1871 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1871 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â William Owen Stanley[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire â Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Edward Pryse[8][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Robert Myddelton Biddulph[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington[15]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[16][2]
Events
- 24 February â In a mining accident at Pentre Colliery, Rhondda, 38 men are killed.[22]
- 21 March â Welsh-born journalist Henry Morton Stanley sets out for Africa to seek missing Scottish explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone.
- June â Miners' strike in South Wales culminates in defeat for the union.
- 14 August â The Van Railway, built by David Davies Llandinam, opens to carry traffic from the Van lead mines to Caersws.
- 10 November â Stanley locates Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika,[23] and allegedly greets him saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
- date unknown
- Lewis Jones is appointed governor of Chubut Province by the government of Argentina.[24]
- Operations at the White Rock smelting works in Swansea are extended by Henry Hussey Vivian to include the treatment of silver and lead ore.[25]
Arts and literature
Awards
- Evan Jones (Gurnos) wins a bardic chair at Ystradyfodwg.
New books
- W. R. Ambrose â Hynafiaethau, Cofiannau a Hanes Presennol Nant Nantlle, y Traethawd Buddugol yn Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Pen-y-groes
- Robert Fowler, MD â A Complete History of the Case of the Welsh Fasting-Girl
- James Kenward â Ab Ithel
- Thomas Purnell[26]
- Dramatists of the Present Day
- Correspondence and Works of Charles Lamb
Music
- John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) is appointed harpist to Queen Victoria.
Sport
- Rugby union â Neath RFC is founded.
Births
- 5 January â Percy Lloyd, Wales national rugby player (died 1959)
- 23 February â Jack Evans, Wales national rugby player (died 1924)
- 2 March â Billy Bancroft, sportsman (died 1959)
- 28 March â R. Silyn Roberts, Socialist and pacifist writer (died 1930)[27]
- 1 April - Dai St. John, heavyweight boxer (died 1899)
- 6 April â Prince Alexander John of Wales, youngest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1871, shortly after birth)[28]
- 12 April â Ellis William Davies, politician (died 1939)[29]
- 15 April â John Humphreys Davies, writer (died 1926)
- 11 May â George Howells, academic and writer (died 1955)[30]
- 6 June â Evan Lloyd, Wales international rugby player (died 1951)
- 14 June â David Nicholl, rugby player (died 1918)
- July - Owen Jones, footballer (died 1955)
- 2 July â Sir Evan Williams, 1st Baronet, industrialist (died 1959)
- 3 July â W. H. Davies, poet (died 1940)
- 13 August â Jack Elliott, Wales international rugby player (died 1938)
- 21 September â Alfred Brice, Wales international rugby player (died 1938)
- 1 October â Sir Lewis Lougher, industrialist and politician (died 1955)[31]
- 10 October â Thomas Gwynn Jones, poet (died 1949)[32]
- 3 November â Owen Badger, Wales national rugby player (died 1939)
- 27 November â Robert Evans (Cybi), writer (died 1956)
- 29 November (in England) â Ruth Herbert Lewis, social reformer and collector of Welsh folk songs (died 1946)[33]
- 1 December â Bert Dauncey, Wales international rugby player (died 1955)
- 3 December â Sir Percy Emerson Watkins, civil servant (died 1946)
- date unknown
- William Jenkins, politician (died 1944)
- Howard Passadoro, footballer (died 1921)
- Thomas Mardy Rees, historian and author (died 1953)[34]
Deaths
- 12 January â Richard Hughes, printer and publisher, 76/7[35]
- 19 January â Thomas Jeremy Griffiths, minister, hymn-writer and teacher, about 75[36]
- 30 January â Edward Howell, US politician of Welsh descent, 78
- February â Robert Roberts, musician, 30[37]
- 9 May â Edward Morgan, minister and writer, 53[38]
- 23 July â Arthur James Johnes, judge, 62[39]
- 2 August â David James (Dewi o Ddyfed), writer (born 1803)
- 3 October â David Marks, musician and composer, about 83[40]
- 6 October â Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 59[41]
- 2 December â Joseph Jones, Catholic priest and bard, 72[42]
