Incumbents

• Prince of Wales
  Prince of Wales
  Prince 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...
  
   — The Prince Albert Edward
  Edward VII of the United Kingdom
  Edward 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
• Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales
  Princess 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

• 1850
  1850 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1850 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — vacant-Events:...
  
  
• 1851
  1851 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1851 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — vacant-Events:...
  
  
• 1852
  1852 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1852 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — vacant-Events:...
  
  
• 1853
  1853 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1853 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — vacant-Events:...
  
  
• 1854
  1854 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1854 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — vacant-Events:...
  
  
• 1855
  1855 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1855 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — vacant-Events:...
  
  
• 1856
  1856 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1856 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — vacant-Events:...
  
  
• 1857
  1857 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1857 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — vacant-Events:...
  
  
• 1858
  1858 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1858 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — vacant-Events:...
  
  
• 1859
  1859 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1859 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.*Princess of Wales - vacant-Events:...
  
  

Awards

• 1853 — "Islwyn" wins the crown at the Abergavenny
  Abergavenny
  Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 15 miles west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles from the English border. Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches...
  
   eisteddfod.
• 1858 — "Great Eisteddfod" at Llangollen
  Llangollen
  Llangollen is a small town and community in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, situated on the River Dee and on the edge of the Berwyn mountains. It has a population of 3,412.-History:...
  
  ; early appearance of Gorsedd ceremony.

New books

• Anne Beale
  Anne Beale
  Anne Beale was a popular Welsh novelist and poet.She lived at Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, but later moved to London, where she died at 68 Belsize Road, South Hampstead...
  
   — Gladys of Harlech (1858)
• 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:*...
  
   — Ceinion Alun (1851;posthumously published)
• B. B. Davies — The History of Wales (1853)
• Samuel Evans (Gomerydd) — Y Gomerydd (1854)
• John Ceiriog Hughes
  John Ceiriog Hughes
  John Ceiriog Hughes , was a Welsh poet and well-known collector of Welsh folk tunes. Sometimes referred to as the "Robert Burns of Wales"...
  
   — Gohebiaethau Syr Meurig Crynswth (vol. 1) (1856)
• Aneurin Jones — Tafol y Beirdd(1852)
  • John Jones (Talhaiarn)
    John Jones (Talhaiarn)
    John Jones , known by his bardic name of Talhaiarn, was a Welsh poet and architect.He was born at the Harp Inn in Llanfair Talhaearn, Denbighshire. Apprenticed to an architect, he served with ecclesiastical architects in London, and was employed by Sir Joseph Paxton to oversee the building of the...
    
     — Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. 1 (1855)
• Owen Wynne Jones
  Owen Wynne Jones
  Owen Wynne Jones , often known by his bardic name of Glasynys, was a Welsh clergyman and author.Owen Wynne Jones was born at a house called Ty'n-y-ffrwd, in the village of Rhostryfan, near Caernarfon. At the age of ten, he was sent to work in the quarry, but later returned to full-time education...
  
  
  • Fy Oriau Hamddenol (1854)
  • Dafydd Llwyd (1857)
  • Lleucu Llwyd (1858)
• Robert Parry (Robyn Ddu Eryri) — Teithiau a Barddoniaeth Robyn Ddu Eryri (1857)
• William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)
  William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)
  The Rev. William Rees , usually known in Wales by his bardic name of Gwilym Hiraethog, was a Welsh poet and author, one of the major figures of Welsh literature during the 19th century....
  
  
  • Aelwyd F'Ewythr Robert (1852)
  • Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym Hiraethog (1855)
• William Thomas (Islwyn)
  William Thomas (Islwyn)
  William Thomas, bardic name Islwyn , was a Welsh language poet, born near Ynysddu, then in the old county of Monmouthshire, south-east Wales.- Early life :...
  
   — Barddoniaeth (1854)
• William Thomas (Gwilym Marles)
  William Thomas (Gwilym Marles)
  William Thomas , better known by his bardic name of Gwilym Marles, was a Welsh minister and poet, and the great-uncle of Dylan Thomas. Dylan was given his middle name, "Marlais", in honour of William Thomas, who is also believed to have inspired the character of Rev...
  
