1850s | 1870s | Other years in Wales Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1860–1869 to Wales and its people.
Events 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869
Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales 1861 - Aberdare 1862 - Caernarfon 1863 - Swansea 1864 - Llandudno 1865 - Aberystwyth 1866 - Chester 1867 - Carmarthen - A crown is presented for the first time 1868 - Ruthin - The Eisteddfod Council is disbanded 1869 - Holywell
New books R. D. Blackmore - Clara Vaughan (1864) George Borrow - Wild Wales (1862)Prys Morgan, "Early Victorian Wales and its crisis of identity" in Rhoda Broughton - Cometh Up as a Flower (1867) Richard Davies (Mynyddog) - Caneuon Mynyddog (1866) Huw Derfel - Llawlyfr Carnedd Llywelyn (1864) Robert Jones Derfel - Traethodau ac Areithiau (1864) John Ceiriog Hughes Oriau'r Hwyr (1860) Oriau'r Bore (1862) Cant o Ganeuon (1863) Y Bardd a'r Cerddor (1865) Oriau eraill (1868) David Watkin Jones (Dafydd Morgannwg) - Yr Ysgol Farddol (1869) William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) - Emmanuel (1861) William Thomas (Islwyn) - Caniadau (1867) Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) Fy Noswyl (1861) Geninen (1869) Alfred Russel Wallace The Origin of Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced from the Theory of 'Natural Selection (1864) The Malay Archipelago (1867)
Music William Griffiths (Ifander) - Gwarchae Harlech (cantata) (1864) Hugh Jerman - Deus Misereatur (1861) Henry Brinley Richards - "God Bless the Prince of Wales" (1863) John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) Llewelyn (cantata) (1863) The Bride of Neath Valley (cantata) (1866)
Sport 1860 - The first bowls club in Wales is founded at Abergavenny.
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