1866 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1866 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 - Alexandra of Denmark
[edit] Events
- September 6 - Six people are killed in a derailment near Criccieth.
- The last public execution in Wales takes place at Swansea. Robert Coe is hanged.
- Sir George Gilbert Scott begins work on the renovation of Bangor Cathedral.
- Mae Hen Wlad fy Nhadau is adopted as the national anthem of Wales.
- The Pembroke and Tenby railway is extended to Whitland.
- Edward Gordon Douglas is created Baron Penrhyn.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Chester.
- Harpist William Frost is awarded a pedal harp by Pencerdd Gwalia
[edit] New books
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog) - Caneuon Mynyddog
- Roger Edwards - Y Tri Brawd
- Rees Howell Gronow - Last Recollections
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) - Nodiadau ar yr Epistol at yr Hebreaid
[edit] Music
- John Owen (Owain Alaw) - Gŵyl Gwalia
- John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) - The Bride of Neath Valley (cantata)
- The Eryri music festival (Gwyl Gerddorol Eryri) is founded.
[edit] Sport
- Cricket - Hawarden Park Cricket Club is founded, reputedly by William Gladstone.
[edit] Births
- January 21 - Owen Cox, politician and businessman in Australia (died 1932)
- April 20 - Sir John Milsom Rees, laryngologist (died 1952)
- May 30 - John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes, poet and hymn-writer (died 1944)
- August 5 - Sir Edward Anwyl, Celtic scholar (died 1914)
- August 7 - Charles Granville Bruce, mountaineer (died 1939)
- October 4 - Robert Jones (Trebor Aled), poet (died 1917)
- October 12 - James Ramsay MacDonald, politician (died 1937)
- November 5 - Daniel Protheroe, conductor and choirmaster (died 1934)
- date unknown - David Delta Evans, minister and writer (d. 1948)
[edit] Deaths
- January 16 - David Owen (Brutus), literary editor, 70
- January 27 - John Gibson, sculptor, 75
- January 31 - Owen Owen Roberts, physician, 73
- October 16 - Angharad Llwyd, antiquary, 86
- October 27 - William Rowlands, minister and author active in the USA
- date unknown - Robert Jermain Thomas, missionary (murdered in Korea), 26
