1863 in Wales

1863 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1863 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

10 March — Marriage of Edward Albert, Prince of Wales, to Alexandra of Denmark. Alexandra becomes the first Princess of Wales since 1820.
23 October — Festiniog Railway introduces steam locomotives into general service, the first time this has been done anywhere in the world on a public railway of such a narrow gauge (2 ft (60 cm)).^[1]
Founding of the Anglesey Central Railway.
English church services are introduced for English-speaking minorities in Welsh-speaking areas.
Sir Hugh Owen becomes an honorary secretary of the London committee formed to set up the University of Wales.
Mesac Thomas becomes the first Bishop of Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.
Publication of The Bards of Wales, first written in 1857 by Hungarian poet János Arany, using the story of Edward I's conquest of Wales to disguise criticism of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Machynlleth born John Evans arrives in British Columbia, Canada, with a group of other Welsh miners. He subsequently becomes a major political figure in the province.
Spa pump room built at Trefriw.
Guest Memorial Library at Dowlais opened.

Cricket
- 23 July — South Wales Cricket Club defeat MCC at Lord's.
- 27 July — South Wales Cricket Club defeat Gentlemen of Kent at Cranbrook.

15 January — James Webb, Wales rugby international (died 1913)
17 January — David Lloyd George, politician (died 1945)
3 March — Arthur Machen, writer (died 1947)
16 March — Dan Beddoe, operatic tenor (died 1937)
25 March — Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant (died 1937)
13 April — Walter E. Rees, Secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union (died 1949)
May — William Rees Morgan Davies, politician (died 1939)
8 May — Charles Taylor Wales rugby international (died 1915)
18 May — Lewis Davies (Lewis Glyn Cynon), novelist and historian (died 1951)
21 May — William Jones Williams, civil servant (died 1949)
11 June — Llewellyn Henry Gwynne, first suffragan Bishop of Khartoum (died 1957)
18 June — George Essex Evans, Australian poet of Welsh parentage (died 1909)
2 July — Billy Douglas, Wales international rugby player (died 1943)
7 August — Edward Perkins Alexander, Wales international rugby player (died 1931)
8 August — John Herbert Roberts, Baron Clwyd of Abergele, politician (died 1955)
17 August — Joseph Harry, minister, writer and teacher (died 1950)
29 August — Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, magistrate (died 1940)
10 September — Walter Rice Evans, Wales international rugby player (died 1909)
7 November — Rowley Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1949)

↑ Ransom, P. J. G. (1996). Narrow Gauge Steam: its origins and world-wide development. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-533-7.