1849 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1849 to Wales and its people.
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Events
- 2 January – Completion of both tubes of Robert Stephenson's Conwy Railway Bridge.
- 26 February – 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]
- 13 May – A case of cholera is recorded in Cardiff, the beginning of an outbreak that spreads to Merthyr, Dowlais and Aberdare, and kills 800 people.
- 20 June – First tube of Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge is floated into position on the Menai Strait.[2]
- 10 August – Underground explosion at Lletty Shenkin colliery, Cwmbach, kills 52.[3]
- 1 November – Alfred Ollivant becomes Bishop of Llandaff.
- 13 December – 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
- 21 April – Sir David Treharne Evans, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1907)
- 2 May
- William Cadwaladr Davies, educationist (d. 1905)
- Charles James Jackson, businessman and collector (d. 1923)
Deaths
- 16 September – Thomas Jones, missionary, 39
- 2 October – James Davies, schoolmaster, 83[4]
- 2 November – Jacob Davies, missionary, 33[5]
- 5 December – Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), poet, 88
References
- Williams, David (1959). "Jones, Daniel". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- "Britannia Bridge". Engineering Timelines. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- "Death Roll – Lletty Shenkin Colliery". Welsh Coal Mines. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Davies, James (1765-1849)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- Williams, Griffith John. "Jacob Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
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