1882 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1882 to Wales
and its people
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becomes the 'Royal Cambrian Academy of Art' after gaining patronage from Queen Victoria.
— held at Denbigh
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... - ArchdruidArchdruidThe Archdruid is the title used by the presiding official of the Gorsedd.The Archdruid presides over the most important ceremonies at the National Eisteddfod of Wales including the Crowning of the Bard, The Award of the Prose Medal and Chairing of the Bard. From 1932 only former winners of the...
of the National Eisteddfod of WalesNational Eisteddfod of WalesThe National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...
— Clwydfardd
Events
- 11 February — Six miners are killed in an accident at the Lewis Merthyr Colliery.
- 3 March — Five miners are killed in an accident at the Henwaen Colliery, BlainaBlainaBlaina is a small town, situated deep within the South Wales Valleys between Brynmawr and Abertillery in the unitary authority of Blaenau Gwent, ancient parish of Aberystruth, preserved county of Gwent and historic county of Monmouthshire.-Notable people:...
. - 20 October — The steamer Clan MacDuff 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....
, resulting in 32 deaths. - 1 November — An Austrian barqueBarqueA barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts.- History of the term :The word barque appears to have come from the Greek word baris, a term for an Egyptian boat. This entered Latin as barca, which gave rise to the Italian barca, Spanish barco, and the French barge and...
, the Petroslava, is wrecked on SkokholmSkokholmSkokholm is an uninhabited island off the coast of south west Pembrokeshire in Wales, lying south of the neighbouring island of Skomer. The whole island is a Site of Special Scientific Interest as is Skomer. The surrounding waters are a marine reserve, all part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National...
with the loss of 10 of its 11 crew members. - Anti-IrishIrish peopleThe Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
riots break out at TredegarTredegarTredegar is a town situated on the Sirhowy River in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, in south-east Wales. Located within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, it became an early centre of the Industrial Revolution in South Wales...
. - LagerLagerLager is a type of beer made from malted barley that is brewed and stored at low temperatures. There are many types of lager; pale lager is the most widely-consumed and commercially available style of beer in the world; Pilsner, Bock, Dortmunder Export and Märzen are all styles of lager...
is brewed at WrexhamWrexhamWrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...
, for the first time in the UK. - SA Brain & Company Ltd opens its brewery in CardiffCardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
. - St Catharine's Church, Baglan, is consecrated.
Arts and literature
The Cambrian Academy of ArtRoyal Cambrian Academy of Art
The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art is a centre of excellence for art in Wales. Its main gallery is located in Conwy and it has over a hundred members.thumb|right|240px|Plas Mawr, Conwy-Early history:...
becomes the 'Royal Cambrian Academy of Art' after gaining patronage from Queen Victoria.
Awards
National Eisteddfod of WalesNational Eisteddfod of Wales
The National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...
— held at Denbigh
Denbigh
Denbigh is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Before 1888, it was the county town of Denbighshire. Denbigh lies 8 miles to the north west of Ruthin and to the south of St Asaph. It is about 13 miles from the seaside resort of Rhyl. The town grew around the glove-making industry...
- Chair — withheld
- Crown — Dafydd Rees Williams
New books
- 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"....
— Pedwerydd Llyfr Mynyddog - Frances HogganFrances HogganFrances Elizabeth Hoggan MD was the first British woman to receive a doctorate in medicine from a university in Europe, and the first female doctor to be registered in Wales....
— Education for Girls in Wales
Sport
- FootballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
— Druids win the Welsh CupWelsh CupThe Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales.The Football Association of Wales is the organising body of this competition, which has been run every year since its inception in 1877-78...
for the third time in its five-year history. - Rugby UnionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
- Bargoed RFCBargoed RFCBargoed Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Bargoed, South Wales. They are members of the Welsh Rugby Union and are a feeder club for Newport Gwent Dragons.-Notable past players:...
, Loughor RFCLoughor RFCLoughor Rugby Football Club is a rugby union Club representing the town of Loughor, Swansea, South Wales. Loughor RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys. Rugby was first played in Loughor in 1882, with evidence of two distinct teams forming in the upper and...
, Pentyrch RFCPentyrch RFCPentyrch Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Pentyrch in Wales. Pentyrch RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues....
and Pontardawe RFCPontardawe RFCPontardawe Rugby Football club is a rugby union club based in Pontardawe, a small town in the valley of the River Tawe in Wales.The club has a hugely successful junior section which provides age group rugby with fully qualified coaches from 7 through to 16 and for the season 2011 - 2012, will for...
are formed. - First WalesWales national rugby union teamThe Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
national game against Ireland. Result sees first Welsh victory and first points scored, by Newport's Thomas Baker JonesThomas Baker JonesThomas Baker Jones was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby union for Newport. Jones was capped six times for Wales and was the first player to score recognised international points for the national team....
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- Bargoed RFC
Births
- 3 January — Johnnie WilliamsJohnnie WilliamsJohnnie Williams was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Club. A three times Triple Crown winner, out of seventeen appearances for Wales he was on the losing side only twice....
Wales international rugby player (died 1916) - 3 February — Harry WetterHarry WetterHarry Wetter was an English-born international, rugby union centre who played club rugby for Newport and county rugby with Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. He won just two caps for Wales but is most notable for being a member of the Newport team that beat the 1912 touring South African team...
