1849 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1849 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire â John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â William Edward Powell[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Robert Myddelton Biddulph[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (from 4 May)[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Capel Hanbury Leigh[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
- Bishop of Bangor â Christopher Bethell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Edward Copleston (until 14 October); Alfred Ollivant (from 2 December)[18][19]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Thomas Vowler Short[20][21][19]
- Bishop of St Davids â Connop Thirlwall[22][19][23]
Events
- 2 January â Completion of both tubes of Robert Stephenson's Conwy Railway Bridge.
- 26 February â Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones embarks with 249 Welsh converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bound for Salt Lake City from Liverpool.[24]
- 13 May â A case of cholera is recorded in Cardiff, the beginning of an outbreak that spreads to Merthyr, Dowlais and Aberdare, and kills 800 people.
- 20 June â First tube of Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge is floated into position on the Menai Strait.[25]
- 10 August â Underground explosion at Lletty Shenkin colliery, Cwmbach, kills 52.[26]
- 1 November â Alfred Ollivant becomes Bishop of Llandaff.
- 13 December â Foundation stone of Llandovery College is laid.
- A temperance festival is held at Carmarthen.
Arts and literature
Awards
- David Griffith (Clwydfardd) is appointed official bard of the Aberffraw eisteddfod. Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is also invested as a bard.
New books
English language
- Anne Beale â Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry[27]
- Lady Charlotte Guest concludes publication of her translation into English of the Mabinogion[28]
- John Lloyd â The English Country Gentleman
- Samuel Lewis â Topographical Dictionary of Wales[29]
- Thomas Stephens â The Literature of the Kymry[30]
Welsh language
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) â Yr Adgyfodiad
- Hugh Derfel Hughes â Y Gweithiwr Caniadgar[31]
- Rowland Hughes â Cyfarchiad Caredig i rai newydd ddychwelyd
- John Jones (Talhaiarn) â Awdl y Greadigaeth
Music
- Haleliwia (hymns)
Births
- 2 May â Charles James Jackson, businessman and collector (died 1923)
- 17 September â Robert Harris, painter (died 1919)[32]
Deaths
- 14 March â Old Bill Williams, Welsh-born mountain man, 62[33]
- 14 August â Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff, 73[34]
- 16 September â Thomas Jones, missionary, 39[35]
- 2 October â James Davies, schoolmaster, 83[36]
- 2 November â Jacob Davies, missionary, 33[37]
- 5 December â Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), poet, 88