1876 in Wales

none September 2019 February 2020 1876 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1876 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1876 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents 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 – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron SudeleyAmy Audrey Locke The Hanbury Family Arthur L. Humphreys 1916 170 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 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd (first official holder of the positions-GRIF-DAV-1800 Griffiths, David (Clwydfardd; 1800-1894), eisteddfodic bard and arch-druid Daniel Williams 1959 25 February 2022 Events January – The Argentine government appoints Antonio Oneto as civil authority over the Welsh colony in Patagonia, the population of which numbers 690. 9 January – The death of John Russell, Viscount Amberley, leaves Bertrand Russell an orphan.Bertrand Russell The Life of Bertrand Russell in Pictures and in His Own Words https://books.google.com/books?id=nQEMAQAAMAAJ 2004 Spokesman 10 9780851246802 19 May – Sir Edmund Buckley, 1st Baronet, files for bankruptcy in Manchester with debts exceeding £500,000, causing his Dinas Mawddwy estate to be put up for sale.Dan Quine Dan Quine The Hendre Ddu Tramway Lydney Lightmoor Press 2022 978-1-915069-15-3 29 June – Francis Kilvert becomes vicar of Saint Harmon, Radnorshire.David Lockwood Francis Kilvert https://books.google.com/books?id=tD2gAAAAMAAJ 1990 Seren 978-1-85411-032-9 130–134 13 July – Act of Parliament allows the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company to abandon plans for a line between Croesor Junction and Betws-y-Coed. 22 July – Art Treasures & Industrial Exhibition of North Wales & the Border Counties in Wrexham is opened. 19 August – Judge John Johnes is murdered at his home on Dolaucothi Estate by his butler. 2 December – Cardiff RFC plays its first match, against Newport. 18 December – In a mining accident at South Wales Pit, Abertillery, twenty men are killed. Arts and literature New books George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman – History of the Princes of South Wales Music Eos Bradwen – Bugeiles yr Wyddfa Joseph Parry composes the hymn tune Aberystwyth (published 1879) which becomes the basis of the pan-African anthem Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika Sport Football 2 February – Llewelyn Kenrick sets up the Football Association of Wales in a meeting at the Wynnstay Arms hotel in Wrexham, in response to a challenge issued by The Field magazine, to organize an international match between Wales and Scotland or Ireland. 25 March – Wales play first international football match, against Scotland in Glasgow, losing 4–0. Formation of Caernarfon athletics club, later Caernarfon Town. Rugby union – Aberavon RFC, Cardiff RFC, Cardigan RFC, Llandaff RFC, Merthyr RFC and Pontypridd RFC are established. Births 150px|thumb|Gwen John 7 March – Edgar Evans, naval petty officer and Antarctic explorer (died 1912)Isobel Williams Captain Scott's Invaluable Assistant: Edgar Evans https://books.google.com/books?id=K1o7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT8 30 November 2011 History Press 978-0-7524-7760-2 8 19 June – Joe Pullman, Wales international rugby union player (died 1955) 22 June – Gwen John, artist (died 1939)National museum (Cardiff, GB). Gwen John Tate Britain (Gallery) Gwen John and Augustus John https://books.google.com/books?id=_5FPAAAAMAAJ 7 December 2004 Harry N. Abrams 978-1-85437-543-8 11 15 July Jehoida Hodges, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1930) Jack Rhapps, Dual-code rugby international (died 1950) 24 July – Viv Huzzey, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1929) 18 September – Charles Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton (died 1934)s-KEME-CEF-1234 KEMEYS and KEMEYS-TYNTE family, of Cefn Mabli, Monmouth Griffith Milwyn Griffiths 13 December 2025 17 November – Dicky Owen, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1932) Deaths 150px|thumb|Robert Herbert Williams (Corfanydd, 1805-76) NLW3364191 3 January – Rosser Beynon, musician, 64Beynon, Rosser (Asaph Glan Tâf; 1811-1876), musician s-BEYN-ROS-1811 Robert David Griffith 3 May 2016 19 February – Daniel Davies, Baptist preacher, 78Davies, Daniel (1797-1876), Baptist minister s-DAVI-DAN-1797 Morris Brynllwyn Owen yes 10 October 2019 24 February – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia, son of a Welsh planter, 66Calvert Walke Tazewell Virginia's ninth president, Joseph Jenkins Roberts https://books.google.com/books?id=O5MPAQAAMAAJ January 1992 W.S. Dawson Co 40 9781878515230 23 April (at Karlsruhe) – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events https://books.google.com/books?id=LUU8AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA630 1878 D. Appleton & Company 630 2 May – Daniel Thomas Williams (Tydfylyn), poet and musician (born 1820)s-WILL-THO-1820 WILLIAMS, DANIEL THOMAS (Tydfylyn; 1820–1876), Congregational minister, poet, and musician David James Bowen yes 5 March 2019 15 June – John Ormsby-Gore, 1st Baron Harlech, politician, 60Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society The Society 1929 30 19 July (in the United States) – George E. Pugh, Welsh-American politician, 53George Ellis Pugh 8 August – Lady Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams, English-born artist and illustrator, 75Lindley John 1846 Trichosanthes colubrina https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/243252 Edwards's Botanical Register 32 18 Biodiversity Heritage Library 21 August – C. W. Evan, Congregationalist minister in colonial South Australia, age unknown 9 November – John David Jenkins, philanthropist, 58Jenkins, John David (1828-1876), cleric, philanthropist s-JENK-DAV-1828 Watkin William Price yes 10 October 2019 17 November – Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth), leader of Rebecca RiotsY Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion https://books.google.com/books?id=AXJIAQAAIAAJ 1953 Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion 1063 cy 20 November – Robert Herbert Williams (Corfanydd), musician (born 1805)s-WILL-HER-1805 Williams, Robert Herbert (Corfanydd; (1805-1876), musician Robert David Griffith 1959 14 January 2024 25 December – Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle, 81Engineering https://books.google.com/books?id=UOFFAQAAIAAJ January 1951 Office for Advertisements and Publication 299 References Wales Wales Category:1876 in Europe Category:1870s in Wales