1873 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1873 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
- March 1 - The sailing ship Chacabuco sinks off the Great Orme with the loss of 24 lives.
- October 9 - The first recorded sheepdog trial in the UK takes place at Bala.
- December 2 - In a mining accident at Hafod Colliery, Rhiwabon, five men are killed.
- Construction of the Holyhead breakwater (the longest in the world) is completed after 28 years.
- Work begins on the Severn tunnel.
- The Glyn Valley Tramway opens, carrying slate from Glyn Ceiriog to Chirk.
- Construction of the Morriston Tabernacle chapel, the biggest in Wales at the time.
- Construction of lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- Rhoda Broughton - Nancy
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) - Manion Hynafiaethol
[edit] Music
- 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
- January 7 - Christopher Williams, Welsh artist (died 1934)
- January 16 - Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, politician (died 1939)
- April 7
- John Dyfnallt Owen, poet and Archdruid (died 1956)
- Charles Butt Stanton, politician (died [[1946])
- April 23 - Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1951)
- May 1 - Harry Evans, musician (died 1914)
- June 2 - Anna Eliza Williams, supercentenarian (died 1987)
[edit] Deaths
- January - John Emlyn Jones, poet (born 1818)
- January 27 - Josiah Thomas Jones, publisher (born 1799)
- October 31 - William Ambrose (Emrys), poet (born 1813)
- November 10 - Maria Jane Williams, musician (born 1795)
