1876 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1876 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
Events
- January – The Argentine government appoints Antonio Oneto as civil authority over the Welsh colony in Patagonia, the population of which numbers 690.
- 9 January – The death of John Russell, Viscount Amberley, leaves Bertrand Russell an orphan.[1]
- June – Francis Kilvert becomes vicar of Saint Harmon, Radnorshire.[2]
- 13 July – Act of Parliament allows the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company to abandon plans for a line between Croesor Junction and Betws-y-Coed.
- 22 July – Art Treasures & Industrial Exhibition of North Wales & the Border Counties in Wrexham is opened.
- 19 August – Judge John Johnes is murdered at his home on Dolaucothi Estate by his butler.
- 2 December – Cardiff RFC plays its first match, against Newport.
- 18 December – In a mining accident at South Wales Pit, Abertillery, twenty men are killed.
Arts and literature
New books
- George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman – History of the Princes of South Wales
Music
- Eos Bradwen – Bugeiles yr Wyddfa
- Joseph Parry composes the hymn tune Aberystwyth (published 1879) which becomes the basis of the pan-African anthem Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
Sport
- Football
- 2 February – Llewelyn Kenrick sets up the Football Association of Wales in a meeting at the Wynnstay Arms hotel in Wrexham, in response to a challenge issued by The Field magazine, to organize an international match between Wales and Scotland or Ireland.
- 25 March – Wales play first international football match, against Scotland in Glasgow, losing 4–0.
- Formation of Caernarfon athletics club, later Caernarfon Town.
- Rugby union – Aberavon RFC, Cardiff RFC, Cardigan RFC, Llandaff RFC, Merthyr RFC and Pontypridd RFC are established.
Births
- 7 March – Edgar Evans, naval petty officer and Antarctic explorer (died 1912)[3]
- 19 June – Joe Pullman, Wales international rugby union player (died 1955)
- 22 June – Gwen John, artist (died 1939)[4]
- 15 July
- Jehoida Hodges, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1930)
- Jack Rhapps, Dual-code rugby international (died 1950)
- 24 July – Viv Huzzey, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1929)
- 18 September – Charles Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton (died 1934)
- 17 November – Dicky Owen, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1932)
Deaths
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- 3 January – Rosser Beynon, musician, 64[5]
- 19 February – Daniel Davies, Baptist preacher, 78[6]
- 24 February – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia, son of a Welsh planter, 66[7]
- 23 April (at Karlsruhe) – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85[8]
- 2 May – Daniel Thomas Williams (Tydfylyn), poet and musician (born 1820)[9]
- 19 July – George E. Pugh, Welsh-American politician, 53
- 9 August – Lady Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams, English-born artist and illustrator, 75[10]
- 21 August – C. W. Evan, Congregationalist minister in colonial South Australia, age unknown
- 9 November – John David Jenkins, philanthropist, 58[11]
- 17 November – Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth), leader of Rebecca Riots[12]
- 20 November – Robert Herbert Williams (Corfanydd), musician (born 1805)
- 25 December – Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle, 81[13]
References
- Bertrand Russell (2004). The Life of Bertrand Russell in Pictures and in His Own Words. Spokesman. p. 10.
- David Lockwood (1990). Francis Kilvert. Seren. p. 130-134. ISBN 978-1-85411-032-9.
- Isobel Williams (30 November 2011). Captain Scott's Invaluable Assistant: Edgar Evans. History Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7524-7760-2.
- National museum (Cardiff, GB).; Gwen John; Tate Britain (Gallery) (7 December 2004). Gwen John and Augustus John. Harry N. Abrams. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-85437-543-8.
- Robert David Griffith. "Beynon, Rosser (Asaph Glan Tâf; 1811-1876), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- Morris Brynllwyn Owen. "Davies, Daniel (1797-1876), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- Calvert Walke Tazewell (January 1992). Virginia's ninth president, Joseph Jenkins Roberts. W.S. Dawson Co. p. 40.
- Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. D. Appleton & Company. 1878. p. 630.
- David James Bowen. "WILLIAMS, DANIEL THOMAS (Tydfylyn; 1820–1876), Congregational minister, poet, and musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- Lindley, John (1846). "Trichosanthes colubrina". Edwards's botanical register. 32: 18 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Watkin William Price. "Jenkins, John David (1828-1876), cleric, philanthropist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion (in Welsh). Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. 1953. p. 1063.
- Engineering. Office for Advertisements and Publication. January 1951. p. 299.
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