1846 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1846 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Edward Albert, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Princess of Wales - vacant
[edit] Events
- January 14 - 35 men are killed in a mining accident at Risca.
- March - A speech by William Williams, MP for Coventry, on the subject of education and the Welsh language leads to the commissioning of a report.
- June 27 - Thomas Frankland Lewis is created a baronet.
- August 1 - Opening of the Aberdare railway.
- Mormon missionaries arrive in Merthyr Tydfil.
- Archaeologia Cambrensis is launched by Harry Longueville Jones and John Williams (Ab Ithel).
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- Griffith Edwards (Gutyn Padarn) - Gwaith Prydyddawl
- Daniel Silvan Evans - Telynegion
- Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick - Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches between the years 1586 and 1613...
- William Morgan (Gwilym Gelli-deg) - Cerbyd Awen
[edit] Music
- Y Salmydd Cenedlaethol (collection of hymns)
[edit] Births
- October 1 - John Cadvan Davies, minister and poet (d. 1823)
- October 17 - Mary Davies (Mair Eifion), poet (d. 1882)
- December 6 - James Charles, theologian (d. 1920)
- December 28 - William Frost, harpist (d. 1891)
[edit] Deaths
- March 9 - William Hughes, composer, 88
- July 29 - John Owens, educational benefactor, 55
- December 3 - Daniel Jones, missionary, 33
