- 1849 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1849 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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May 13 - A case ofcholera is recorded inCardiff , the beginning of an outbreak that spreads to Merthyr, Dowlais and Aberdare, and kills 800 people.
*November 1 -Alfred Ollivant becomesBishop of Llandaff .
*December 13 - Foundation stone ofLlandovery College is laid.
*Official opening of theConwy Railway Bridge designed byRobert Stephenson .
*Atemperance festival is held atCarmarthen .Arts and literature
Awards
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David Griffith (Clwydfardd) is appointed official bard of theAberffraw eisteddfod .Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is also invested as a bard.New books
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Anne Beale - "Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry"
*Robert Elis (Cynddelw) - "Yr Adgyfodiad"
*Hugh Derfel Hughes - "Y Gweithiwr Caniadgar"
*Rowland Hughes - "Cyfarchiad Caredig i rai newydd ddychwelyd"
*John Jones (Talhaiarn) - "Awdl y Greadigaeth"
*John Lloyd - "The English Country Gentleman"
*Samuel Lewis - "Topographical Dictionary of Wales"
*Thomas Stephens - "The Literature of the Kymry"Music
*"Haleliwia" (hymns)
Births
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April 21 - SirDavid Treharne Evans , Lord Mayor of London (d. 1907)
*May 2 -William Cadwaladr Davies , educationist (d. 1905)Deaths
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March 21 -William Sherley Williams , Welsh-descended pioneer
*September 16 - Thomas Jones, missionary, 39
*December 5 -Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) , poet
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