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...
  
   — Alexandra of Denmark
  Alexandra of Denmark
  Alexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...
  
   (from 1863)

Events

• 1860
  1860 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1860 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:...
  
  
• 1861
  1861 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1861 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - Edward Albert, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales - vacant-Events:...
  
  
• 1862
  1862 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1862 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:...
  
  
• 1863
  1863 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1863 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.*Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark-Events:...
  
  
• 1864
  1864 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1864 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - Edward Albert, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales - Alexandra of Denmark-Events:...
  
  
• 1865
  1865 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1865 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — Edward, son of Queen Victoria*Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark-Events:...
  
  
• 1866
  1866 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1866 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark-Events:...
  
  
• 1867
  1867 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1867 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria*Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark-Events:...
  
  
• 1868
  1868 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1868 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:* Prince of Wales—The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria* Princess of Wales—Alexandra of Denmark-Events:...
  
  
• 1869
  1869 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1869 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria*Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark-Events:*January...
  
  

Awards

• 1861 — Aberdare
  Aberdare
  Aberdare is an industrial town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Dare and Cynon. The population at the census was 31,705...
  
  
• 1862 — Caernarfon
  Caernarfon
  Caernarfon is a Royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,611. It lies along the A487 road, on the east banks of the Menai Straits, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is to the northeast, while Snowdonia fringes Caernarfon to the east and southeast...
  
  
• 1863 — Swansea
  Swansea
  Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
  
  
• 1864 — Llandudno
  Llandudno
  Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy County Borough, Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community...
  
  
• 1865 — Aberystwyth
  Aberystwyth
  Aberystwyth is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. Often colloquially known as Aber, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol....
  
  
• 1866 — Chester
• 1867 — Carmarthen
  Carmarthen
  Carmarthen is a community in, and the county town of, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy north of its mouth at Carmarthen Bay. In 2001, the population was 14,648....
  
   — A crown is presented for the first time
• 1868 — Ruthin
  Ruthin
  Ruthin is a community and the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of...
  
   — The Eisteddfod Council is disbanded
• 1869 — Holywell
  Holywell
  Holywell is the fifth largest town in Flintshire, North Wales, lying to the west of the estuary of the River Dee.-History:The market town of Holywell takes its name from the St Winefride's Well, a holy well surrounded by a chapel...
  
  

New books

• R. D. Blackmore
  R. D. Blackmore
  Richard Doddridge Blackmore , referred to most commonly as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world...
  
   — Clara Vaughan (1864)
• George Borrow
  George Borrow
  George Henry Borrow was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences around Europe. Over the course of his wanderings, he developed a close affinity with the Romani people of Europe. They figure prominently in his work...
  
   — Wild Wales
  Wild Wales
  Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow, , first published in 1862....
  
  (1862)
• Rhoda Broughton
  Rhoda Broughton
  Rhoda Broughton was a novelist.-Life:Rhoda Broughton was born in Denbigh in North Wales on 29 November 1840. She was the daughter of the Rev. Delves Broughton youngest son of the Rev. Sir Henry Delves-Broughton, 8th baronet. She developed a taste for literature, especially poetry, as a young girl...
  
   — Cometh up as a Flower (1867)
• Richard Davies (Mynyddog)
  Richard Davies (Mynyddog)
  Richard Davies was a popular Welsh language poet.He was born in Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire, in a house called "Y Fron"....
  
   — Caneuon Mynyddog (1866)
• Huw Derfel — Llawlyfr Carnedd Llywelyn (1864)
• Robert Jones Derfel
  Robert Jones Derfel
  Robert Jones Derfel was a Welsh poet and political writer.He was born Robert Jones on a farm in Merionethshire and became a travelling salesman employed by a Manchester firm. He also became a Baptist preacher. With John Ceiriog Hughes and two other Welshmen, he formed a literary society in...
  
   — Traethodau ac Areithiau (1864)
• 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"...
  
  
  • Oriau'r Hwyr (1860)
  • Oriau'r Bore (1862)
  • Cant o Ganeuon (1863)
  • Y Bardd a'r Cerddor (1865)
  • Oriau eraill (1868)
• David Watkin Jones (Dafydd Morgannwg) — Yr Ysgol Farddol (1869)
• 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....
  
   — Emmanuel (1861)
• 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 :...
  
