1849 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1849 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
- Princess of Wales – vacant
Events
- January 2 — Completion of both tubes of Robert Stephenson's Conwy Railway Bridge.
- February 26 — Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones embarks with 249 Welsh converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bound for Salt Lake City from Liverpool.[1]
- May 13 — A case of cholera is recorded in Cardiff, the beginning of an outbreak that spreads to Merthyr, Dowlais and Aberdare, and kills 800 people.
- June 20 — First tube of Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge is floated into position on the Menai Strait.[2]
- November 1 — Alfred Ollivant becomes Bishop of Llandaff.
- December 13 — Foundation stone of Llandovery College is laid.
- A temperance festival is held at Carmarthen.
Arts and literature
Awards
- David Griffith (Clwydfardd) is appointed official bard of the Aberffraw eisteddfod. Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is also invested as a bard.
New books
- Anne Beale — Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) — Yr Adgyfodiad
- Lady Charlotte Guest concludes publication of her translation into English of the Mabinogion
- Hugh Derfel Hughes — Y Gweithiwr Caniadgar
- Rowland Hughes — Cyfarchiad Caredig i rai newydd ddychwelyd
- John Jones (Talhaiarn) — Awdl y Greadigaeth
- John Lloyd — The English Country Gentleman
- Samuel Lewis — Topographical Dictionary of Wales
- Thomas Stephens — The Literature of the Kymry
Music
- Haleliwia (hymns)
Births
- April 21 — Sir David Treharne Evans, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1907)
- May 2
- William Cadwaladr Davies, educationist (d. 1905)
- Charles James Jackson, businessman and collector (d. 1923)
Deaths
- March 21 — William Sherley Williams, Welsh-descended pioneer
- September 16 — Thomas Jones, missionary, 39
- December 5 — Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), poet, 88
References
- ↑ Williams, David (2009). "Jones, Daniel". Welsh Biography Online. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ↑ "Britannia Bridge". Engineering Timelines. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
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