1849 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1849 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales โ Albert Edward
- Princess of Wales โ vacant
Events
- January 2 โ Completion of both tubes of Robert Stephenson's Conwy Railway Bridge.
- February 26 โ Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones embarks with 249 Welsh converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bound for Salt Lake City from Liverpool.[1]
- May 13 โ A case of cholera is recorded in Cardiff, the beginning of an outbreak that spreads to Merthyr, Dowlais and Aberdare, and kills 800 people.
- June 20 โ First tube of Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge is floated into position on the Menai Strait.[2]
- November 1 โ Alfred Ollivant becomes Bishop of Llandaff.
- December 13 โ Foundation stone of Llandovery College is laid.
- A temperance festival is held at Carmarthen.
Arts and literature
Awards
- David Griffith (Clwydfardd) is appointed official bard of the Aberffraw eisteddfod. Rowland Williams (Hwfa Mรดn) is also invested as a bard.
New books
- Anne Beale โ Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) โ Yr Adgyfodiad
- Lady Charlotte Guest concludes publication of her translation into English of the Mabinogion
- Hugh Derfel Hughes โ Y Gweithiwr Caniadgar
- Rowland Hughes โ Cyfarchiad Caredig i rai newydd ddychwelyd
- John Jones (Talhaiarn) โ Awdl y Greadigaeth
- John Lloyd โ The English Country Gentleman
- Samuel Lewis โ Topographical Dictionary of Wales
- Thomas Stephens โ The Literature of the Kymry
Music
- Haleliwia (hymns)
Births
- April 21 โ Sir David Treharne Evans, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1907)
- May 2
- William Cadwaladr Davies, educationist (d. 1905)
- Charles James Jackson, businessman and collector (d. 1923)
Deaths
- March 21 โ William Sherley Williams, Welsh-descended pioneer
- September 16 โ Thomas Jones, missionary, 39
- December 5 โ Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), poet, 88
References
- โ Williams, David (2009). "Jones, Daniel". Welsh Biography Online. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- โ "Britannia Bridge". Engineering Timelines. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
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