1862 in Wales

1862 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1862 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - Edward Albert, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"

Events

*January - South Wales Railway merges with the Great Western Railway.
*May 5 - Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, makes an important speech on the subject of education in Wales. He is later appointed vice-president of the Committee of Council on Education.
*Guillermo Rawson, Interior Minister of Argentina, meets Love Jones-Parry and Lewis Jones to discuss the Welsh colonisation of Patagonia.
*The Jubilee Tower (Moel Famau) collapses in a storm.
*Completion of the railway between Merthyr Tydfil and Brecon.
*Llangollen is linked to the rail network for the first time.
*The Clogau mine begins producing gold.

Arts and literature

*"Religion", by Joseph Edwards, and "The Tinted Venus" by John Gibson are among sculptures shown at the Great Exhibition.

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Caernarfon. The chair is won by Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn).

New books

*George Borrow - "Wild Wales"
*Rees Howell Gronow - "Reminiscences of Captain Gronow"
*John Ceiriog Hughes - "Oriau'r Bore"
*Jane Williams (Ysgafell) - "Celtic Fables, Fairy Tales and Legends versified"

Music

*Henry Brinley Richards - "God Bless the Prince of Wales"
*Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) - "Hymnau"

port

*Cricket
**July 21 - South Wales Cricket Club defeat Surrey at The Oval.
**July 24 - South Wales Cricket Club defeat MCC at Lord's.

Births

*January 16 - Leifchild Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader, politician (d. 1939)
*January 5 - John Fisher, Celtic scholar (d. 1930)
*February 16 - Llewellyn John Montfort Bebb, academic (d. 1915)
*April 11 - Charles Evans Hughes, American politician of Welsh parentage (d. 1948)
*May 17 - Sir William Rice Edwards, surgeon (d. 1923)
*October 27 - Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas, admiral (d. 1928)
*December 9 - John John Evans, journalist (d. 1942)
*"date unknown" - John Daniel Evans, Patagonia settler (d. 1943)

Deaths

*January 3 - Dan Jones, Mormon missionary (born 1810)
*May 28 - James Henry Cotton, Dean of Bangor, 82
*August 2 - Anthony Hill, industrialist, 78
*August 27 - John Williams (Ab Ithel), antiquary, 51
*"date unknown" - Robert Edwards, hymn writer, 66?


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