1870s in Wales

none December 2025 April 2020 1860s | 1880s | Other years in Wales Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1870–1879 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd (from 1876) Events 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales – no National Eisteddfod officially took place during this decade. 1870 – William Thomas (Islwyn) wins a bardic chair at Rhyl.s-THOM-WIL-1832 Thomas, William (Islwyn; 1832-1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet David Gwenallt Jones 14 December 2025 1872 – Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Holyhead. 1874 – Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Caerphilly. 1877 – Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Treherbert. New books R. D. Blackmore – The Maid of Sker (1872)"Blackmore, Richard Doddridge" entry in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement Rhoda Broughton – Nancy (1873)Anne-Marie Beller Tara MacDonald Rediscovering Victorian Women Sensation Writers: Beyond Braddon Taylor & Francis 2015 9781317754015 58 Richard Davies (Mynyddog) Yr Ail Gynnig (1870) Y Trydydd Cynnig (1877) Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Manion Hynafiaethol (1873)s-ELLI-ROB-1812 Elis, Robert (Cynddelw; 1812-1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator John Thomas Jones 14 December 2025 Beriah Gwynfe Evans – Owain Glyndwr (play) (1879) Daniel Silvan Evans (editor) – Celtic Remains (1878)s-EVAN-SIL-1818 Evans, Daniel Silvan (1818-1903), cleric, translator, editor, and lexicographer Richard Edmund Hughes 13 December 2025 John Ceiriog Hughes – Oriau'r Haf (1870)s-HUGH-CEI-1832 Hughes, John Ceiriog (Ceiriog; 1832-1887), poet David Gwenallt Jones 13 December 2025 William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) Helyntion Bywyd Hen Deiliwr (1877) Llythyrau 'Rhen Ffarmwr (1878) Thomas Thomas (minister) – Hynodion Hen Bregethwyr Cymru (1872)s1-THOM-THO-1839 Thomas, Thomas (1839-1888), Wesleyan minister, and miscellaneous writer Robert Thomas Jenkins 14 December 2025 Music 1873 Henry Brinley Richards – Songs of Waless-RICH-BRI-1819 Richards, Henry Brinley (1819-1885), musician Robert David Griffith 13 December 2025 References