1859 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1859 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1859 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
Princess of Wales – vacant

Events

The clipper Royal Charter, wrecked off Anglesey on 26 October

January - Y Brython changes from weekly to monthly publication.
February - First race at Bangor-on-Dee racecourse.
1 April - Opening of the Corris Railway.
5 April - 27 men are killed by flooding at Neath Chain Colliery.
31 May - U.K. general election. This is the last general election in which the Conservative Party's vote share in Wales exceeds that in England.
29 June - Benjamin Hall is raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Llanover.
15 October–17 October - Queen Victoria stays at Penrhyn Castle.
25 October–26 October - 'Royal Charter Storm':
- Steam clipper Royal Charter is wrecked off the north-east Anglesey coast, with the estimated loss of around 459 lives, the greatest loss of life in any maritime accident in Welsh waters.[1]
- St Brynach's Church, Cwm-yr-Eglwys, is destroyed.
Peak year for copper production in Wales.
The final stage of the East Bute Dock, Cardiff, is completed and opened.[2]
Merger of Yr Amserau and Baner Cymru.
Religious revival led by Humphrey Jones.
The Cymanfa Ganu movement is launched in Aberdare.[3]
Sir Charles Morgan, 3rd Baronet, is created Baron Tredegar.[4]

Arts and literature

Awards

Lewis William Lewis (Llew Llwyfo) wins the chair at the Merthyr Tydfil eisteddfod.

New books

Hugh Hughes (Tegai) - Y Drydedd Oruchwyliaeth[5]
Nathaniel Jones - Fy Awenydd
Richard Parry (Gwalchmai) - Adgofion am John Elias[6]
Thomas Stephens & Gweirydd ap Rhys - Orgraff yr Iaith Gymraeg
William Thomas (Gwilym Marles) - Prydyddiaeth

Music

John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) - Llyfr Tonau Cynulleidfaol[7]

Births

11 January - Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney, historian (died 1933)[8]
29 January - Sir George Lockwood Morris, industrialist and Welsh international rugby player (died 1947)[9]
7 February - Frank Hancock, Wales international rugby union international (died 1943)
16 February - T. E. Ellis, politician (died 1899)[10]
18 April - Sir Evan Davies Jones, 1st Baronet, civil engineer (died 1949)
4 May - Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, politician and judge (died 1918)
22 May - Jonathan Ceredig Davies, travel writer (died 1932)
17 July - Ernest Rhys, writer (died 1946)
11 Oct – Aneurin Williams, politician (died 1924)
5 December - Edward John Lewis, Wales international rugby union player (died 1925)
7 December - Leonard Watkins, Wales international rugby union player (died 1901)
25 December - John Goulstone Lewis Wales international rugby union player (died 1935)
November - Richard Bell, politician (died 1930)

Deaths

19 January - Charles Vachell, alderman and former mayor of Cardiff, 75[11]
19 April - Christopher Bethell, Bishop of Bangor, 85?[12]
20 May - Thomas Penson the younger, county surveyor of Denbighshire, 69[13]
21 June - John Bowen, Bishop of Sierra Leone, 43 (yellow fever)[14]
8 July - John Thomas (Siôn Wyn o Eifion), poet, 78
10 September - Sir John Hay Williams, landowner, 65[15]
24 September – Joseph Murray Ince, painter, 53
October - Evan Jones (Ifan y Gorlan), harpist

References

Carradice, Phil. "The great storm of 1859". BBC Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
"Bute East Dock, Cardiff". Coflein. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
Gareth Williams (1998). Valleys of Song: Music and Society in Wales 1840-1914. University of Wales Press. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-0-7083-1480-7.
Thomas Nicholas (1872). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families. Longmans, Green, Reader. p. 785.
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hughes, Hugh (1805-1864)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Harvard University Library (1970). Celtic literatures: classification schedule, classified listing by call number, chronological listing, author and title listing. Distributed by the Harvard University Press. p. 78.
Geraint H. Jenkins (2007). A Concise History of Wales. Cambridge University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-521-82367-8.
Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 178.
Who was who: a companion to Who's who : containing the biographies of those who died during the period. A. & C. Black. 1967. p. 816.
Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "Ellis, Thomas Edward (1859-1899), M.P. for Merioneth (1886-99) and chief Liberal whip (1894-5)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
"Births, Marriages, and Deaths". The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. (Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Breconshire). 22 January 1859. p. 5 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.
Joseph Haydn (1866). Haydn's Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations: For Universal Reference. E. Moxon and Company. pp. 76.
Colvin H. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. Yale University Press 3rd ed 1995, pages 748-49
Bowen, John (1862). Memorials of John Bowen, late Bishop of Sierra Leone;. London: James Nisbet. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
Joseph Jackson Howard; Frederick Arthur Crisp (1905). Visitation of England and Wales. Privately printed. p. 12.

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[1] Carradice, Phil. "The great storm of 1859". BBC Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

[2] "Bute East Dock, Cardiff". Coflein. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

[3] Gareth Williams (1998). Valleys of Song: Music and Society in Wales 1840-1914. University of Wales Press. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-0-7083-1480-7.

[4] Thomas Nicholas (1872). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families. Longmans, Green, Reader. p. 785.

[5] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hughes, Hugh (1805-1864)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[6] Harvard University Library (1970). Celtic literatures: classification schedule, classified listing by call number, chronological listing, author and title listing. Distributed by the Harvard University Press. p. 78.

[7] Geraint H. Jenkins (2007). A Concise History of Wales. Cambridge University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-521-82367-8.

[8] Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 178.

[9] Who was who: a companion to Who's who : containing the biographies of those who died during the period. A. & C. Black. 1967. p. 816.

[10] Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "Ellis, Thomas Edward (1859-1899), M.P. for Merioneth (1886-99) and chief Liberal whip (1894-5)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[11] "Births, Marriages, and Deaths". The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. (Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Breconshire). 22 January 1859. p. 5 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.

[12] Joseph Haydn (1866). Haydn's Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations: For Universal Reference. E. Moxon and Company. pp. 76.

[13] Colvin H. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. Yale University Press 3rd ed 1995, pages 748-49

[14] Bowen, John (1862). Memorials of John Bowen, late Bishop of Sierra Leone;. London: James Nisbet. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[15] Joseph Jackson Howard; Frederick Arthur Crisp (1905). Visitation of England and Wales. Privately printed. p. 12.