1858 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1858 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Princess of Wales — vacant
Events
- January - Teaching begins at Bangor Normal College, founded by Hugh Owen.
- 20 April — John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr) is given a conditional pardon for his role in the Rebecca Riots.
- June - Erection of the Town Clock at Tredegar.
- 20 June - End of the Indian Mutiny, which Major General Charles Hinde plays a major role in suppressing.
- 29 August — Musician Robert Davies (Asaph Llechid) is killed by a rockfall while at work in Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry.
- 5 October - The Vale of Clwyd Railway, built by David Davies Llandinam, is opened.[1]
- 13 October — 20 men are killed in a mining accident at Lower Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash.
Arts and literature
Awards
- "Great Eisteddfod" at Llangollen; early appearance of Gorsedd ceremony. Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) wins first prize for his poem Maes Bosworth.
New books
- William Davies (Gwilym Teilo) — Llandilo-Vawr and its Neighbourhood
- Owen Wynne Jones — Lleucu Llwyd
- Robert Owen - An Introduction to the Study of Dogmatic Theology
- L. M. Spooner — Gladys of Harlech
- Alfred Russel Wallace — On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type
Music
- Thomas Gruffydd Jones (Tafalaw Bencerdd) — Y Drysorfa Gorawl
- Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) — Requiem
Births
- 6 January — Ben Davies, singer (died 1943)
- 28 January — Edgeworth David, explorer (died 1934)
- 9 April — Aneurin Rees, Wales rugby union international (died 1932)
- 15 May — B. B. Mann, Wales rugby union international (died 1948)
- 8 October — Robert Owen Hughes (Elfyn), journalist and poet (died 1919)
- 25 October — Tom Clapp, Wales rugby union captain
- 30 October - Alfred Onions, politician (died 1921)
- 18 December — Sir Owen Thomas, soldier and politician
- 25 December — Frederick Margrave, rugby player (died 1946)
- 26 December — Sir Owen Morgan Edwards, academic and author (died 1920)
- 27 December — Sir John Herbert Lewis, lawyer and politician (died 1933)
- 28 December — Josiah Towyn Jones, politician (died 1925)
Deaths
- 13 May — Lewis Loyd, banker, 91
- 4 July — Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch), lexicographer, 78
- 16 October — Charles Norris, artist, 79
- 17 November — Robert Owen, founder of the Co-operative Society, 87
- 20 November — Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet, ironmaster, 75
- 18 December — John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury, nephew of Hester Thrale, 65
References
- ↑ Railscot - A History of Britain's Railways. Accessed 9 Dec 2014