1845 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1845 to Wales and its people.

← 1844 1843 1842 1841 1840 1845 in Wales → 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1845 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
• Princess of Wales – vacant

Events

• 1 March — Work begins on the construction of the Chester and Holyhead Railway;[1] Robert Stephenson is chief engineer on the project.
• 2 August — 26 men are killed in a mining accident at Cwmbach, Aberdare.[2]
• exact date unknown
  • Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones returns to Wales from the United States to proselytise for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[3]
  • Thomas Gee inherits his father's printing business.[4]
  • Henry Hussey Vivian becomes manager of the Hafod Smelting Works.[5]
• March — Thomas Brigstocke exhibits his painting of General Nott before Queen Victoria.[6]
  • Penry Williams paints the portrait of Lady Charlotte Guest.
  • Lewis Edwards founds the periodical Y Traethodydd.
  • The Welsh language periodical Y Trysorfa is founded.

Arts and literature

New books

• Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion) — Galar-Cerdd ar Farwolaeth William Bruce Knight, Deon Llandaf
• John Jones (Idrisyn) — Yr Esboniad Beirniadol
• John Mills (Ieuan Glan Alarch) — Y Beirniadur Cymreig
• Samuel Prideaux Tregelles — Hebrew Reading Lessons

Music

• Rosser Beynon — Telyn Seion
• Casgliad o Hymnau (hymns)
• John Ambrose Lloyd — Y Ganaan Glyd

Births

• 1 January – Francis Jayne, Principal of St David's College, Lampeter, and Bishop of Chester (died 1921)
• 24 February – Alfred Lewis Jones, shipping magnate (died 1909)
• 16 May – Amy Dillwyn, businesswoman and novelist (died 1935)
• 21 June – Samuel Griffith, Premier of Queensland (died 1920)[7]
• 10 October – Timothy Richard, missionary (died 1919)

Deaths

• 1 January – Sir William Nott, military leader, 62[8]
• 26 January – Peter Jones (Pedr Fardd), poet, 69
• 12 April – John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny, 55[9]
• 8 August – William Bruce Knight, Dean of Llandaff, 59[10]
• 16 October – Martha Llwyd, poet, 79
• 17 November – Sir Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, naval officer, 66

References

1. John Maxwell Dunn (1948). The Chester & Holyhead Railway. Oakwood Press.
2. Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries During the Years ... U.S. Government Printing Office. 1897.
3. "Wales". Retrieved 10 June 2014.
4. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1994.
5. Ralph Alan Griffiths (1991). The City of Swansea: Challenges and Change. A. Sutton. ISBN 978-0-86299-676-5.
6. Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: The National Library of Wales Journal. Council of the National Library of Wales. 1968.
7. Serle, Percival (1949). "Griffith, Samuel Walker". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
8. Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1842). History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire; of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover; and of the Medals, Clasps, and Crosses, Conferred for Naval and Military Services. J. Hunter. pp. 5.
9. Cokayne, George E. (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. I, Ab-Adam to Basing. London: St. Catherine Press. p. 43.
10. Lawrence Thomas. "Knight, William Bruce (1785-1845), Welsh scholar, ecclesiastic, and administrator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2020.