1886 in Wales

1886 in Wales

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1886 in: The United Kingdom • Ireland

Other events of 1886

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1886 to Wales and its people.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Awards 3.2 New books 3.3 Music 4 Sport 5 Births 6 Deaths

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
• Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales — Clwydfardd

Events

• 1 September — The Great Western Railway opens the Severn Tunnel to regular goods and mineral traffic (and to passengers on 1 December).
• 15 October
  • 20 people are drowned when the sailing ship Malleny is wrecked on Tusker Rocks, Porthcawl.
  • 18 people are drowned when the sailing ship Teviotdale is wrecked on Cefn Sidan Sands in Carmarthenshire.
• November
  • Serious flooding in Aberystwyth.
  • The keeper of the Mumbles lighthouse is swept out to sea and drowned.
  • The rivers Mawddach, Dee and Taff all flood.
• Opening of the Cardiff stock exchange.
• Cymru Fydd is founded by the Liberal Party to further the cause of home rule.
• The Welsh Land League is founded.
• Beginning of tithe revolt in Denbighshire.
• Opening of Llandudno's pier pavilion.

Arts and literature

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales — held at Caernarfon

• Chair — Richard Davies
• Crown — John Cadfan Davies

New books

• Rhoda Broughton — Doctor Cupid

Music

Sport

• Football — Druids win the Welsh Cup for the fifth time in its nine-year history.
• Rugby union — Abercynon RFC and Treorchy RFC founded.

Births

• 3 March — Jack Jones, Welsh international rugby player (died 1951)
• 5 March — Freddie Welsh, Lightweight boxing champion of the world (died 1927)
• 14 March — David Watts Wales international rugby union player (died 1916)
• 28 March — John Osborn Williams, entrepreneur (died 1963)
• 3 May — Morgan Jones, Welsh politician (died 1939)
• 17 June — David Brunt, meteorologist (died 1965)
• 11 July — Ernest Willows, aviation pioneer (died 1926)
• 13 July — Huw Menai (Huw Owen Williams), poet (died 1961)
• 29 September — Jack Williams, VC recipient (died 1953)
• 10 November — Fred Birt, Wales international rugby union player (died 1956)

Deaths

• 28 February — John Jones, politician, 73
• 31 March — Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, 85
• 9 July — Roger Edwards, minister and writer, 75
• 13 October — John Prichard, architect, 69