- 1850 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1850 to
Wales and its people.Incumbents
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Prince of Wales - Edward Albert, son of QueenVictoria of the United Kingdom
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"Events
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March 5 - Opening of theBritannia Bridge .
*June 16 - Opening of theSouth Wales Railway between Chepstow and Swansea.
*November - Launch of the periodical "Y Drych".
*December 14 - 13 men are killed in a mining accident at New Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash.
*G. T. Clark marries Ann Price Lewis, a descendant of one of the original partners in theDowlais Ironworks .
*The Llanelli Board of Health is founded, with William Chambers as its first chairman.
*The Merthyr Board of Health is founded, withJohn Josiah Guest as its first chairman.Arts and literature
New books
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Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch) - "Geirlyfr Saesoneg a Chymraeg, An English and Welsh Dictionary"
*Elijah Waring - "Recollections and Anecdotes of Edward Williams"
*Morris Williams (Nicander) - "Y Psalmwyr"Music
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Births
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January 4 -Griffith J. Griffith , industrialist (died1919 )
*April 16 -Sidney Gilchrist Thomas , inventor (died1885 )Deaths
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April 19 - Sir John Edwards of Garth, politician, 80
*September 2 - Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn, politician, 74
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