1885 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1885 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales — Albert Edward
- Princess of Wales — Alexandra
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales — Clwydfardd
Events
- 5 August - Queen Victoria's harpist John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) marries a former student, Joan Francis Denny in 1885.[1]
- 24 November — The United Kingdom general election is the first in which the Liberal Party has a candidate in every Welsh constituency. The Liberals win 30 of the 34 available seats.
- 24 December — 81 miners are killed in an accident at the Maerdy Colliery, Rhondda.
- The world's first passenger-carrying ropeway comes into use over the River Aeron at Aberaeron.
- Opening of steelworks at Brymbo.
- By order of the Admiralty, only Welsh coal is to be used on ships of the Royal Navy.
- Three people are killed when fire breaks out at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
- Frances Hoggan is the first woman doctor registered in Wales.
- Opening of the first local authority secondary school in Cardiff.
- Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituencies of Denbighshire, Glamorganshire, North and South Monmouthshire are among those disestablished.
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales — held at Aberdare
- Chair — Watkin Hezekiah Williams
- Crown — Griffith Tecwyn Parry
New books
- Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) — Caneuon Gwyrosydd
- Daniel Owen — Hunangofiant Rhys Lewis, Gweinidog Bethel, the first long novel written in Welsh
Sport
- Football — Druids win the Welsh Cup for the fourth time in its eight-year history.
- Golf — Course at Borth opens.
- Rugby union
- Cross Keys RFC, London Welsh RFC, Neyland RFC and Risca RFC are founded.
- Arthur Gould plays his first international match for Wales.
Births
- 21 May — William Dowell, Welsh dual-code rugby player (died 1949)
- 26 June — David John Williams, writer and politician (died 1970)
- 2 August — Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare (died 1957)
- 5 September — Jenkin Alban Davies, Welsh international rugby captain (died 1976)
- 21 November — Robert Evans, footballer (died 1965)
- date unknown
- Ernest Evans, politician (died 1965)
Deaths
- 21 January — John Gwyn Jeffreys, conchologist, 76
- 15 March — Jane Williams (Ysgafell), writer, 79
- 1 May — Henry Brinley Richards, composer, 67
- 10 May — Edward Stephen, composer, 62
- 27 July — Penry Williams, artist
- 1 August — Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, inventor, 34
- 24 September — Samuel Roberts, political and economic writer, 85
References
- ↑ hellohistoria. Retrieved 26 April 2014
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