   — Caniadau (1867)
• Robert Williams (Trebor Mai)
  Robert Williams (Trebor Mai)
  Robert Williams , usually referred to by his bardic name Trebor Mai, was a Welsh language poet, born in Llanrhychwyn, near Llanrwst, in the old county of Caernarfonshire, north Wales....
  
  
  • Fy Noswyl (1861)
  • Geninen (1869)
• Alfred Russel Wallace
  Alfred Russel Wallace
  Alfred Russel Wallace, OM, FRS was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist...
  
  
  • The Origin of Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced from the Theory of 'Natural Selection (1864)
  • The Malay Archipelago (1867)

Music

• William Griffiths (Ifander) — Gwarchae Harlech (cantata) (1864)
• Hugh Jerman — Deus Misereatur (1861)
• Henry Brinley Richards
  Henry Brinley Richards
  Henry Brinley Richards was a Welsh composer.Richards was born in Hall Street, Carmarthen, his father being organist at St Peter's Church in the town and an organiser of local musical events. Richards won a prize at the Gwent-Morgannwg Eisteddfod of 1834, held at Cardiff, for his arrangement of...
  
   — "God Bless the Prince of Wales" (1863)
• John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia)
  John Thomas (harpist)
  John Thomas was a Welsh composer and harpist. The bardic name Pencerdd Gwalia was conferred on him at the 1861 Aberdare Eisteddfod....
  
  
  • Llewelyn (cantata) (1863)
  • The Bride of Neath Valley (cantata) (1866)

Births

• 1860
  • date unknown — Sir William Price
    William Price (industrialist)
    Sir William Price , born in Wales, was a farmer and industrialist, Director of United Dairies Ltd. He was knighted in 1922, on the nomination of David Lloyd George, by King George V . A fluent speaker of Welsh, he was nominated because of his company's deliveries of milk during the General strike...
    
     (died 1938)
• 1861
  • date unknown
    • John Edward Lloyd
      John Edward Lloyd
      Sir John Edward Lloyd , was a Welsh historian, the author of the first serious history of the country's formative years, A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest, 2 vols...
      
      , historian (died 1947)
    • Thomas Mardy Rees, writer (died 1953)
• 1862
  • date unknown — John Daniel Evans, Patagonia settler
• 1863
  • 17 January — David Lloyd George
    David Lloyd George
    David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...
    
    , politician (died 1945)
  • 3 March — Arthur Machen
    Arthur Machen
    Arthur Machen was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror...
    
    , writer (died 1947)
• 1864
  • 8 January — Prince Albert Victor, first child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1892)
  • 17 October — Sir John Morris-Jones
    John Morris-Jones
    Sir John Morris-Jones was a Welsh grammarian, academic and poet.He was born at Llandrygarn, Anglesey and educated at Friars School, Bangor. Whilst at Jesus College, Oxford, Morris-Jones co-founded the Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym...
    
    , grammarian (died 1929)
  • date unknown — Charles Alfred Howell Green
    Charles Alfred Howell Green
    Charles Alfred Howell Green was the first bishop of the newly established diocese of Monmouth and subsequently Bishop of Bangor during which time he also served as Archbishop of Wales...
    
    , first Bishop of Monmouth (died 1944)
• 1865
  • 3 June — Prince George
    George V of the United Kingdom
    George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
    
    , second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales and himself Prince of Wales 1901–1910
  • date unknown — William Brace
    William Brace
    William Brace was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour politician. Born in Risca, in the coal-mining district of Monmouthshire, he was one of six children of Thomas and Anne Brace. Brace briefly attended school before starting work at the local colliery, aged 12...
    
    , politician (died 1947)
• 1866
  • 12 October — James Ramsay MacDonald, politician (died 1937)
  • date unknown — John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes, poet and hymn-writer (died 1944)
• 1867
  • 2 May — Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn)
    Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn)
    Eliseus Williams, better known by his bardic name Eifion Wyn , was a Welsh language poet, born in Porthmadog in the old county of Caernarfonshire, north Wales...
    
    , poet (died 1926)
  • 13 May — Frank Brangwyn
    Frank Brangwyn
    Sir Frank William Brangwyn RA RWS RBA was an Anglo-Welsh artist, painter, water colourist, virtuoso engraver and illustrator, and progressive designer.- Biography :...
    
