1873 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1873 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 William Cornwallis-West
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[14][2]
Events
- 1 March â The sailing ship Chacabuco sinks off the Great Orme with the loss of 24 lives.[20]
- 18 March â Work begins on construction of the Severn Tunnel.[21]
- 30 March â The Glyn Valley Tramway opens as a horse-worked line to carry slate and other minerals from Glyn Ceiriog to Chirk.[22]
- 19 August â The Holyhead Breakwater (the longest in the world) is officially opened by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.[23] having taken 28 years to construct.
- 9 October â The first recorded sheepdog trial in the UK takes place at Bala.[24]
- 2 December â In a mining accident at Hafod Colliery, Rhiwabon, five men are killed.
- date unknown â Construction of:
- Tŵr Mawr Lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn.
- Buckley Arms hotel, Dinas Mawddwy, in reinforced concrete.[25]
Arts and literature
New books
- Rhoda Broughton â Nancy
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) â Manion Hynafiaethol
- Ebenezer Thomas â Gweithiau Barddonol Eben Fardd (posthumously published)[26]
Music
- Henry Brinley Richards â Songs of Wales
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog) writes the song "Rheolau yr Aelwyd", the basis of "Sosban Fach".
Sport
- December â Major Walter Wingfield of Nantclwyd Hall at Llanelidan designs a game for the amusement of his visitors. Wingfield soon patents nets for the game of lawn tennis, which he calls "sphairistike".[27]
Births
- 7 January â Christopher Williams, artist (died 1934)
- 16 January â Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, politician (died 1939)
- 7 April
- John Dyfnallt Owen, poet and Archdruid (died 1956)
- Charles Butt Stanton, politician (died 1946)[28]
- 23 April â Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1951)[29]
- 1 May â Harry Evans, musician (died 1914)[30]
- 22 May â J. Brynach Davies (Brynach) (died 1923)
- 5 June â Ben Davies, Wales international rugby player (died 1930)
- 14 October â Sam Livesey, actor (died 1936)
- date unknown â Arthur Tysilio Johnson, plantsman and author of The Perfidious Welshman (died 1956)
Deaths
- January â John Emlyn Jones, poet, 54[31]
- 27 January â Josiah Thomas Jones, publisher, 73[32]
- 20 February â (at Launceston, Tasmania) William Jones, Chartist leader, 64
- 29 March â David Jones, merchant in Australia, 80
- 17 May â Lord William Paget, soldier and politician, 70
- 9 October â John Evan Thomas, sculptor, 63[33]
- 31 October â William Ambrose (Emrys), poet, 60[34]
- 10 November â Maria Jane Williams, musician, 78[35]