1865 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1865 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- 5 January — The Festiniog Railway officially opens to passengers, the first narrow gauge railway in the British Isles to do so.[1]
- 14 January — An American Confederate paddle steamer, Lelia, sinks off the north Wales coast, with the loss of eighteen lives.
- 1 February — The Vale of Neath Railway is amalgamated with the Great Western Railway.
- 14 April
- Opening of the Royal Pier, Aberystwyth, built by Eugenius Birch at a cost of £13,600.
- Paddle steamer Great Empress collides with Beaumaris Pier.
- May
- Opening of Talyllyn Railway.[2]
- A branch of The Philanthropic Order of True Ivorites Friendly Society is established and registered at Colwinston.[3]
- 28 May — The Mimosa sets sail with emigrants for Patagonia.[4]
- 10 June — Opening of Penarth Dock.
- 3 July — Opening of Barmouth Junction on the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway.
- 28 July — The town of Puerto Madryn and the Patagonian colony is founded by Michael D. Jones.[5]
- 29 November — Two men die when a coal train falls into the North Dock at Swansea.
- 1 December — Llandrindod Wells is linked to the rail network for the first time.[6]
- The only outbreak of yellow fever ever to occur in Britain kills fifteen people in Swansea.
- Francis Kilvert becomes curate of Clyro in Radnorshire.
- Sale of the Pwyllycrochan estate, leading to the development of Colwyn Bay.
- John Crichton-Stuart, Marquess of Bute, meets architect and designer William Burges.
- Robert Jones Derfel retires from the ministry and sets up a Welsh bookshop and press in Manchester.
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Aberystwyth. The chair is won by Lewis William Lewis (Llew Llwyfo).
New books
- Morris Davies — Cofiant Ann Griffiths
- John Evans (I. D. Ffraid) — Coll Gwynfa (translation of Milton's Paradise Lost)
- John Ceiriog Hughes — Y Bardd a'r Cerddor
- John Jones (Mathetes) — Pregeth i Fyfyrwyr Coleg Hwlffordd ...
- John Thomas (Ifor Cwmgwys) — Diferion Meddyliol
Music
- Thomas Gruffydd Jones (Tafalaw Bencerdd) — Gwarchae Harlech (cantata)
Sport
- Cricket
- 17 July — South Wales Cricket Club travels to Gravesend to play the Gentlemen of Kent.
- August — Morriston Cricket Club is founded.
Births
- 2 February - Henry Davies, cricketer (died 1934)
- 28 February — Arthur Symons, poet and critic (died 1945)
- 7 March — Martyn Jordan, Wales international rugby player (died 1902)
- 30 April - Max Nettlau, German historian and Welsh learner (died 1944)
- 3 June — Prince George, second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales and himself Prince of Wales 1901–1910 (later King George V; died 1936)
- 6 August — Lewis Cobden Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1928)
- 22 August — Stephen Thomas Wales international rugby player (died 1937)
- 8 September - David Williams, Swansea politician (died 1941)
- 23 September — William Brace, politician (died 1947)
- 20 October — Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams, 1st Baronet, judge (died 1955)
- 26 October — Hugh Ingledew, Wales international rugby player (died 1937)
- October - Jack Doughty, footballer (died 1937)
- 16 December - George Rowles, footballer (died 1922)
- December - Richard Bagnall-Oakeley, Olympic archer (died 1947)
- date unknown
- Dickie Garrett, rugby player (died 1908)
- Albert Hybart, rugby player (died 1945)
- George Owen, footballer (died 1922)
- Robert Roberts, footballer (died 1945)
Deaths
- 21 February — Stapleton Cotton, military leader, 91
- 26 April — William Williams, MP, 77
- 29 April - Thomas Evans (Telynog), poet, 24
- 18 June - William Parker Foulke, Welsh-descended American geologist, 49
- 10 August — Hugh Pugh, mariner, 71
- 28 September — John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, politician, 63
- 20 November — Rees Howell Gronow, soldier, politician and memoirist, 70
References
- ↑ Johnson, Peter (2007). An Illustrated History of the Festiniog Railway 1832–1954. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-86093-603-9.
- ↑ Boyd, J.I.C. (1988). The Tal-y-Llyn Railway. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. p. 45. ISBN 0-906867-46-0.
- ↑ "County Treasures" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ↑ Wilkinson, Susan (September 1998). "Welsh immigrants in Patagonia: Mimosa, the old ship that sailed into history". Buenos Aires Herald. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
- ↑ Williams, R. Bryn (2000). The Welsh colony in Patagonia 1865–2000. Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 0-86381-653-3.
- ↑ Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: a Chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5.
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