This article is about the particular significance of the year 1866 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
edit- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – George Pratt, 2nd Marquess Camden (until 8 August) Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar (from 27 September)[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet (until 14 September); Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn (from 14 September)[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[8][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington[15]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[16][2]
Events
edit- 5 February — Railway contractor Thomas Savin goes bankrupt, resulting in a temporary halt in the construction of the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway.[23]
- 31 March — The last public execution in Wales takes place as Robert Coe is hanged in Swansea.[24]
- 1 May — Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway opens to passengers.
- July — Launch of Yr Australydd, a Welsh language Calvinistic Methodist newspaper, in Victoria (Australia), edited by William Meirion Evans and Theophilus Williams.[citation needed]
- 5 September — The Pembroke and Tenby Railway is extended for passengers to Whitland.[25]
- 6 September — Six people are killed in a railway derailment near Criccieth.
- September — The song Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau — later to become the official national anthem of Wales — is sung for the first time at the National Eisteddfod held at Chester.
- 17 October — First confirmed death from a cholera epidemic in Carnarvon.[26]
- December — The Talyllyn Railway officially opens.[27]
- Sir George Gilbert Scott begins work on the renovation of Bangor Cathedral.
- The Baptist Union of Wales is established.
- Whiteford Lighthouse on Gower, the only remaining large wave-swept cast-iron lighthouse built in the UK, is first lit.[28]
- Edward Gordon Douglas is created Baron Penrhyn.
- Morris Brothers department store established at Tenby; it will still be trading 150 years later.[29]
Arts and literature
editAwards
edit- The National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Chester in England.
- The harpist William Frost is awarded a pedal harp by Pencerdd Gwalia
New books
editEnglish language
edit- Rees Howell Gronow — Last Recollections
Welsh language
edit- Richard Davies (Mynyddog) — Caneuon Mynyddog[30]
- Roger Edwards — Y Tri Brawd
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) — Nodiadau ar yr Epistol at yr Hebreaid[31]
Music
edit- John Owen (Owain Alaw) — Gŵyl Gwalia
- John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) — The Bride of Neath Valley (cantata)[32]
- The Eryri music festival (Gwyl Gerddorol Eryri) is founded.
Sport
edit- Cricket — Hawarden Park Cricket Club is founded, reputedly by William Ewart Gladstone.
- Rugby football — First competitive game played in Wales, between college teams at Lampeter.
Births
edit- 13 January — Frank Hill, Wales international rugby captain (died 1927)[33]
- 21 January — Sir Owen Cox, politician and businessman in Australia (died 1932)[34]
- 22 March — Willie Thomas, Wales international rugby captain (died 1921)
- 1 April — Sir William Henry Hoare Vincent, diplomat (died 1941)[35]
- 18 April — Frederick Llewellyn-Jones, lawyer and politician (died 1941)[36]
- 20 April — Sir John Milsom Rees, laryngologist (died 1952)[37]
- 30 May — John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes, poet and hymn-writer (died 1944)
- 5 August — Sir Edward Anwyl, Celtic scholar (died 1914)[38]
- 7 August — Charles Granville Bruce, mountaineer (died 1939)[39]
- 13 August - William Finney, cricketer (died 1927)
- 24 August — Caesar Jenkyns, footballer (died 1941)
- 4 October — Robert Jones (Trebor Aled), poet (died 1917)[40]
- 12 October — James Ramsay MacDonald, politician (died 1937)[41]
- 4 November — Sir David William Evans, lawyer, public servant and Wales international rugby player, (died 1926)
- 5 November — Daniel Protheroe, conductor and choirmaster (died 1934)[42]
- 14 November — Tom Morgan Wales international rugby player (died 1899)
- 24 November — Alexander Bland, Wales international rugby player (died 1947)
- 4 December — Dai Lewis (died 1943), rugby union forward who played international rugby for Wales
- 10 December — Stanley L. Wood, illustrator (died 1928[43]
- 15 December — William Williams, Wales national rugby union player (died 1945)
- date unknown — David Delta Evans (Dewi Hiraddug), journalist, author, and Unitarian minister (died 1948)[44]
Deaths
edit- 16 January — David Owen (Brutus), literary editor, 70[45]
- 27 January — John Gibson, sculptor, 75[46]
- 31 January — Owen Owen Roberts, physician, 73[47]
- 29 March - Thomas Jones (Glan Alun), poet, 55
- 19 May — David Davis, Blaengwawr, industrialist, 69[48]
- 31 August (approx) — Robert Jermain Thomas, missionary (murdered in Korea), 26
- October — Evan Bevan, humorous writer, 42/43[49]
- 16 October — Angharad Llwyd, antiquary, 86[50]
- 27 October — William Rowlands, minister and author active in the USA
- 30 October — George Lort Phillips, MP for Pembrokeshire, 55 (injuries from a fall)[51]
- 1 December (in London) — George Everest, surveyor and geographer, 76[52]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Morgan, Charles Morgan Robinson (1792–1875), of Ruperra, Glam. and Tredegar, Mon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ "Death of Colonel Pryse". Cambrian News. 1 June 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ James Henry Clark (1869). History of Monmouthshire. County Observer. p. 375.
- ^ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 170.
- ^ Smith, Jenny (1990). Portraits for a King : the British military paintings of A-J Dubois Drahonet (1791-1834. London: National Army Museum. p. 15. ISBN 9780901721211.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 266.
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- ^ Annual Report Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors. National Library of Wales. 1962. p. 59.
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- ^ Morris, Keith. "Cholera 1866". Carnarvon Traders. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ Boyd, James I. C. (1988). The Tal-y-llyn Railway. Wild Swan Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-906867-46-0.
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- ^ "Our Story". Morris Brothers. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Thomas Hughes Jones. "Davies, Richard (Mynyddog; 1833-1877), poet, singer, and eisteddfod conductor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ William Rees (1866). Nodiadau eglurhaol ac ymarferol ar yr Epistol at yr Hebreaid.
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