1888 in Wales

1888 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1888 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

*May - Owen Glynne Jones climbs Cadair Idris by the east ridge of the Cyfrwy.
*May 13 - The young Beatrix Potter records a trip to Machynlleth in her diary.
*May 14 - Five miners are killed in an accident at the Aber Colliery, Porth, Rhondda.
*October 5 - Five sailors are drowned at Colwyn Bay while returning to their ship by boat.
*University of Wales, Bangor, opens its agriculture department - the first in a British university.
*The Welsh Parliamentary Liberal Party is formed.
**Opening of the Dowlais steelworks at East Moors, Cardiff.
**Henry Morton Stanley "discovers" Lake Edward and names it after the Prince of Wales.
*R. J. Lloyd Price opens a whisky distillery at Frongoch.

Arts and literature

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales - held at Wrexham
*Chair - Thomas Tudno Jones
*Crown - Howell Elvet Lewis

New books

*Daniel Owen - "Y Siswrn"
*J. Rhys - "Lectures of the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by Celtic"

Music

*William Griffith - "I will extol Thee"

port

*Cricket - Glamorgan County Cricket Club founded.
*Golf - Tenby Links becomes the first golf course in Wales. The first competition held by the club is held on October 25 over 9 holes and is won by Mr T A Rees
*Rugby union - Briton Ferry RFC, Builth Wells RFC, Llantrisant RFC, Newbridge RFC and Tonna RFC are founded.

Births

*February - Grace Wynne Griffiths, novelist (died 1963)
*May 21 - William Cove, politician (died 1963)
*August 16 - T. E. Lawrence, writer and war hero (died 1935)
*September 5 - Rhys Hopkin Morris, politician (died 1956)
*October 19 - Peter Freeman, politician (died 1956)
*December 29 - Reg Plummer, Wales and British Lion rugby union player (died 1953)

Deaths

*February 23 - Evan Davies (Myfyr Morganwg), poet and archdruid, 87
*February 29 - Thomas Price, Baptist minister and author, 67
*March 22 - Henry Robertson, Scottish engineer and founder of Brymbo Steel Works, 72
*August 20 - Henry Richard, politician and peace campaigner, 76


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