1841 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1841 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1841 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

19 February - The Governor Fenner, carrying emigrants to America, sinks off Holyhead after colliding with a steamer, with the loss of 123 lives.^[1]
9 March - The first known photograph is taken in Wales, of Margam Castle by Calvert Jones.^[2]
12 April - The Taff Vale Railway is extended to Merthyr Tydfil
26 July - The proprietors of The Skerries Lighthouse off Anglesey, the last privately owned light in the British Isles, are awarded £444,984 in compensation for its sale to Trinity House.
19 August - In the United Kingdom general election, William Edwards stands as a Chartist candidate in Monmouth Boroughs and becomes the only Parliamentary candidate in Wales, ever, not to win a single vote.
8 December - The month-old Albert Edward, eldest son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, is created Prince of Wales by letters patent.^[3]
date unknown
- Founding of Bala-Bangor Congregational College.^[4]
- Poor Law Amendment Act is passed, largely thanks to the efforts of Sir George Cornewall Lewis.
- Mordecai Jones opens a brewery at Brecon.
- The Brymbo ironworks are bought out of Chancery after a long period of litigation and reopened by a limited company.
- Opening of Swansea Museum by the Royal Institution of South Wales.^[5]
- Land is earmarked by Welsh immigrants in Ohio for the building of Tyn Rhos Chapel.^[6]

Arts and literature[]

New books[]

David Owen (Brutus) - Gweithrediadau yr Eglwys Sefydledig^[7]
Welsh Book of Common Prayer (new edition)

Music[]

Births[]

28 January - Sir Henry Morton Stanley, explorer (as John Rowlands;^[8] died 1904)
14 February
- Sir John Gibson, journalist (died 1915)
- , horseman (died 1929)
5 April - Robert Rees, singer and musician (died 1892)
23 April - , minister and historian (died 1924)
29 April - Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, soldier (died 1925)^[9]
21 May - Joseph Parry, composer (died 1903)^[10]
26 June (in London) - James Cholmeley Russell, railway entrepreneur (died 1912)
9 November (in London) - Edward Albert, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII (died 1910)

Deaths[]

17 January - David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion), poet, 56^[11]
12 May - , harpist, 13 (drowning)
19 May - John Blackwell (Alun), poet, 42^[12]
1 May - David Jones, missionary, 44^[13]
24 May - Thomas Roberts, Llwyn'rhudol, co-founder of Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion
8 June - John Elias, preacher, 67^[14]
4 December - David Daniel Davis, physician, 64^[15]

References[]

^ Joseph Haydn; Benjamin Vincent (1860). A Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations: For Universal Reference; Comprehending Remarkable Occurrences, Ancient and Modern ...particularly of the British Empire. E. Moxon. p. 721.
^ National Library of Wales (1987). Annual Report - National Library of Wales.
^ Allison, Ronald (1991). The Royal encyclopedia. London: Macmillan Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780333538104.
^ Alan P. F. Sell (24 October 2014). One Ministry, Many Ministers: A Case Study from the Reformed Tradition. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-62564-892-1.
^ Glanmor Williams (1 January 1990). Swansea: An Illustrated History. Christopher Davies. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-7154-0714-1.
^ Anne Kelly Knowles (February 1997). Calvinists Incorporated: Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier. University of Chicago Press. pp. 145. ISBN 978-0-226-44853-4.
^ Catalogue of Welsh Books, Books on Wales, and Books by Welshmen, A.D. 1800-1862, at Glan Aber, Chester. 1870. p. 37.
^ William G. Stairs; Roy D. MacLaren (18 March 1998). African Exploits: The Diaries of William Stairs, 1887-1892. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7735-1640-3.
^ "Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
^ Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2.
^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Owen, David (1784-1841)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ Cooper, Thompson (1886). "Blackwell, John" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 146–147.
^ Evan Lewis Evans. "Jones, David (1797-1841), missionary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
^ Edward Morgan (1973). John Elias - life, letters and essays. Banner of Truth Trust, Edinburgh. ISBN 0-85151-174-0.
^ The London and Edinburgh Monthly Journal of Medical Science. 1842. p. 82.

[1] Joseph Haydn; Benjamin Vincent (1860). A Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations: For Universal Reference; Comprehending Remarkable Occurrences, Ancient and Modern ...particularly of the British Empire. E. Moxon. p. 721.

[2] National Library of Wales (1987). Annual Report - National Library of Wales.

[3] Allison, Ronald (1991). The Royal encyclopedia. London: Macmillan Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780333538104.

[4] Alan P. F. Sell (24 October 2014). One Ministry, Many Ministers: A Case Study from the Reformed Tradition. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-62564-892-1.

[5] Glanmor Williams (1 January 1990). Swansea: An Illustrated History. Christopher Davies. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-7154-0714-1.

[6] Anne Kelly Knowles (February 1997). Calvinists Incorporated: Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier. University of Chicago Press. pp. 145. ISBN 978-0-226-44853-4.

[7] Catalogue of Welsh Books, Books on Wales, and Books by Welshmen, A.D. 1800-1862, at Glan Aber, Chester. 1870. p. 37.

[8] William G. Stairs; Roy D. MacLaren (18 March 1998). African Exploits: The Diaries of William Stairs, 1887-1892. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7735-1640-3.

[9] "Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

[10] Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2.

[11] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Owen, David (1784-1841)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[12] Cooper, Thompson (1886). "Blackwell, John" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 146–147.

[13] Evan Lewis Evans. "Jones, David (1797-1841), missionary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

[14] Edward Morgan (1973). John Elias - life, letters and essays. Banner of Truth Trust, Edinburgh. ISBN 0-85151-174-0.

[15] The London and Edinburgh Monthly Journal of Medical Science. 1842. p. 82.

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