1876 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1876 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1876 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents[]

Monarch - Victoria
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd

Events[]

January – The Argentine government appoints as civil authority over the Welsh colony in Patagonia, the population of which numbers 690.
9 January – The death of John Russell, Viscount Amberley, leaves Bertrand Russell an orphan.^[1]
June – Francis Kilvert becomes vicar of Saint Harmon, Radnorshire.^[2]
13 July – Act of Parliament allows the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company to abandon plans for a line between Croesor Junction and Betws-y-Coed.
22 July – Art Treasures & Industrial Exhibition of North Wales & the Border Counties in Wrexham is opened.
19 August – Judge John Johnes is murdered at his home on Dolaucothi Estate by his butler.
2 December – Cardiff RFC plays its first match, against Newport.
18 December – In a mining accident at South Wales Pit, Abertillery, twenty men are killed.

Arts and literature[]

New books[]

George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman – History of the Princes of South Wales

Music[]

– Bugeiles yr Wyddfa
Joseph Parry composes the hymn tune Aberystwyth (published 1879) which becomes the basis of the pan-African anthem Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

Sport[]

Football
- 2 February – Llewelyn Kenrick sets up the Football Association of Wales in a meeting at the Wynnstay Arms hotel in Wrexham, in response to a challenge issued by The Field magazine, to organize an international match between Wales and Scotland or Ireland.
- 25 March – Wales play first international football match, against Scotland in Glasgow, losing 4–0.
- Formation of Caernarfon athletics club, later Caernarfon Town.
Rugby union – Aberavon RFC, Cardiff RFC, Cardigan RFC, Llandaff RFC, Merthyr RFC and Pontypridd RFC are established.

Births[]

7 March – Edgar Evans, naval petty officer and Antarctic explorer (died 1912)^[3]
19 June – Joe Pullman, Wales international rugby union player (died 1955)
22 June – Gwen John, artist (died 1939)^[4]
15 July
- Jehoida Hodges, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1930)
- Jack Rhapps, Dual-code rugby international (died 1950)
24 July – Viv Huzzey, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1929)
18 September – Charles Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton (died 1934)
17 November – Dicky Owen, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1932)

Deaths[]

Robert Herbert Williams (Corfanydd, 1805-76) NLW3364191

3 January – Rosser Beynon, musician, 64^[5]
19 February – Daniel Davies, Baptist preacher, 78^[6]
24 February – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia, son of a Welsh planter, 66^[7]
23 April (at Karlsruhe) – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85^[8]
2 May – (Tydfylyn), poet and musician (born 1820)^[9]
19 July – George E. Pugh, Welsh-American politician, 53
9 August – Lady Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams, English-born artist and illustrator, 75^[10]
21 August – C. W. Evan, Congregationalist minister in colonial South Australia, age unknown
9 November – John David Jenkins, philanthropist, 58^[11]
17 November – Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth), leader of Rebecca Riots^[12]
20 November – (Corfanydd), musician (born 1805)
25 December – Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle, 81^[13]

References[]

^ Bertrand Russell (2004). The Life of Bertrand Russell in Pictures and in His Own Words. Spokesman. p. 10.
^ David Lockwood (1990). Francis Kilvert. Seren. p. 130-134. ISBN 978-1-85411-032-9.
^ Isobel Williams (30 November 2011). Captain Scott's Invaluable Assistant: Edgar Evans. History Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7524-7760-2.
^ National museum (Cardiff, GB).; Gwen John; Tate Britain (Gallery) (7 December 2004). Gwen John and Augustus John. Harry N. Abrams. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-85437-543-8.
^ Robert David Griffith. "Beynon, Rosser (Asaph Glan Tâf; 1811-1876), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ Morris Brynllwyn Owen. "Davies, Daniel (1797-1876), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
^ Calvert Walke Tazewell (January 1992). Virginia's ninth president, Joseph Jenkins Roberts. W.S. Dawson Co. p. 40.
^ Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. D. Appleton & Company. 1878. p. 630.
^ David James Bowen. "WILLIAMS, DANIEL THOMAS (Tydfylyn; 1820–1876), Congregational minister, poet, and musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
^ Lindley, John (1846). "Trichosanthes colubrina". Edwards's botanical register. 32: 18 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Watkin William Price. "Jenkins, John David (1828-1876), cleric, philanthropist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
^ Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion (in Welsh). Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. 1953. p. 1063.
^ Engineering. Office for Advertisements and Publication. January 1951. p. 299.

[1] Bertrand Russell (2004). The Life of Bertrand Russell in Pictures and in His Own Words. Spokesman. p. 10.

[2] David Lockwood (1990). Francis Kilvert. Seren. p. 130-134. ISBN 978-1-85411-032-9.

[3] Isobel Williams (30 November 2011). Captain Scott's Invaluable Assistant: Edgar Evans. History Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7524-7760-2.

[4] National museum (Cardiff, GB).; Gwen John; Tate Britain (Gallery) (7 December 2004). Gwen John and Augustus John. Harry N. Abrams. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-85437-543-8.

[5] Robert David Griffith. "Beynon, Rosser (Asaph Glan Tâf; 1811-1876), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[6] Morris Brynllwyn Owen. "Davies, Daniel (1797-1876), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

[7] Calvert Walke Tazewell (January 1992). Virginia's ninth president, Joseph Jenkins Roberts. W.S. Dawson Co. p. 40.

[8] Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. D. Appleton & Company. 1878. p. 630.

[9] David James Bowen. "WILLIAMS, DANIEL THOMAS (Tydfylyn; 1820–1876), Congregational minister, poet, and musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

[10] Lindley, John (1846). "Trichosanthes colubrina". Edwards's botanical register. 32: 18 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[11] Watkin William Price. "Jenkins, John David (1828-1876), cleric, philanthropist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

[12] Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion (in Welsh). Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. 1953. p. 1063.

[13] Engineering. Office for Advertisements and Publication. January 1951. p. 299.

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