1877 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales 1877 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1877 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales — Albert Edward
• Princess of Wales — Alexandra
• 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