This article is about the particular significance of the year 1873 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite
Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall
Events 1 March – The sailing ship Chacabuco sinks off the Great Orme with the loss of 24 lives. 18 March – Work begins on construction of the Severn Tunnel."Severn Tunnel." engineering-timelines.com, Retrieved: 2 July 2018. 30 March – The Glyn Valley Tramway opens as a horse-worked line to carry slate and other minerals from Glyn Ceiriog to Chirk.Milner, John (1984). The Glyn Valley Tramway. Oxford Publishing Co. 19 August – The Holyhead Breakwater (the longest in the world) is officially opened by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. having taken 28 years to construct. 9 October – The first recorded sheepdog trial in the UK takes place at Bala. 2 December – In a mining accident at Hafod Colliery, Rhiwabon, five men are killed. date unknown – Construction of: Tŵr Mawr Lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn. Buckley Arms hotel, Dinas Mawddwy, in reinforced concrete.
Arts and literature New books Rhoda Broughton – Nancy Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Manion Hynafiaethol Ebenezer Thomas – Gweithiau Barddonol Eben Fardd (posthumously published)
Music Henry Brinley Richards – Songs of Wales Richard Davies (Mynyddog) writes the song "Rheolau yr Aelwyd", the basis of "Sosban Fach".
Sport December – Major Walter Wingfield of Nantclwyd Hall at Llanelidan designs a game for the amusement of his visitors. Wingfield soon patents nets for the game of lawn tennis, which he calls "sphairistike".
Births 7 January – Christopher Williams, artist (died 1934) 16 January – Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, politician (died 1939) 7 April John Dyfnallt Owen, poet and Archdruid (died 1956) Charles Butt Stanton, politician (died 1946) 23 April – Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1951) 1 May – Harry Evans, musician (died 1914) 22 May – (Brynach) (died 1923) 5 June – Ben Davies, Wales international rugby player (died 1930) 14 October – Sam Livesey, actor (died 1936) date unknown – Arthur Tysilio Johnson, plantsman and author of The Perfidious Welshman (died 1956)
Deaths January – John Emlyn Jones, poet, 54 27 January – Josiah Thomas Jones, publisher, 73 20 February – (at Launceston, Tasmania) William Jones, Chartist leader, 64 29 March – David Jones, merchant in Australia, 80 17 May – Lord William Paget, soldier and politician, 70 9 October – John Evan Thomas, sculptor, 63 31 October – William Ambrose (Emrys), poet, 60 10 November – Maria Jane Williams, musician, 78
See also 1873 in Ireland
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