1841 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1841 to Wales
and its people
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Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and its people
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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Incumbents
- Prince of WalesPrince of WalesPrince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
- Edward AlbertEdward VII of the United KingdomEdward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (from December 8) - Princess of WalesPrincess of WalesPrincess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
- vacant
Events
- February 20 - The Governor Fenner, carrying emigrants to America, sinks off HolyheadHolyheadHolyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the North Wales. It is also a major port adjacent to the Irish Sea serving Ireland....
with the loss of 123 lives. - March 9 - The first known photograph is taken in Wales, of Margam CastleMargam CastleMargam Castle is a large mansion house built in Margam, Port Talbot, Wales, for the Talbot family. It was built on a site which had been occupied for some 4000 years and from the 11th century was an abbey. The "castle" is actually a comfortable Victorian era country house, one of many "mock" or...
by Calvert JonesCalvert JonesCalvert Richard Jones , was a Welsh mathematician and painter, best known for his seascapes.Jones belonged to a wealthy Swansea family. He was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford, and was rector of Loughor...
. - April 12 - The Taff Vale Railway is extended to Merthyr TydfilMerthyr TydfilMerthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of...
- July 26 - The proprietors of The Skerries Lighthouse off AngleseyAngleseyAnglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...
, the last privately-owned light in the British IslesBritish IslesThe British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...
, are awarded £444,984 in compensation for its sale to Trinity HouseTrinity HouseThe Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond is the official General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales and other British territorial waters...
. - August 19 - In the United Kingdom general electionUnited Kingdom general election, 1841-Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...
, William Edwards stands as a Chartist candidate in Monmouth BoroughsMonmouth Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)Monmouth Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency consisting of several towns in Monmouthshire...
and becomes the only Parliamentary candidate in Wales, ever, not to win a single vote. - Founding of Bala-Bangor Congregational College.
- Poor Law Amendment Act is passed, largely thanks to the efforts of Sir George Cornewall LewisGeorge Cornewall LewisSir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet PC was a British statesman and man of letters.-Family:He was born in London, the son of Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court, Radnorshire and his wife Harriet Cornewall...
. - Mordecai JonesMordecai JonesMordecai Jones was a Welsh businessman and pioneer in the development of the South Wales coalfield. He was a notable promoter of the British Schools model of free education, and of Welsh and English Calvinistic Methodist churches...
opens a brewery at BreconBreconBrecon is a long-established market town and community in southern Powys, Mid Wales, with a population of 7,901. It was the county town of the historic county of Brecknockshire; although its role as such was eclipsed with the formation of Powys, it remains an important local centre...
. - The BrymboBrymboBrymbo is a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is a village situated in the hilly country to the west of Wrexham town, largely surrounded by farmland....
ironworks are bought out of Chancery after a long period of litigation and reopened by a limited company.
New books
- David Owen (Brutus)David Owen (Brutus)David Owen David Owen David Owen (?December 1796 - 16 January 1866, known by the pseudonym Brutus, was a Welsh satirical writer, editor and preacher.He was born in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire where he was brought up as a Congregationalist. Thereafter he spent periods of time in other parts...
- Gweithrediadau yr Eglwys Sefydledig - Welsh Book of Common Prayer (new edition)
Births
- January 28 - Sir Henry Morton StanleyHenry Morton StanleySir Henry Morton Stanley, GCB, born John Rowlands , was a Welsh journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley allegedly uttered the now-famous greeting, "Dr...
, explorer (died 1904) - February 14
- Sir John Gibson, journalist (died 1915)
- William Reginald Herbert, horseman (died 1929)
- April 23 - Henry HughesHenry HughesHenry Hughes may refer to:* H. Stuart Hughes , American historian, professor, and activist* Henry Hughes, 19th century British locomotive builder, see Brush Traction* Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet, British politician and field marshal...
, minister and historian (died 1924) - May 21 - Joseph ParryJoseph ParryJoseph Parry , was a Welsh composer and musician. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, he is best known as the composer of Myfanwy and Aberystwyth used in Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika the National anthem of South Africa.The cottage at 4 Chapel Row, Merthyr Tydfil, where Parry was born, is now open to the...
, composer (died 1903) - November 9 - Edward Albert, Prince of WalesEdward VII of the United KingdomEdward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
(died 1910)
Deaths
- January 17 - David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion)David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion)David Owen was a Welsh poet and farmer. He is noted for developing the awdl and englyn. A quarrel over an award, between him and members of the Gwyneddigion Society, led to him largely give up poetry in 1823. Although he did compose in 1832. He had long been drawn to the Baptists faith and...
, poet, 56 - May 12 - Joseph Tudor Hughes, harpist, 13 (drowning)
- May 19 - John Blackwell (Alun)John Blackwell (Alun)John Blackwell , who used the bardic name Alun, was a Welsh language poet, born near Mold, Flintshire, in north Wales. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford.-External links:*...
, poet, 42 - May 24 - Thomas Roberts, Llwyn'rhudol, co-founder of Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion
- June 8 - John EliasJohn EliasJohn Elias was a Christian preacher in Wales in the first half of the 19th century, as part of the Welsh Methodist revival. His preaching was noted as being exceptionally powerful, "as if talking fire down from heaven". On one occasion it is said he preached to a crowd of 10,000 people. He was a...
, preacher, 67 - December 4 - David Daniel DavisDavid Daniel DavisDavid Daniel Davis M.D. F.R.C.P. was a British physician.Born David Davies in Llandyfaelog in Wales, he received his M.D. from the University of Glasgow in 1801. He set up his practice as a physician in Sheffield, living in Paradise Square from 1803 to 1812...
, physician, 64