1877 in Wales

1877 in Wales
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1877 in: The United Kingdom • Ireland • Scotland
Other events of 1877

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1877 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

8 March — In a mining accident at Worcester Colliery, Swansea, seventeen men are killed.
11 April — In a mining accident at Tynewydd Colliery, Rhondda, five men are killed by flooding. Twenty-five of the rescue team are awarded the Albert Medal for bravery.
1 August — Opening of new Llandudno Pier.
15 August — Opening to passengers of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways from Dinas to Tryfan Junction and Bryngwyn.
30 November — Opening of the new market hall at Builth Wells by Sir Joseph Bailey M.P.
Closure of lead mine at Loggerheads.
Opening of Stepaside, Pembrokeshire village school (now part of Stepaside Heritage Park).

Joseph Parry resigns from his position as Professor of Music at University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Football
- The Racecourse Ground at Wrexham hosts Wales' first ever home international match, making it the world's oldest international football stadium still to host international matches.^[1]
- The Welsh Cup is inaugurated.
Rugby union
- 8 November — Blaenavon RFC play their first game, against Abergavenny.

2 May - Sid Bevan, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1933)
6 June (in Guernsey) - Herbert John Fleure, zoologist and geographer (died 1969)
9 June - George Travers, Wales international rugby union player (died 1945)
21 June - Elizabeth Mary Jones (Moelona) (died 1953)
1 July - Llewellyn Lloyd, Wales international rugby union player (died 1957)
19 August - John Evans, supercentenarian (died 1990)
17 September - Henry Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, industrialist (died 1928)
26 September (in Wandsworth) - Edmund Gwenn, actor (died 1959) (long believed to have been born in Wales)
5 October - Lily Gower, croquet player (died 1959)
27 October - David Harris Davies Wales international rugby union player (died 1944)
7 November - Maurice Parry, footballer (died 1935)
27 November - Leigh Richmond Roose, footballer (died 1916)
2 December - John Strand-Jones, Wales international rugby union player (died 1958)