1846 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1846 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1846 to Wales and its people.

Incumbent[]

Monarch - Victoria

Events[]

14 January - 35 men are killed in a mining accident at Risca.^[1]
March - A speech by William Williams, MP for Coventry, on the subject of education and the Welsh language leads to the commissioning of a report.
27 June - Thomas Frankland Lewis is created a baronet.^[2]
1 August - Opening of the Aberdare railway.
3 August - Mary Cornelia Edwards of Plas Machynlleth marries George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry.^[3]
October - New bridge over the River Towy at Llandeilo collapses under construction.
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- New cast-iron Llandinam Bridge in Montgomeryshire is opened.^[4]
- The rebuilt Beaumaris Pier is partially opened.^[5]
- Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones becomes mission president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales, concentrating the church's efforts around Merthyr Tydfil, publishing (from July) the Welsh language monthly Prophwyd y Jubili and also the tract Hanes Saint y Dyddiau Diweddaf.
- The Cambrian Archaeological Association is founded by Harry Longueville Jones and John Williams (Ab Ithel) and launches its journal Archaeologia Cambrensis.^[6]

Arts and literature[]

New books[]

(Gutyn Padarn) - Gwaith Prydyddawl
Daniel Silvan Evans - Telynegion
Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick - Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches between the years 1586 and 1613...
- Cerbyd Awen

Music[]

Y Salmydd Cenedlaethol (collection of hymns)

Births[]

8 January - Henry Bracy, tenor (d. 1917)
1 October - John Cadvan Davies, minister and poet (d. 1823)^[7]
17 October - Mary Davies (Mair Eifion), poet (d. 1882)
24 November - Tom Hurry Riches, steam locomotive engineer (d. 1911)
6 December - , theologian (d. 1920)
28 December - , harpist (d. 1891)
3 August - Samuel M. Jones, mayor of Toledo, Ohio (d. 1904)

Deaths[]

9 March - , composer, 88
28 March - Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion), poet, 53^[8]
26 June - Honoratus Leigh Thomas, surgeon, 77^[9]
29 July - John Owens, educational benefactor, 55^[10]
October - John Evans, surgeon and cartographer, 90^[11]
3 December - , missionary, 33
5 December - Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet, politician, 86^[12]

References[]

^ "The late Fatal Explosion at Risca". Monmouthshire Merlin. Edward Dowling. 7 February 1846. hdl:10107/3425253.
^ David Williams. "Lewis, Sir Thomas Frankland (1780-1855), politician". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
^ David Barnes (2005). The Companion Guide to Wales. Companion Guides. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-900639-43-9.
^ David Morgan Rees (1975). The Industrial Archaeology of Wales. David & Charles. p. 270.
^ Martin Easdown; Darlah Thomas (15 July 2010). Piers of Wales. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-4456-2385-6.
^ Abraham Hume (1847). The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom: Being an Account of Their Respective Origin, History, Objects, and Constitution: with Full Details Respecting Membership, Fees, Their Published Works and Transactions, Notices of Their Periods and Places of Meeting, &c. and a General Introduction and a Classified Index. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 164.
^ Edward Tegla Davies. "Davies, John Cadvan (Cadvan; 1846 - 1923), Wesleyan minister". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ Jones, David Gwenallt. "Evans, Daniel (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion; 1792–1846)". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Thomas, Honoratus Leigh" . Dictionary of National Biography. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ Clapp, Brian W. (2004). "Owens, John (1790–1846), merchant and philanthropist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 11 October 2017. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ North, Frederick John. "Evans, John (1756–1846), surgeon". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
^ The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England). F. Jefferies. 1847. p. 306.

[1] "The late Fatal Explosion at Risca". Monmouthshire Merlin. Edward Dowling. 7 February 1846. hdl:10107/3425253.

[2] David Williams. "Lewis, Sir Thomas Frankland (1780-1855), politician". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

[3] David Barnes (2005). The Companion Guide to Wales. Companion Guides. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-900639-43-9.

[Rees1975-4] David Morgan Rees (1975). The Industrial Archaeology of Wales. David & Charles. p. 270.

[5] Martin Easdown; Darlah Thomas (15 July 2010). Piers of Wales. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-4456-2385-6.

[6] Abraham Hume (1847). The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom: Being an Account of Their Respective Origin, History, Objects, and Constitution: with Full Details Respecting Membership, Fees, Their Published Works and Transactions, Notices of Their Periods and Places of Meeting, &c. and a General Introduction and a Classified Index. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 164.

[7] Edward Tegla Davies. "Davies, John Cadvan (Cadvan; 1846 - 1923), Wesleyan minister". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[8] Jones, David Gwenallt. "Evans, Daniel (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion; 1792–1846)". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 September 2008.

[9] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Thomas, Honoratus Leigh" . Dictionary of National Biography. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[10] Clapp, Brian W. (2004). "Owens, John (1790–1846), merchant and philanthropist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 11 October 2017. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[11] North, Frederick John. "Evans, John (1756–1846), surgeon". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

[12] The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England). F. Jefferies. 1847. p. 306.

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