1853 in Wales

1853 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1853 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 23 - Six members of the Rhyl lifeboat crew are drowned.
*November 2 - Opening of the Vale of Neath Railway line from Gelli Tarw to Merthyr Tydfil.
*David Williams (Alaw Goch) opens a new colliery at Cwmdare.
*John Williams (Ab Ithel) quarrels with his friend and co-editor Harry Longueville Jones, and resigns the editorship of "Archaeologia Cambrensis".
*Two translations of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" are published: "Caban F'Ewyrth Twm" by Hugh Williams (Cadfan) and "Caban ‘Newyrth Tom" by William Williams (Y Lefiad).
*William Roberts (Nefydd) is appointed South Wales agent for the British and Foreign Schools Society.
*Hugh Owen becomes Chief Clerk of the Poor Law Commission.
*Robert Fulke Greville the younger returns to his family estate at Milford Haven.

Arts and literature

Awards

*William Thomas (Islwyn) wins his first major eisteddfod prize at Cefn-Coed-y-Cymer.

New books

*B. B. Davies - "The History of Wales"
*W. Downing Evans - "The Gwyddonwyson Wreath"
*John Mills (Ieuan Glan Alarch) - "British Jews"
*Richard Williams Morgan - "Raymonde de Monthault, The Lord Marcher"
*Thomas Rowland - "Welsh Grammar"
*William Spurrell - "English-Welsh Dictionary"
*Isaac Williams - "Sermons on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holy Days"
*Benjamin Thomas Williams - "Desirableness of a University for Wales"

Music

*Robert James (Jeduthyn) marries the sister of fellow musician Joseph Parry.

Births

*March 9 - Edward Thomas (Cochfarf), local politician (d. 1912)
*August 20 - Charles Prytherch Lewis, rugby player (d. 1923)
*September 27 - William Pari Huws, minister and poet (d. 1936)

Deaths

*April 24 - Thomas Prothero, coal-owner, 73


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