1848 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1848 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
- March 1 - Llandovery College opens in the building known as the "Depot".
- August 24 - An American sailing ship, Ocean Monarch, catches fire off Colwyn Bay, with the loss of 178 lives.
- October - Completion of the North Wales Hospital.
- Michael D. Jones becomes a minister in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Trinity College, Carmarthen, is founded, to train teachers for the Church of England.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- John Hughes - The Self-Searcher
- John Jenkins - National Education
- Richard Williams Morgan - Maynooth and St. Asaph
- Edward Parry - Railway Companion from Chester to Holyhead
[edit] Music
- Robert Herbert Williams - Alawydd Trefriw
[edit] Births
- February 12 - Beriah Gwynfe Evans, journalist and dramatist (died 1927)
- October 5 - Sir John Purser Griffiths, civil engineer (died 1938)
- September 18 - Robert Harris, painter (died 1919)
- November 2 - Alfred George Edwards, first Archbishop of Wales (died 1917)
- December 30 - David Jenkins, composer (died 1915)
[edit] Deaths
- January 17 - Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, 63 (accidentally shot by his son)
- March 18 - John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, creator of modern Cardiff, 54
- March 27 - William Ellis Jones, poet, 52
- April 2 - Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, antiquary, 64
- November 7 - Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), poet and historian, 61
