1880 in Wales

none September 2019 February 2020 1880 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1880 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1880 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – ClwydfarddGRIFFITH, DAVID (Clwydfardd; 1800–1894) s-GRIF-DAV-1800 Daniel Williams National Library of Wales 15 December 2019 Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen StanleyEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 24J.C. Sainty John Sainty (civil servant) List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd London 1979 Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 695Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru University of Wales Press 1992 169 Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron GlanuskEdwin Poole The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions Edwin Poole 1886 378 Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron PenrhynEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 26 Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward PryseDeath of Colonel Pryse http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3344911/3344915/21 27 February 2018 Cambrian News 1 June 1888 4 Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel TalbotCampbell Thomas Methuen C.R.M. Talbot 1803–1890 Morgannwg 2000 44 66–104 http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1174908/article/000041850 17 May 2014 Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron MostynEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 29 Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of BeaufortJames Henry Clark History of Monmouthshire County Observer 1869 375 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powiss-POWY-HER-1674 Herbert family (earls of Powis) Evan David Jones 1959 27 February 2022 Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell Fryde E. B. Handbook of British chronology New York Cambridge University Press Cambridge England 1996 9780521563505 292Thomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 266 Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua HughesThe Apostolical Succession in the Church of England James Parkes and Company 1866 15 Bishop of St Davids – Basil JonesThomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 307s-JONE-BAS-1822 Jones, William Basil (Tickell) (1822–1897) 21 April 2011 Events 25 February – The Resurgam, an early mechanically-powered submarine, sinks off Rhyl.Richard Compton-Hall The Submarine Pioneers: The Beginnings of Underwater Warfare https://books.google.com/books?id=RTL7O8IMFZ0C&pg=PA53 2003 Periscope Publishing Ltd. 978-1-904381-19-8 53 10 March – Six miners are killed in an accident at the Bedwellty Colliery, Tredegar. 29 April – At the United Kingdom general election, Wales elects 28 Liberal MPs. David Davies, Llandinam, is returned unopposed as member for Cardigan. 17 June – The rebuilt Holyhead railway station and inner harbour are officially opened by the Prince of Wales.Roger Cragg Wales and West Central England https://books.google.com/books?id=oTZZsUzmKrMC&pg=PA25 1997 Thomas Telford 978-0-7277-2576-9 25 15 July – 120 miners are killed in an accident at the Risca Colliery. 3 August – Nine miners are killed in an accident at the Bersham Colliery in Wrexham. 10 December – 101 miners are killed in an accident at the Penygraig Colliery, Rhondda.Parliament proc, Vict Précis of official papers, session 1880-1881 https://books.google.com/books?id=HTIFAAAAQAAJ W. H. Allen and Co. London 1881 3–4 Arts and literature Beriah Gwynfe Evans – Owain Glyndwr, one of the first full-length plays in the Welsh language, is first performed at Llanberis.Llên Cymru Beriah Evans Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru 2004 27-30page=157 cy Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Caernarfon (first "official" National Eisteddfod) Chair – W. B. Joseph, "Athrilyth"Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair 2021-02-27 eisteddfod.wales 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead Crown – Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai) New books Sir William Boyd Dawkins – Early Man in Britain and his place in the Tertiary Period Amy Dillwyn – The Rebecca Rioter Music Joseph Parry – Emmanuel (cantata) Sport Football – The Druids of Rhiwabon win the Welsh Cup for the first time. Rugby union – Cwmbran