1879 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 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
[edit] Events
- 13 January - In a mining accident at Dinas Colliery, Rhiwabon, 63 men are killed.
- 22–23 January - The defence of Rorke's Drift by 139 British soldiers from the South Wales Borderers results in the award of 11 VCs, the recipients including Private John Williams and Private Robert Jones.
- 22 September - In a mining accident at Waunllwyd, Ebbw Vale, 84 men are killed.
- The ballroom of the Lord Nelson Hotel, Milford Haven, becomes the first in the UK to be lit by electricity.
- Pryce Pryce-Jones builds the Royal Welsh Warehouse at Newtown, Montgomeryshire.
- Completion of the Severn Railway Bridge (destroyed in 1960).
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- Beriah Gwynfe Evans - Owain Glyndwr (play)
[edit] Music
[edit] Sport
- Football - Newtown win the Welsh Cup in the second year of its existence.
- Rugby union - Brecon RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC and Treherbert RFC are founded.
[edit] Births
- 1 January - Ernest Jones, psychiatrist (died 1958)
- 29 August - Donough O'Brien, cricketer (died 1953)
- 4 September - Eliot Crawshay-Williams, politician and writer (died 1962)
- 2 October - Idris Bell, papyrologist (died 1967)
- 6 November - George Daggar MP, politician (died 1950)
[edit] Deaths
- 23 September - Francis Kilvert, diarist (born 1840)
- 11 December - William Thomas (Gwilym Marles), minister and writer, uncle of Dylan Thomas (born 1834)
