1870s in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1870 - 1879 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
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Clwydfardd (from 1876)
[edit] Events
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales - no National Eisteddfod officially took place during this decade. 1872 - William Thomas (Islwyn) wins a bardic chair at Rhyl. 1874 - Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Caerphilly. 1877 - Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Treherbert.
[edit] New books
- R. D. Blackmore - The Maid of Sker (1872)
- Rhoda Broughton - Nancy (1873)
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog)
- Yr Ail Gynnig (1870)
- Y Trydydd Cynnig (1877)
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) - Manion Hynafiaethol (1873)
- Beriah Gwynfe Evans - Owain Glyndwr (play) (1879)
- Daniel Silvan Evans - Celtic Remains (1878)
- John Ceiriog Hughes - Oriau'r Haf (1870)
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)
- Helyntion Bywyd Hen Deiliwr (1877)
- Llythyrau 'Rhen Ffarmwr (1878)
- Thomas Thomas (minister) - Hynodion Hen Bregethwyr Cymru (1872)
[edit] Music
- 1873
- Henry Brinley Richards - Songs of Wales
[edit] Sport
- 1873 - Major Walter Wingfield of Nantclwyd Hall patents nets for the game of lawn tennis, which he calls "sphairistike".
[edit] Births
- 1870
- August 18 - William Cope, 1st Baron Cope, politician (died 1946)
- September 27 - Thomas Jones (T. J.), civil servant (died 1955)
- December 20 - Sir Sir David Davies, politician (died 1958)
- 1871
- April 6 - Prince Alexander John of Wales, youngest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died April 7, 1871)
- 1872
- May 18 - Bertrand Russell, philosopher (died 1970)
- August 27 - Charles Stewart Rolls, aviator (died 1910)
- October 8 - John Cowper Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1963)
- 1873
- April 23 - Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1951)
- June 2 - Anna Eliza Williams, supercentenarian (died 1987)
- 1874
- February 6 - David Evans, composer (died 1948)
- October 3 - James Henry Thomas, politician (died 1949)
- December - Nantlais Williams, poet and religious leader (died 1959)
- date unknown - Albert Bethel, politician (died 1935)
- 1875
- September 10 - John Evans, Welsh politician (died 1961)
- November 11 - Johnny Jenkins, racing driver (died 1945)
- 1876
- June 22 - Gwen John, artist (died 1939)
- September 18 - Charles Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton (died 1934)
- 1877
- August 19 - John Evans, supercentenarian (died 1990)
- September 26 - Edmund Gwenn, actor (died 1959) (long believed to have been born in Wales, but birth certificate proves otherwise)
- 1878
- January 4 - Augustus John, painter (died 1961)
- March 3 - Edward Thomas, poet (died 1917)
- April 16 - Owen Thomas Jones, geologist (died 1967)
- May 26 - Abel J. Jones, writer (died 1949)
- June 28 - Evan Roberts preacher (died 1951)
- December 31 - Caradoc Evans, writer (died 1945)
- 1879
- September 4 - Eliot Crawshay-Williams, politician and writer (died 1962)
- October 2 - Idris Bell, papyrologist (died 1967)
[edit] Deaths
- 1872
- August 3 - William Davies Evans, chess player (born 1790)
- 1874
- April 19 - Owen Jones, architect (born 1809)
- 1875
- July 27 - Connop Thirlwall, bishop (born 1797)
- 1876
- July 19 - George E. Pugh, Welsh-American politician (born 1822)
- 1877
- June 24 - Robert Dale Owen, Welsh-American politician (born 1801)
- July 14 - Richard Davies (Mynyddog), poet (born 1833)
- August 5 - Robert Williams (Trebor Mai), poet (born 1830)
- 1878
- January 3 - Morris Williams (Nicander), writer (born 1809)
- September 30 - Evan James, poet, lyricist of the Welsh national anthem (born 1809)
- November 20 - William Thomas (Islwyn), poet (born 1832)
- 1879
- September 23 - Francis Kilvert, diarist (born 1840)
