1840 in Wales

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1840
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
See also:
1840 in
The United Kingdom
Ireland
Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1840 to Wales and its people.

Incumbent[]

Events[]

  • 1 January - Trial of Chartists John Frost, Zephaniah Williams and William Jones for their part in the Newport Rising of 1839 continues at Monmouth[1] before Chief Justice Tindal. This is the first trial where proceedings are recorded in shorthand.
  • 16 January - Frost, Williams and Jones are all found guilty of high treason for their part in the Chartist riots,[2] and are sentenced to death - the last time the sentence of hanging, drawing and quartering is passed in the United Kingdom, although following a nationwide petitioning campaign and, extraordinarily, direct lobbying of the Home Secretary by the Lord Chief Justice, it is commuted to transportation for life (and Frost is much later pardoned).
  • 5 June - Joseph Brown is appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic District of Wales, being consecrated as a bishop on 28 October.
  • 8 October - Taff Vale Railway is officially opened, the first steam-worked passenger railway in Wales, running from Cardiff docks to Navigation House at Abercynon via the Cardiff station known in modern days as Queen Street.[3][4] Public service begins the following day.
  • 30 October - First branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales formed in Flintshire.[5]
  • 18 November - The paddle steamer City of Bristol is wrecked at Llangennith, Gower, drowning about 22 people.[6]
  • Approximate date - Rebuilding of Gregynog Hall with extensive use of concrete begins.[7]

Arts and literature[]

New books[]

English language[]

  • Sir John Hanmer - Memorials of the Parish and Family of Hanmer
  • William Lloyd - The Narrative of a Journey from Cawnpoor to the Boorendo Pass

Welsh language[]

  • (Eta Delta) - Y Weinidogaeth a'r Eglwysi
  • - Y Catechism Cyntaf
  • Taliesin Williams - Hynafiaeth ac Awdurdodaeth Coelbren y Beirdd

Music[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ Frost, John (1839). Trial of John Frost for high treason: revised by a Barrister. p. 19.
  2. ^ Maunder, Samuel; Cox, George William (1856). The Treasury of History (New ed.). Longman & Co. pp. 499–.
  3. ^ Barrie, D. S. (1950). The Taff Vale Railway. Oakwood Press.
  4. ^ Edward Cresy (1847). An Encyclopædia of Civil Engineering, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical. Paternoster-Row: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. pp. 595.
  5. ^ "Wales". Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  6. ^ Bennett, Tom. Shipwrecks for Walkers 1: A Walkers Guide to Beach Wrecks Around Britain. Author. pp. 28–. GGKEY:EA61KY0D96E.
  7. ^ Hughes, Glyn Tegai; Morgan, Prys; Thomas, J. Gareth (1977). Gregynog. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-0634-5.
  8. ^ Broughton, Rhoda (March 2010). Cometh Up As A Flower. Broadview Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-77048-295-1.
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