1859 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1859 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Awards
- Lewis William Lewis (Llew Llwyfo) wins the chair at the Merthyr Tydfil eisteddfod.
New books
Music
Births
- 11 January - Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney, historian (died 1933)
- 29 January - Sir George Lockwood Morris, industrialist and Welsh international rugby player (died 1947)
- 7 February - Frank Hancock, Wales international rugby union international (died 1943)
- 16 February - T. E. Ellis, politician (died 1899)
- 18 April - Sir Evan Davies Jones, 1st Baronet, civil engineer (died 1949)
- 4 May - Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, politician and judge (died 1918)
- 22 May - Jonathan Ceredig Davies, travel writer (died 1932)
- 17 July - Ernest Rhys, writer (died 1946)
- 5 December - Edward John Lewis, Wales international rugby union player (died 1925)
- 7 December - Leonard Watkins, Wales international rugby union player (died 1901)
- 25 December - John Goulstone Lewis Wales international rugby union player (died 1935)
- November - Richard Bell, politician (died 1930)
Deaths