    , artist (died 1956)
  • 26 May — Mary of Teck
    Mary of Teck
    Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....
    
    , later Princess of Wales 1901–1910 (died 1953)
  • 29 September — John Richard Williams (J.R. Tryfanwy), poet (died 1924)
• 1869
  • 6 September — Walford Davies, composer (died 1944)
  • date unknown
    • Thomas Rees
      Thomas Rees
      Thomas Rees may refer to:* Thomas Ifor Rees , Welsh diplomat and translator* Thomas M. Rees , a U.S. Representative from California* Thomas Rees , Welsh Congregationalist minister...
      
      , theologian (died 1926)
    • Osbert Fynes-Clinton, dialectologist (died 1941)

Deaths

• 1860
  • 4 May — William Ormsby-Gore
    William Ormsby-Gore
    For his great-great grandson, see William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech.William Ormsby-Gore , known as William Gore until 1815, was a British Member of Parliament....
    
    , politician (born 1779)
  • 17 July — Beti Cadwaladr, Crimea nurse (born 1789)
• 1861
  • 8 May — Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn
    Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn
    Thomas Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn , was a British Conservative Member of Parliament .Lloyd-Mostyn was the eldest son and heir apparent of Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn...
    
    , politician (born 1830)
• 1862
  • 3 January — Dan Jones, Mormon missionary (born 1810)
  • date unknown — John Williams (Ab Ithel), antiquary
• 1863
  • April — George Cornewall Lewis
    George Cornewall Lewis
    Sir 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...
    
    , statesman (born 1806)
• 1864
  • 11 March — Richard Roberts
    Richard Roberts (engineer)
    Richard Roberts was a British engineer whose development of high-precision machine tools contributed to the birth of production engineering and mass production.-Early life:...
    
    , engineer
  • 1 August — Thomas Rees
    Thomas Rees (Unitarian minister)
    Thomas Rees , Welsh Nonconformist divine, was a Unitarian minister and scholar.Rees was educated at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, and entered the Unitarian ministry in 1807 at the Newington Green Unitarian Church, London. He went to Southwark in 1813, earned the degree of LL.D...
    
    , Unitarian minister (born 1777)
  • date unknown
    • Evan Davies
      Evan Davies (missionary)
      Evan Davies was a Welsh Protestant Christian missionary in the Congregationalist tradition. He served with the London Missionary Society and worked among the Chinese in Malaysia in Penang....
      
      , missionary
    • Mary Jones
      Mary Jones (Bible)
      The story of Mary Jones and her Bible inspired the founding of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Mary Jones was a Welsh Protestant Christian girl who, at age fifteen, walked twenty-five miles across the countryside to buy a copy of the Welsh Bible from Thomas Charles because she did not have...
      
      , early owner of a Welsh Bible
• 1865
  • 21 February — Stapleton Cotton
    Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere
    Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere GCB, GCH, KSI, PC , was a British military leader, diplomat and politician...
    
    , military leader (born 1773)
• 1866
  • 27 January — John Gibson
    John Gibson (sculptor)
    John Gibson, was a Welsh sculptor.-Early life:He was born near Conwy, Wales, his father being a market gardener. To his mother, whom he described as ruling his father and all the family, he owed the energy and determination which carried him over every obstacle.When he was nine years old the...
    
    , sculptor (born 1790)
• 1867
  • 27 April — Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
    Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
    Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover PC , known as Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt, between 1838 and 1859, was a British civil engineer and politician.-Political career:...
    
    , industrialist (born 1802)
  • 23 May — William Crawshay II
    William Crawshay II
    William Crawshay II was the son of William Crawshay I, the owner of Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales....
    
    , industrialist (born 1788)
• 1868
  • 22 June — Owain Meirion, poet (born 1803)
  • date unknown — Dafydd Jones (Dewi Dywyll), balladeer (born 1803)
• 1869
  • 31 March — David Rees (Y Cynhyrfwr)
    David Rees (Y Cynhyrfwr)
    The Reverend David Rees was a Welsh Congregational minister of Capel Als chapel Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, and an editor of a radical Welsh language Nonconformist periodical titled Y Diwygiwr [The Reformer]...
    
    , Nonconformist leader and author
  • date unknown — 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...
    
    , poet (born 1810)