1877 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1877 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
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales — Clwydfardd
Events
- 8 March — In a mining accident at Worcester Colliery, Swansea, seventeen men are killed.
- 11 April — In a mining accident at Tynewydd Colliery, Rhondda, five men are killed by flooding. Twenty-five of the rescue team are awarded the Albert Medal for bravery.
- 1 August — Opening of new Llandudno Pier.
- 15 August — Opening to passengers of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways from Dinas to Tryfan Junction and Bryngwyn.
- 30 November — Opening of the new market hall at Builth Wells by Sir Joseph Bailey M.P.
- Closure of lead mine at Loggerheads.
- Opening of Stepaside, Pembrokeshire village school (now part of Stepaside Heritage Park).
Arts and literature
- Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Treherbert.
New books
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog) — Y Trydydd Cynnig
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) — Helyntion Bywyd Hen Deiliwr
Music
- Joseph Parry resigns from his position as Professor of Music at University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Sport
- Football
- The Racecourse Ground at Wrexham hosts Wales' first ever home international match, making it the world's oldest international football stadium still to host international matches.[1]
- The Welsh Cup is inaugurated.
- Rugby union
- 8 November — Blaenavon RFC play their first game, against Abergavenny.
Births
- 2 May - Sid Bevan, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1933)
- 6 June (in Guernsey) - Herbert John Fleure, zoologist and geographer (died 1969)
- 9 June - George Travers, Wales international rugby union player (died 1945)
- 21 June - Elizabeth Mary Jones (Moelona) (died 1953)
- 1 July - Llewellyn Lloyd, Wales international rugby union player (died 1957)
- 19 August - John Evans, supercentenarian (died 1990)
- 17 September - Henry Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, industrialist (died 1928)
- 26 September (in Wandsworth) - Edmund Gwenn, actor (died 1959) (long believed to have been born in Wales)
- 5 October - Lily Gower, croquet player (died 1959)
- 27 October - David Harris Davies Wales international rugby union player (died 1944)
- 7 November - Maurice Parry, footballer (died 1935)
- 27 November - Leigh Richmond Roose, footballer (died 1916)
- 2 December - John Strand-Jones, Wales international rugby union player (died 1958)
Deaths
- 9 January - Thomas Thomas, clergyman, 72
- 24 June - Robert Dale Owen, Welsh-American politician, 75
- 14 July - Richard Davies (Mynyddog), poet, 44
- 27 July – John Frost, Chartist leader, 93
- 5 August - Robert Williams (Trebor Mai), poet, 47
- 17 October - Charles Williams, academic, 73?
- 7 November - Calvert Jones, painter and pioneer photographer, 72
- date unknown - Thomas Richards, "father of Tasmanian journalism"
References
- ↑ "Guinness cheers Racecourse with official record". Daily Post North Wales. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
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