1884 in Wales

1884 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1884 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - Edward Albert, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Princess of Wales - Alexandra of Denmark
*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Clwydfardd

Events

*January 18 - Dr William Price cremates his dead baby son. He is later tried at Cardiff Assizes, and is acquitted.
*January 27 - 14 miners are killed in an accident at the Naval Colliery, Penygraig.
*October 18 - Opening of University of Wales, Bangor
*November 8 - 15 miners are killed in an accident at the Pochin Colliery, Tredegar.
*Isolation hospital for cholera patients opens at Flat Holm.
*A Chair of Celtic Studies is founded at Cardiff University.
*Closure of Talargoch lead mine, near Dyserth.
*Argentine Congress authorises the construction of the Central of Chubut Railway by Lewis Jones y Cia.

Arts and literature

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales - held at Liverpool
*Chair - Evan Rees ("Dyfed")
*Crown - Edward Foulkes

New books

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Music

*Joseph Parry - "Nebuchadnezzar" (cantata)

port

*Football - Oswestry win the Welsh Cup for the first time.
*Rugby union - The first international match is played at Cardiff Arms Park (between Wales and Ireland).

Births

*February 19 - Clement Davies, politician (died 1962)
*12 April - Tenby Davies, half-mile world champion runner (died 1932)
*December 14 - Margaret Davies, patron of the arts (died 1963)
*"date unknown"
**Jack Jones, novelist (died 1970
**Arthur Jenkins, politician (died 1946)
**Thomas Jones, footballer (died 1958)

Deaths

*March 17 - Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn (born 1795)
*May 24 - Henry Thomas Edwards, preacher (born 1837)
*November 6 - George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry, industrialist


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