barque Alhambra sinks off Holyhead.
  • November — Samuel Griffith becomes Prime Minister of Queensland.
  • Closure of Point of Ayr lighthouse.
  • Peak year for zinc production in Wales.
  • Dr William Price, aged 83, marries Gwenllian Llywelyn.
  • Welsh-Canadian artist Robert Harris is commissioned to paint the Meeting of the Delegates of British North America.

    • Awards

    National Eisteddfod of Wales — held at Cardiff

  • Chair — withheld
  • Crown — Anna Walter Thomas

    • New books

  • Rhoda Broughton — Belinda
  • Amy Dillwyn — A Burglary; or Unconscious Influence
  • John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) — Adgof Uwch Anghof
  • Robert Owen - Pilgrimage to Rome
  • Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) — Gwaith Barddonol Trebor Mai (posthumously published)

    • Music

  • Treorchy Male Voice Choir formed.

    • Sport

  • Football — Wrexham win the Welsh Cup for the second time in its six-year history.
  • Rugby union
  • Wales take part in the inaugural Home Nations Championship
  • First home international game played, hosted at St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea.
  • First Wales match against Scotland. Wales lose by three goals to one.

    • Births

  • 6 January — Harry Uzzell, Wales international rugby union captain (died 1960)
  • 23 March — William Evans, Wales dual code international rugby player (died 1946)
  • 30 April — David John de Lloyd, composer (died 1948)
  • 7 May — Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, newspaper magnate (died 1968)
  • 28 May — Clough Williams-Ellis, architect (died 1978)
  • 12 June — Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda, suffragette (died 1958)
  • 13 September — Percy Thomas, architect (died 1969)
  • 14 October — Dick Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1916)
  • 23 November — James 'Tuan' Jones, Wales and British Lion rugby player (died 1964)
  • date unknown
  • John Jones (Tydu), poet (died 1968)
  • James Walker, politician

    • Deaths

  • 25 January — John Elias Davies, harpist, 35
  • 29 January — John Owen (Owain Alaw), composer, 61
  • 28 May — Hugh Jones, Principal of Llangollen Baptist College, 51
  • 8 November — William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), poet, 81
  • date unknown - John Batchelor, businessman and politician, 63

    • References

    1883 in Wales Wikipedia
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