1847 in Wales

1847 in Wales
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Other events of 1847

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1847 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

14 January - All thirteen members of the Point of Ayr lifeboat crew are drowned when it capsizes off Rhyl.
8 April - John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr) is transported to Tasmania for shooting a man.
In the UK general election:
- Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis becomes MP for Radnor Boroughs.
- Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet, loses his Flintshire seat to Edward Lloyd-Mostyn for the second time.
24 May - Five people are killed in the Dee bridge disaster, when Robert Stephenson's railway bridge on the Chester and Holyhead Railway at Chester collapses.
1 July - Publication of the government report on education in Wales (the "Blue Books"), containing opinions hostile to Welsh culture.
Prince Albert, is unsuccessfully challenged for the chancellorship of the University of Cambridge by The Earl of Powis. The winning margin is less than 120 votes.
Sir William Robert Grove is awarded the medal of the Royal Society.

13 January - Daniel James (Gwyrosydd), hymn-writer (died 1920)
27 January - Owen Owens Roberts, choirmaster and conductor (died 1926)
9 February - Hugh Price Hughes, Methodist social reformer (died 1902)
22 April - Charles Henry Wynn (died 1911)
20 June - Evan Thomas Davies (Dyfrig), clergyman and author (died 1927)
10 July - Alfred Neobard Palmer, historian and ancient monuments inspector (died 1915)
12 September - John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, Cardiff landowner (died 1900)
14 November - Roland Rogers, musician (died 1927)
date unknown - Llewelyn Kenrick, footballer (died 1933)