1852 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1853 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
- February 24 - The Times reports that Robert Stephenson has approved Isambard Kingdom Brunel's design for a railway bridge at Chepstow.
- May 10 - 27 men are killed by quicksand at Gwendraeth Colliery, Pontyberem.
- November 4 - In the United Kingdom general election:
- Walter Coffin becomes the first Nonconformist MP elected in Wales.
- Henry Vivian becomes MP for Truro.
- Crawshay Bailey becomes MP for Monmouth Boroughs.
- December - In the by-election caused by the death of John Josiah Guest, Henry Austin Bruce is elected MP for Merthyr Tydfil.
- St David's College, Lampeter, becomes the first institution in Wales to award degrees.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- Aneurin Jones - Tafol y Beirdd
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) - Aelwyd F'Ewythr Robert
- John Williams (Glanmor) - Awstralia a'r Cloddfeydd Aur
- Robert Williams - Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times
[edit] Music
- J. Ambrose Lloyd - Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear
- Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) - Ystorm Tiberias (oratorio)
- Thomas Williams (Hafrenydd) - Ceinion Cerddoriaeth
[edit] Births
- March 20 - John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer (died 1930)
- April 26 - William Eilir Evans, journalist (died 1910)
- April 28 - Sir Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet, Liberal politician (died 1927)
- May 11 - Sir David Saunders Davies, MP (died 1934)
- November 25 - Sir Evan Vincent Evans, Eisteddfod supporter (died 1934)
- December - Alice Gray Jones (Ceridwen Peris), writer (died 1943)
[edit] Deaths
- February 23 - Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), minister and journalist, 31
- May 2 - John Jones (Ioan Tegid), poet, 60
- May 20 - Robert Williamson, poet, 45?
- November 26 - John Josiah Guest, engineer, entrepreneur and politician, 77
