This article is about the particular significance of the year 1858 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley (until 10 February); Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (from 4 March) Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite
Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall
Events January Teaching begins at Bangor Normal College, founded by Hugh Owen. End of Aberdare Strike 1857-8 in the coal mining industry. 20 April – John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr) is given a conditional pardon for his role in the Rebecca Riots. June – Erection of the Town Clock at Tredegar. 20 June – End of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which Major General Charles Hinde plays a major role in suppressing. 29 August – Musician Robert Davies (Asaph Llechid) is killed by a rockfall while at work in Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry. 5 October – The Vale of Clwyd Railway, built by David Davies Llandinam, is opened.Railscot - A History of Britain's Railways. Accessed 9 Dec 2014 13 October – 20 men are killed in a mining accident at Lower Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash. date unknown The schooner Mary Catherine, launched at Amlwch, is the first iron ship built in Wales. Richard Kyrke Penson exhibits a plan of his design for the Cilyrychen lime kilns at the Royal Academy.
Arts and literature
Awards "Great Eisteddfod" at Llangollen; early appearance of Gorsedd ceremony. Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) wins first prize for his poem Maes Bosworth.
New books English language William Davies (Gwilym Teilo) — Llandilo-Vawr and its Neighbourhood Robert Owen — An Introduction to the Study of Dogmatic Theology Louisa M. Spooner (anonymously) — Gladys of Harlech Alfred Russel Wallace — On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type
Welsh language Morgan Howells — Gweithiau Morgan Howells ... pregethau a thraethodau (posthumously published) Owen Wynne Jones — Lleucu Llwyd
Music Thomas Gruffydd Jones (Tafalaw Bencerdd) — Y Drysorfa Gorawl Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) — Requiem
Births 6 January — Ben Davies, singer (died 1943) 28 January — Edgeworth David, explorer (died 1934) 9 April — Aneurin Rees, Wales rugby union international (died 1932) 15 May — B. B. Mann, Wales rugby union international (died 1948) 8 October — Robert Owen Hughes (Elfyn), journalist and poet (died 1919) 25 October — Tom Clapp, Wales rugby union captain (died 1933) 30 October - Alfred Onions, politician (died 1921) 18 December — Sir Owen Thomas, soldier and politician (died 1923) 25 December — Frederick Margrave, rugby player (died 1946) 26 December — Sir Owen Morgan Edwards, academic and author (died 1920) 27 December — Sir John Herbert Lewis, lawyer and politician (died 1933) 28 December — Josiah Towyn Jones, politician (died 1925)
Deaths 10 February — Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire, 79 22 March — Mary Anne Edmunds, educator and feminist, 41 26 March — William Morgan, evangelical clergyman, friend of the Bronte family, 75/6 19 April — John Davies, Unitarian minister and teacher, 62/63 13 May — Lewis Loyd, banker, 91 30 May — Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Welsh-descended US naval officer, 68 4 June — Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch), lexicographer, 78 16 October — Charles Norris, artist, 79 17 November — Robert Owen, founder of the Co-operative Society, 87 20 November — Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet, ironmaster, 75 18 December — John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury, nephew of Hester Thrale, 65 27 December — John Williams, Archdeacon of Cardigan and warden of Llandovery College, 66
See also 1858 in Ireland
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