1855 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1855 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
- Princess of Wales – vacant
Events
- 25 February – The steamship Morna is wrecked off North Bishop Rock, with the loss of 21 lives.[1]
- 30 March – The Severn ferry from Chepstow sinks, and seven people drown.
- Construction of the first section of the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway begins.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Jones (Talhaiarn) – Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. 1
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym Hiraethog
- William Williams (Creuddynfab) – Y Barddoniadur
Births
- 11 February – Samuel Goldsworthy, Wales international rugby player (died 1889)
- 9 April – Jeremiah Jones, poet (died 1902)
- 16 August – William David Phillips, Wales international rugby player (died 1918)
- 11 December – David Thomas Ffrangcon Davies, singer (died 1918)
Deaths
- 21 January – Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), poet, 59
- 22 January – Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician, 74
- 9 February – William Chambers, industrialist, 81
- 28 June – FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 66
- probable
- Richard Jones, printer and publisher, ?68
- William Edwards (Gwilym Callestr), poet[3]
References
- Jay Robert Nash (18 May 1976). Darkest Hours. M. Evans. p. 683. ISBN 978-1-59077-526-4.
- Budkavlen. F. W. Unggrens bok tryckeri. 1952. p. 10.
- Welsh Biography Online
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