1883 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1883 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales â Clwydfardd[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â William Owen Stanley[2][3][4][5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire â Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Edward Pryse[8][3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â William Cornwallis-West
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Hugh Robert Hughes
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite
Events
- 27 January â In the same storm, the James Gray is wrecked on Tusker Rocks, Porthcawl, and the Agnes Jack off Port Eynon. The Mumbles lifeboat puts out, and 5 of its crew are drowned in the rescue attempt, in which Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright assist.[18]
- 16 February â Six million tons of rock collapse at the Welsh Slate Company's underground quarry at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
- 1 February â Five miners are killed in an accident at the Lewis Merthyr Colliery.
- 25 June â Six miners are killed in an accident at the New Duffryn Colliery, Rhymney.
- July â The steamship Rishanglys leaves three seamen, who are believed to be suffering from cholera, on the island of Flat Holm; one of them subsequently dies.[19]
- 21 August â Five miners are killed in an accident at the Gelli Colliery, Gelli, Glamorgan.
- 24 October â Cardiff University opens (under the name of University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire).
- 31 October â 18 people are drowned when the German barque Alhambra sinks off Holyhead.
- 13 November â Merthyr Tydfil-born Samuel Griffith becomes Premier of Queensland for the first time.
- c. November? â Closure of Point of Ayr lighthouse.
- Peak year for zinc production in Wales.
- Penydarren Ironworks closes completely.
- Welsh-Canadian artist Robert Harris is commissioned to paint the Meeting of the Delegates of British North America.
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales â held at Cardiff
- Chair â No winner[20]
- Crown â Anna Walter Thomas
New books
- Rhoda Broughton â Belinda
- Amy Dillwyn â A Burglary; or Unconscious Influence
- John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) â Adgof Uwch Anghof
- Robert Owen â Pilgrimage to Rome
- Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) â Gwaith Barddonol Trebor Mai (posthumously published)
Music
- Treorchy Male Voice Choir formed.
Sport
- Football â Wrexham win the Welsh Cup for the second time in its six-year history.
- Rugby union
- Wales take part in the inaugural Home Nations Championship
- First home international game played, hosted at St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea.
- First Wales match against Scotland. Wales lose by three goals to one.
Births
- 6 January (in Shirehampton) â Harry Uzzell, Wales international rugby union captain (died 1960)
- 23 March â William Evans, Wales dual-code international rugby player (died 1946)
- 30 April â David John de Lloyd, composer (died 1948)[21]
- 7 May â Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, newspaper magnate (died 1968)
- 12 May (in Glasgow) â James Walker, MP for Newport 1929â31 (died 1945)
- 28 May (in Gayton) â Clough Williams-Ellis, architect (died 1978)[22]
- 12 June (in London) â Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda, suffragette (died 1958)[23]
- 8 August â Iesu Grist Price, son of William Price (died 1884)
- 13 September (in South Shields) â Percy Thomas, architect (died 1969)[24]
- 14 October â Dick Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1916)
- 23 November â James 'Tuan' Jones, Wales and British Lion rugby player (died 1964)
- 13 December â Sir Frederick Rees, historian and academic (died 1967)[25]
- date unknown â John Jones (Tydu), poet (died 1968)
Deaths
- 25 January â John Elias Davies, harpist, 35[26]
- 29 January
- John Owen (Owain Alaw), composer, 61
- Owen Gethin Jones, industrialist and poet, 66[27]
- May â John Batchelor, businessman and politician, 63[28]
- 28 May â Hugh Jones, Principal of Llangollen Baptist College, 51
- 18 August â Roger Vaughan, Benedictine monk and priest, Archbishop of Sydney, 49[29]
- 5 November â James Walton, Yorkshire-born textile inventor and industrialist, 80
- 8 November â William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), poet, 81[30]
- 25 December â Townshend Mainwaring, politician, 76[31]