   — Prydyddiaeth (1859)
• Morris Williams (Nicander) — Y Psalmwyr (1850)
• William Williams (Creuddynfab) — Y Barddoniadur (1855)

Music

• Y Blwch Cerddorol (collection of hymns and anthems) (1854)
• Thomas Jones (Gogrynwr) — Gweddi Habacuc (cantata) (1851)
• J. Ambrose Lloyd — Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear (1852)
• Edward Stephen
  Edward Stephen
  Edward Jones Stephen , often known by his bardic name of Tanymarian, was a Welsh musician, singer and composer, mainly of hymns and songs....
  
   (Tanymarian) — Ystorm Tiberias (oratorio) (1852)

• January 1856 — The Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
  Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
  Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau is the national anthem of Wales. The title – taken from the first words of the song – means "Old Land of My Fathers", usually rendered in English as simply "Land of My Fathers". The words were written by Evan James and the tune composed by his son, James James, both residents...
  
  , is composed by James James
  James James
  James James was a harpist and musician from Pontypridd, Wales. He composed the tune of the Welsh national anthem Hen Wlad fy Nhadau ....
  
   with lyrics by his father Evan James
  Evan James
  Evan James , a weaver and poet from Pontypridd, Wales, wrote the lyrics of Hen Wlad fy Nhadau , the national anthem of Wales....
  
  .

Births

• 1850
  • 4 January — Griffith J. Griffith
    Griffith J. Griffith
    Griffith Jenkins Griffith was a Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist. After amassing a significant fortune from a mining syndicate in the 1880s, Griffith donated to the City of Los Angeles which became Griffith Park, and he bequeathed the money to build the park's Greek Theatre and...
    
    , industrialist (died 1919)
  • 16 April — Sidney Gilchrist Thomas
    Sidney Gilchrist Thomas
    Sidney Gilchrist Thomas was an English inventor.-Life:Thomas was born at Canonbury, London and was educated at Dulwich College....
    
    , inventor (died 1885)
• 1851
  • 24 March — Robert Ambrose Jones (Emrys ap Iwan) (d. 1906)
  • 8 July — Sir Arthur Evans
    Arthur Evans
    Sir Arthur John Evans FRS was a British archaeologist most famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete and for developing the concept of Minoan civilization from the structures and artifacts found there and elsewhere throughout eastern Mediterranean...
    
    , archaeologist (d. 1941)
  • 27 December — Percy Gilchrist
    Percy Gilchrist
    Percy Carlyle Gilchrist FRS was a British chemist and metallurgist born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, and who studied at Felsted and the Royal School of Mines...
    
    , industrialist
  • date unknown — Elizabeth Phillips Hughes
    Elizabeth Phillips Hughes
    Elizabeth Phillips Hughes was a Welsh scholar, teacher, and promoter of women's education. She used the bardic name Merch Myrddin....
    
    , promoter of women's education (died 1925)
• 1852
  • 20 March — John Gwenogvryn Evans
    John Gwenogvryn Evans
    Reverend John Gwenogvryn Evans was a Welsh palaeographic expert.Evans was born at Llanybydder in Carmarthenshire. He was apprenticed to a grocer, but returned to school, one of his teachers being William Thomas . He studied theology and became a Unitarian minister, but gave up his pastorate...
    
    , palaeographer (died 1930)
  • 26 April — William Eilir Evans, journalist (died 1910)
  • 28 April — Sir Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet, Liberal politician (died 1927)
  • 11 May — Sir David Saunders Davies, MP (died 1934)
  • 25 November — Sir Evan Vincent Evans, Eisteddfod supporter (died 1934)
  • December — Alice Gray Jones (Ceridwen Peris), writer (died 1943)
• 1855
  • date unknown — Jeremiah Jones
    Jeremiah Jones
    Jeremiah "Jerry" Alvin Jones was a Black Canadian soldier who served in World War I. He was apparently recommended for a Distinguished Conduct Medal but there is no record of him having received it. His treatment has been seen as an example of the lack of recognition accorded to Black Canadian...
    
    , poet (died 1902)
• 1856
  • 26 March — David Alfred Thomas
    David Alfred Thomas
    David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda PC , sometimes known as D. A. Thomas, was a Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician...
    
    , politician (died 1918)
• 1858
  • 28 January — Edgeworth David
    Edgeworth David
    Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David KBE, DSO, FRS, was a Welsh Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer. A household name in his lifetime, David's most significant achievements were discovering the major Hunter Valley coalfield in New South Wales and leading the first expedition to reach the...
    
    , explorer (died 1934)
  • 28 December — Josiah Towyn Jones
    Josiah Towyn Jones
    Josiah Towyn Jones was a Welsh clergyman and Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire East and later for Llanelly....
    
