Английская Википедия:1876 in Wales
Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску
Шаблон:Use Welsh English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Year in Wales header This article is about the particular significance of the year 1876 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[7][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[12][13]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[14]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes[15][14]
- Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones[14][16]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd (first official holder of the position[17]
Events
- January – The Argentine government appoints Antonio Oneto as civil authority over the Welsh colony in Patagonia, the population of which numbers 690.
- 9 January – The death of John Russell, Viscount Amberley, leaves Bertrand Russell an orphan.[18]
- 19 May – Sir Edmund Buckley, 1st Baronet, files for bankruptcy in Manchester with debts exceeding £500,000, causing his Dinas Mawddwy estate to be put up for sale.[19]
- June – Francis Kilvert becomes vicar of Saint Harmon, Radnorshire.[20]
- 13 July – Act of Parliament allows the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company to abandon plans for a line between Croesor Junction and Betws-y-Coed.
- 22 July – Art Treasures & Industrial Exhibition of North Wales & the Border Counties in Wrexham is opened.
- 19 August – Judge John Johnes is murdered at his home on Dolaucothi Estate by his butler.
- 2 December – Cardiff RFC plays its first match, against Newport.
- 18 December – In a mining accident at South Wales Pit, Abertillery, twenty men are killed.
Arts and literature
New books
- George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman – History of the Princes of South Wales
Music
- Eos Bradwen – Bugeiles yr Wyddfa
- Joseph Parry composes the hymn tune Aberystwyth (published 1879) which becomes the basis of the pan-African anthem Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
Sport
- Football
- 2 February – Llewelyn Kenrick sets up the Football Association of Wales in a meeting at the Wynnstay Arms hotel in Wrexham, in response to a challenge issued by The Field magazine, to organize an international match between Wales and Scotland or Ireland.
- 25 March – Wales play first international football match, against Scotland in Glasgow, losing 4–0.
- Formation of Caernarfon athletics club, later Caernarfon Town.
- Rugby union – Aberavon RFC, Cardiff RFC, Cardigan RFC, Llandaff RFC, Merthyr RFC and Pontypridd RFC are established.
Births
- 7 March – Edgar Evans, naval petty officer and Antarctic explorer (died 1912)[21]
- 19 June – Joe Pullman, Wales international rugby union player (died 1955)
- 22 June – Gwen John, artist (died 1939)[22]
- 15 July
- Jehoida Hodges, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1930)
- Jack Rhapps, Dual-code rugby international (died 1950)
- 24 July – Viv Huzzey, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1929)
- 18 September – Charles Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton (died 1934)
- 17 November – Dicky Owen, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1932)
Deaths
- 3 January – Rosser Beynon, musician, 64[23]
- 19 February – Daniel Davies, Baptist preacher, 78[24]
- 24 February – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia, son of a Welsh planter, 66[25]
- 23 April (at Karlsruhe) – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85[26]
- 2 May – Daniel Thomas Williams (Tydfylyn), poet and musician (born 1820)[27]
- 19 July – George E. Pugh, Welsh-American politician, 53
- 9 August – Lady Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams, English-born artist and illustrator, 75[28]
- 21 August – C. W. Evan, Congregationalist minister in colonial South Australia, age unknown
- 9 November – John David Jenkins, philanthropist, 58[29]
- 17 November – Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth), leader of Rebecca Riots[30]
- 20 November – Robert Herbert Williams (Corfanydd), musician (born 1805)
- 25 December – Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle, 81[31]
References
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 14,0 14,1 14,2 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite DWB
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite DWB
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite DWB
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite DWB
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite DWB
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite DWB
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
_NLW3364191.jpg){kind=link}