1871 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1871 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...
— The Prince Albert EdwardEdward 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 - 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...
— Alexandra of DenmarkAlexandra of DenmarkAlexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...
Events
- 24 February — In a mining accident at Pentre Colliery, RhonddaRhonddaRhondda , or the Rhondda Valley , is a former coal mining valley in Wales, formerly a local government district, consisting of 16 communities built around the River Rhondda. The valley is made up of two valleys, the larger Rhondda Fawr valley and the smaller Rhondda Fach valley...
, 38 men are killed. - 21 March — 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...
sets out for Africa to seek David LivingstoneDavid LivingstoneDavid Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr...
. - June — Miners' strike in South Wales culminates in defeat for the union.
- 10 November — Stanley locates Livingstone in Tanzania, greeting him with the words, "Dr Livingstone, I presume?"
- Lewis JonesLewis Jones (Patagonia)Lewis Jones was one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia. The city of Trelew was named after him....
is appointed governor of Chubut ProvinceChubut ProvinceChubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd parallel south and the 46th parallel south , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean...
by the government of ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. - David Davies Llandinam constructs a railway from Caersws to the Van mines.
- Henry Hussey Vivian opens the White Rock lead treatment works in SwanseaSwanseaSwansea 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...
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New books
- Robert FowlerRobert FowlerRobert Fowler may refer to:* Robert Fowler , bishop in the Church of Ireland* Robert Fowler , English artist* Robert Fowler , American marathoner...
, MD — A Complete History of the Case of the Welsh Fasting-Girl - James KenwardJames KenwardJames Kenward , English author and illustrator, best known for his accounts of suburban and prep school life.James Macara Kenward was born in 1908 in South London, the son of the Lloyd's insurance broker who invented rain insurance: The Jupiter Pluvius policy...
— Ab Ithel
Music
- John ThomasJohn Thomas (harpist)John Thomas was a Welsh composer and harpist. The bardic name Pencerdd Gwalia was conferred on him at the 1861 Aberdare Eisteddfod....
(Pencerdd Gwalia) is appointed harpist to Queen Victoria.
Births
- 5 January — Percy LloydPercy LloydDavid Percy Marmaduke Lloyd was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Llanelli. Lloyd played for Wales on four occasions during the 1890 and 1891 Home Nations Championships.- Rugby career :...
, Wales national rugby player (died 1959) - 23 February — Jack EvansJack Evans (rugby player)John "Jack" Evans was a Welsh international rugby union forward who later 'went North', switching to the professional rugby league code...
, Wales national rugby player (died 1924) - 2 March — Billy BancroftBilly BancroftBilly Bancroft was a Welsh international fullback who played club rugby for Swansea and a county cricketer for Glamorgan, becoming their first professional player in 1895....
, sportsman (died 1959) - 28 March — Silyn RobertsSilyn RobertsRobert Silyn Roberts was a Welsh clergyman, writer, teacher and pacifist.Roberts, a Calvinistic Methodist minister, was a noted Welsh-language poet, the winner of the Crown at the 1902 National Eisteddfod of Wales...
, Socialist and pacifist writer (died 1930) - 6 April — Prince Alexander John of WalesPrince Alexander John of WalesPrince Alexander John Charles Albert of Wales was the youngest son and sixth child of Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and his wife Princess Alexandra, Princess of Wales and grandson of Queen Victoria and Christian IX of Denmark.-Life:Prince Alexander John Charles Albert of Wales was born...
, youngest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1871) - 12 April — Ellis William DaviesEllis William DaviesEllis William Davies was a Welsh Liberal Party and later, briefly, Labour Party and Liberal National politician and lawyer.-Early life and work:...
, politician (died 1939) - 15 April — John Humphreys DaviesJohn Humphreys DaviesJohn Humphreys Davies was a Welsh lawyer, bibliographer and educator.Born at Llangeitho, Ceredigion, he received his education at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Lincoln College, Oxford, before being called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. His interest in Welsh literature is...
, writer (died 1926) - 11 May — George HowellsGeorge HowellsGeorge Howells was a Welsh academic and writer, who was Principal of Serampore College, India from 1907 to 1932.-Life:...
, academic and writer (died 1955) - 14 June — David NichollDavid Nicholl (rugby player)David Nicholl was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales.-Rugby career:...
, rugby player (died 1918) - 3 July — W. H. DaviesW. H. DaviesWilliam Henry Davies or W. H. Davies was a Welsh poet and writer. Davies spent a significant part of his life as a tramp or vagabond in the United States and United Kingdom, but became known as one of the most popular poets of his time...
, poet (died 1940) - 6 June — Evan LloydEvan Lloyd (rugby player)Evan Lloyd was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales.-Rugby career:...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1951) - 13 August — Jack ElliottJack Elliott (rugby player)John "Jack" Elliott was a Welsh rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales, winning three caps....
, Wales international rugby player (died 1938) - 21 September — Alfred BriceAlfred BriceAlfred "Bobby" Brice was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Aberavon and Cardiff. A three times Triple Crown winner, Brice was known for his tough and aggressive tackling play....
, Wales international rugby player (died 1938) - 1 October — Sir Lewis Lougher, industrialist and politician (died 1955)
- 10 October — Thomas Gwynn JonesThomas Gwynn JonesThomas Gwynn Jones or T. Gwynn Jones was a leading Welsh poet, scholar, literary critic, novelist, translator, and journalist who did important work in Welsh literature, Welsh education, and the study of Welsh folk tales in the first half of the twentieth century...
, poet (died 1949) - 3 November — Owen BadgerOwen BadgerOwen Badger was a Welsh international rugby centre who played rugby union for Llanelli and was capped four times for Wales. He later switched codes, playing professional rugby league for Swinton.-Rugby career:...
, Wales national rugby player (died 1939) - 27 November — Robert Evans (Cybi), writer (died 1956)
- 1 December — Bert DaunceyBert DaunceyFrederick Herbert Dauncey was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and was capped three times for Wales. Dauncey was an all-round sportsman, and also represented Wales in tennis and Newport in field hockey...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1955) - 3 December — Sir Percy Emerson Watkins, civil servant (died 1946)
- date unknown
- William JenkinsWilliam Jenkins (British politician)Sir William Jenkins was a British Labour politician and trade union leader.Jenkins was the son of a coal miner and attended Glyncorrwg National School before taking up work on the railways at the age of 11½...
, politician (died 1944) - Thomas Mardy Rees, historian and author (died 1953)
- William Jenkins
Deaths
- 19 January — Thomas Jeremy Griffiths, minister, hymn-writer and teacher
- 2 August — David James (Dewi o Ddyfed), writer (born 1803)