1850 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1850 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 5 - Opening of the Britannia Bridge.
- June 16 - Opening of the South Wales Railway between Chepstow and Swansea.
- November - Launch of the periodical Y Drych.
- December 14 - 13 men are killed in a mining accident at New Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash.
- G. T. Clark marries Ann Price Lewis, a descendant of one of the original partners in the Dowlais Ironworks.
- The Llanelli Board of Health is founded, with William Chambers as its first chairman.
- The Merthyr Board of Health is founded, with John Josiah Guest as its first chairman.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch) - Geirlyfr Saesoneg a Chymraeg, An English and Welsh Dictionary
- Elijah Waring - Recollections and Anecdotes of Edward Williams
- Morris Williams (Nicander) - Y Psalmwyr
[edit] Music
[edit] Births
- January 4 - Griffith J. Griffith, industrialist (died 1919)
- April 16 - Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, inventor (died 1885)
[edit] Deaths
- April 19 - Sir John Edwards of Garth, politician, 80
- September 2 - Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn, politician, 74