    , politician
• 1859
  • 16 February — T. E. Ellis
    T. E. Ellis
    Thomas Edward Ellis , usually known as T. E. Ellis, was a Welsh politician who was the leader of Cymru Fydd, a movement aimed at gaining home rule for Wales.-Life:...
    
    , politician (died 1899)
  • 17 July — Ernest Rhys
    Ernest Rhys
    Ernest Percival Rhys was an English writer, best known for his role as founding editor of the Everyman's Library series of affordable classics. He wrote essays, stories, poetry, novels and plays...
    
    , writer (died 1946)

Deaths

• 1850
  • 2 September — Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn, politician (born 1775)
• 1851
  • 6 April — William Morgan Kinsey, travel writer (born 1788)
  • 30 June — Thomas Phillips
    Thomas Phillips (educational benefactor)
    Thomas Phillips , was an educational benefactor, a founder of St David's College, Lampeter, and the founder of Llandovery College in Wales....
    
    , founder of Llandovery College
    Llandovery College
    Llandovery College is an independent school in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was founded and endowed by Thomas Phillips in 1847 to provide a classical and liberal education in which the Welsh language; the study of Welsh literature and history were also to be cultivated.Llandovery...
    
     (born 1760)
• 1852
  • 23 February — Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), minister and journalist, 31
  • 2 May — John Jones (Ioan Tegid), poet (born 1792)
  • 26 November — John Josiah Guest
    John Josiah Guest
    Sir Josiah John Guest, 1st Baronet, known as John Josiah Guest, was a Welsh engineer and entrepreneur.-Life:Born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, as the son of Thomas Guest, a partner in the Dowlais Iron Company...
    
    , engineer, entrepreneur and politician, 77
• 1853
  • date unknown — William Roberts, preacher (b. 1809)
• 1854
  • 3 April — Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn
    Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn
    Edward Pryce Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn , known as Sir Edward Lloyd, 2nd Baronet, from 1795 to 1831, was a British politician....
    
    , politician (born 1768)
  • 29 April — Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
    Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
    Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, KG, GCB, GCH, PC , styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as The Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British military leader and politician, now chiefly remembered for leading the charge of the heavy cavalry against...
    
    , soldier and politician (born 1768)
• 1855
  • 28 June — FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
    FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
    Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, GCB, PC , known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British soldier.-Early life:...
    
     (born 1788)
  • date unknown
  • Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet
    Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet
    Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet was a Welsh industrialist. He was the second son of Robert Morris, a Shropshire entrepreneur who came to Swansea in 1724 to supervise the Llangyfelach Copper Works, founded in 1717...
    
    , industrialist
  • John Henry Vivian
    John Henry Vivian
    John Henry Vivian was a Welsh industrialist and politician of Cornish extraction.Vivian was the son of John Vivian, of Truro, Cornwall, and his wife Betsey, daughter of the Reverend Richard Cranch, and the brother of Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian...
    
    , industrialist (born 1785)
• 1857
  • 10 February — David Thompson
    David Thompson (explorer)
    David Thompson was an English-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer"...
    
    , explorer (born to Welsh parents 1770)
  • 12 August — William Daniel Conybeare
    William Daniel Conybeare
    William Daniel Conybeare FRS , dean of Llandaff, was an English geologist, palaeontologist and clergyman. He is probably best known for his ground-breaking work on marine reptile fossils in the 1820s, including important papers for the Geological Society of London on ichthyosaur anatomy and the...
    
    , dean of Llandaff (born 1787)
  • 16 August — John Jones, Talysarn, leading non-conformist minister (born 1796)
• 1858
  • 17 November — Robert Owen
    Robert Owen
    Robert Owen was a Welsh social reformer and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement.Owen's philosophy was based on three intellectual pillars:...
    
    , founder of the Co-operative Society (born 1771)
  • 20 November — Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet
    Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet
    Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet was an English ironmaster and Member of Parliament .Bailey was born in 1783 in Great Wenham, Suffolk, the son of John Bailey, of Wakefield and his wife Susannah...
    
    , ironmaster (born 1783)
  • 18 December — John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury
    John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury
    Sir John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury GCH was a British civil servant and, briefly, a military officer during the Battle of Waterloo. He was named after his adopted grandfather, Sir John Salusbury.-Early life:...
    
    , nephew of Hester Thrale
    Hester Thrale
    Hester Lynch Thrale was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and 18th-century life.-Biography:Thrale was born at Bodvel Hall, Caernarvonshire, Wales...
    
    (born 1793)