RFC and Crumlin RFC are founded. Yachting – Penarth Yacht Club is founded as Penarth Boat Club. Births 31 January – Phil Hopkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1966) 12 February – William Joseph Rhys, writer (died 1967)s2-RHYS-JOS-1880 Rhys, William Joseph (1880-1967) Mary Auronwy James 4 February 2024 17 March – Harry Grindell Matthews, inventor (died 1941) 8 April – Thomas Thomas, boxing champion (died 1911)s-THOM-THO-1880 Thomas, Thomas (1880-1911) Moelwyn Idwal Williams 4 February 2024 19 April – Jack Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1971) 30 April – George Maitland Lloyd Davies, pacifist (died 1949)s2-DAVI-LLO-1880 Davies, George Maitland Lloyd (1880-1949), Calvinistic Methodist minister and apostle of peace John Ellis Meredith 2001 28 February 2022 9 May – Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, patron of the arts (died 1946)s2-SCOT-EVE-1880 Scott-Ellis, Thomas Evelyn (1880-1946), 8th Baron Howard de Walden, landowner and sportsman, writer, and patron of the arts William Llewelyn Davies 4 February 2024 11 May – David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, politician (died 1944) 22 May Dr Teddy Morgan, Wales international rugby player (died 1947) Robert John Rowlands ('Meuryn'), journalist and poet (died 1967) 31 May – Edward Tegla Davies, author (died 1967)s2-DAVI-TEG-1880 Davies, Edward Tegla (1880-1967), minister (Meth.) and writer 2001 Islwyn Ffowc Elis 4 February 2024 22 June – Rhys Gabe, rugby player (died 1967) 27 July – Percy Baker, gymnast (died 1957)https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/30057 Percy Baker Olympedia 29 June 2021 2 September – Isaac Daniel Hooson, poet (died 1948)s2-HOOS-DAN-1880 Hooson, Isaac Daniel (1880–1948), solicitor and poet Thomas Parry, Arwyn Lloyd Hughes National Library of Wales 7 March 2019 15 September – William Charles Williams, VC recipient (died 1915) 20 September – Ernie Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1958) Deaths 6 January – John Thomas ('Minimus'), minister and author, 71https://biography.wales/article/s1-ROBE-JOH-1808 Roberts, John (Minimus; 1808–1880), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author Derwyn Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 7 March 2019 12 February – John Whitehead Greaves, slate mine proprietor, 72https://www.lillingtonparishchurch.org/page1_slate.php JW Greaves, Slate and the Festiniog Railway Lillington Parish Church 26 September 2019 2 March – Charles Meredith, Tasmanian politician, 68https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/meredith-charles-4187 Meredith, Charles (1811–1880) Sally O'Neill Charles Meredith (1811–1880) Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 7 March 2019 12 April – Thomas Joseph Brown, Roman Catholic bishop, 81Robert O'Neil Cardinal Herbert Vaughan: Archbishop of Westminster, Bishop of Salford, founder of the Mill Hill Missionaries https://books.google.com/books?id=9FDlAAAAMAAJ 25 October 1997 Burns & Oates 978-0-8245-1717-5 49 23 April – Robert Thomas ('Ap Vychan'), minister and writer, 70https://biography.wales/article/s-THOM-ROB-1809 Thomas, Robert Ap Vychan (1809-1880), Independent minister and tutor, poet and man of letters Richard Griffith Owen Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 7 March 2019 10 May – David Charles II, hymn-writer, 76?https://biography.wales/article/s-CHAR-DAV-1803 Charles, David, II (1803–1880), Calvinistic Methodist minister and hymnist Thomas Iorwerth Ellis Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 7 March 2019 21 August – Evan Mathew Richards, politician, 68https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3335440/3335445/28/SR%20Jones Sudden Death of Mr Evan Mathew Richards The Cambrian 27 August 1880 26 September 2019 30 August – Mordecai Jones, industrialist, 67https://biography.wales/article/s-JONE-MOR-1813 Jones, Mordecai (1813–1880), promoter of British Schools, colliery proprietor, etc. Watkin William Price Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 7 March 2019 9 September – William Watkin Edward Wynne, politician and antiquarian, 78Wynne, William Watkin Edward (1801–1880) Thomas D. L. Jones, Beti 2004 10.1093/ref:odnb/30162 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30162 10 March 2009 See also 1880 in Ireland References Wales Category:1880 in Europe Category:1880s in the United Kingdom