, Wales international rugby union player (died 1934) - 11 February — Gwendoline DaviesGwendoline DaviesGwendoline Elizabeth Davies, CH , was a granddaughter of the philanthropist David Davies Llandinam. Together with her sister Margaret, she is remembered as a patron of the arts in Wales and important collector of Impressionist and 20th-century art...
, patron of the arts (died 1951) - 5 April — Howell JonesHowell JonesHowell Jones was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Neath and county rugby for Glamorgan. He gained just a single cap for the Wales national team, in 1904...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1908) - 7 May — Reggie GibbsReggie GibbsReginald "Reggie" Arthur Gibbs was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Penarth and Cardiff. He was capped 16 times for his country and captained his team on one occasion...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1938) - 24 July — Reginald ClarryReginald ClarrySir Reginald George Clarry, , was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, representing the Newport constituency in Monmouthshire from 1922 to 1929 and from 1931 to 1945....
, politician (died 1945) - 6 September — Tommy VileTommy VileMajor Thomas Henry "Tommy" Vile MBE was a Welsh international rugby union player. He played club rugby predominantly for Newport, captaining the side twice and played county rugby for Monmouthshire. He also represented the British Isles in Australia, and after retiring from playing became an...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1958) - 14 September — Jack PowellJack Powell (rugby player born 1882)John "Jack" Anderson Powell was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and London Welsh...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1941) - 30 September — Charlie PritchardCharlie PritchardCaptain Charlie Pritchard was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the winning Welsh team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks. He played club rugby for Newport RFC and county rugby for Monmouthshire.-Rugby career:...
Wales international rugby player (died 1916) - 13 October — Trevor PreeceTrevor PreeceTrevor Preece was a Welsh cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Glamorgan. He was born in Cowbridge and died in Whitchurch....
, cricketer (died 1965) - 6 November — David Rees GriffithsDavid Rees GriffithsDavid Rees Griffiths , also known by his bardic name of Amanwy, was a Welsh poet, and an older brother of politician Jim Griffiths....
, poet (died 1953) - 8 November — Jack WilliamsJack Williams (rugby player)John Frederick 'Jack' Williams was a Welsh international rugby union lock who played club rugby for London Welsh...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1911) - 21 November — Harold LoweHarold LoweCommander Harold Godfrey Lowe RD RNR was the Fifth Officer of the .-Early years:Harold Lowe was born in Eglwys Rhos, Caernarfonshire, North Wales on 21 November 1882, the third of eight children, born to George and Harriet Lowe...
, officer on board RMS Titanic (died 1944) - 16 December — Cyril FoxCyril FoxSir Cyril Fred Fox , born, Chippenham, Wiltshire, was an English archaeologist.Cyril Fox became keeper of archaeology at the National Museum of Wales...
, archaeologist (died 1967) - 31 December — Tom EvansTom Evans (rugby player)Thomas "Tom" Henry Evans was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Llanelli. Evans played in eighteen international games for Wales, and in 1908 was part of the Welsh team that faced touring Australian team...
, Wales international rugby player (died 1955) - date unknown — Ivor LewisIvor LewisIvor Rhys Lewis was a Canadian artist and business director.Lewis was born in Wales, but emigrated to Canada as a small boy. He trained as an artist at the Ontario School of Art, and was hired in the art department of the Eaton's department store chain in Toronto...
, artist (died 1958)
Deaths
- 9 January — Joseph Edwards, sculptor, 69
- 8 March — William Bulkeley HughesWilliam Bulkeley HughesWilliam Bulkeley Hughes was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 1837 to 1859, and as a Liberal from 1865 to 1882....
, politician, 84 - 20 June — David ThomasDavid Thomas (industrialist)David Thomas was a native of Wales who was influential in the birth of the Industrial Revolution in the US.-Development of the hot blast:David Thomas was born in Cadoxton, near Neath...
, industrialist, 87 - 15 July — John PetherickJohn PetherickJohn Petherick , Welsh traveller in East Central Africa, was born in Glamorganshire, and adopted the profession of mining engineer....
, engineer and traveller, 69 - August — John Dillwyn LlewelynJohn Dillwyn LlewelynJohn Dillwyn Llewelyn was a botanist and pioneer photographer.-Early life:He was born in Swansea, Wales, the eldest son of Lewis Weston Dillwyn and Mary Dillwyn, née Adams, the natural daughter of Col. John Llewelyn of Penllergare and Ynysygerwn...
, botanist and photographer, 62 - 21 November — Banastyre Pryce Lloyd, linguist and civil servant, 58
- 16 December — Alfred OllivantAlfred OllivantAlfred Ollivant was an academic who went on to become bishop of Llandaff.Born in Manchester, he was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He won the Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholarship in 1822 and was elected to a fellowship at Trinity College. In 1827, he was appointed the first...
, Bishop of Llandaff, 84 - date unknown — George Grant FrancisGeorge Grant Francis-Life:Francis was the eldest son of John Francis of Swansea, Glamorganshire, by his wife, Mary Grant, and was born there in January 1814. He was educated at the Swansea high school....
, antiquary