1885 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1885 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
Events
- October – Keswick House, predecessor of Aberdare Hall, in Cardiff opens, allowing women to study for degrees through the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire.
- 24 November – The United Kingdom general election is the first in which the Liberal Party has a candidate in every Welsh constituency. The Liberals win 30 of the 34 available seats.
- 24 December – 81 miners are killed in an accident at the Maerdy Colliery, Rhondda.
- The world's first passenger-carrying ropeway comes into use over the River Aeron at Aberaeron.
- Opening of steelworks at Brymbo.
- By order of the Admiralty, only Welsh coal is to be used on ships of the Royal Navy.
- Three people are killed when fire breaks out at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
- Frances Hoggan is the first woman doctor registered in Wales.
- Opening of the first local authority secondary school in Cardiff.
- Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituencies of Denbighshire, Glamorganshire, North and South Monmouthshire are among those disestablished.
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Aberdare
- Chair – Watkin Hezekiah Williams, "Y Gwir yn Erbyn y Byd"[1]
- Crown – Griffith Tecwyn Parry
New books
- Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) – Caneuon Gwyrosydd
- Daniel Owen – Hunangofiant Rhys Lewis, Gweinidog Bethel, the first long novel written in Welsh
Music
- 5 August – Queen Victoria's harpist John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) marries a former student, Joan Francis Denny.[2]
Sport
- Football – Druids win the Welsh Cup for the fourth time in its eight-year history.
- Golf – Course at Borth opens.
- Rugby union
- Cross Keys RFC, London Welsh RFC, Neyland RFC and Risca RFC are founded.
- Arthur Gould plays his first international match for Wales.
Births
- 21 May – William Dowell, Welsh dual-code rugby player (died 1949)
- 26 June – David John Williams, writer and politician (died 1970)
- 2 August – Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare (died 1957)
- 5 September – Jenkin Alban Davies, Welsh international rugby captain (died 1976)
- 21 November – Robert Evans, footballer (died 1965)
- date unknown
- Ernest Evans, politician (died 1965)
- James Grey West, architect (died 1951, in Beer, Devon)
Deaths
- 21 January – John Gwyn Jeffreys, conchologist, 76
- 15 March – Jane Williams (Ysgafell), writer, 79
- 1 May – Henry Brinley Richards, composer, 67
- 10 May – Edward Stephen, composer, 62
- 27 July – Penry Williams, artist
- 1 August – Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, inventor, 34
- 24 September – Samuel Roberts, political and economic writer, 85
References
- "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
- Rees, Louvain (17 March 2013). "John Thomas: Pencerdd Gwalia". Historia. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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