This article is about the particular significance of the year 1849 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (from 4 May) Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley 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 – Edward Copleston (until 14 October); Alfred Ollivant (from 2 December) Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall
Events 2 January – Completion of both tubes of Robert Stephenson's Conwy Railway Bridge. 26 February – Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones embarks with 249 Welsh converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bound for Salt Lake City from Liverpool. 13 May – A case of cholera is recorded in Cardiff, the beginning of an outbreak that spreads to Merthyr, Dowlais and Aberdare, and kills 800 people. 20 June – First tube of Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge is floated into position on the Menai Strait. 10 August – Underground explosion at Lletty Shenkin colliery, Cwmbach, kills 52. 1 November – Alfred Ollivant becomes Bishop of Llandaff. 13 December – Foundation stone of Llandovery College is laid. A temperance festival is held at Carmarthen.
Arts and literature Awards David Griffith (Clwydfardd) is appointed official bard of the Aberffraw eisteddfod. Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is also invested as a bard.
New books English language Anne Beale – Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry Lady Charlotte Guest concludes publication of her translation into English of the Mabinogion John Lloyd – The English Country Gentleman Samuel Lewis – Topographical Dictionary of Wales Thomas Stephens – The Literature of the Kymry
Welsh language Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Yr Adgyfodiad Hugh Derfel Hughes – Y Gweithiwr Caniadgar Rowland Hughes – Cyfarchiad Caredig i rai newydd ddychwelyd John Jones (Talhaiarn) – Awdl y Greadigaeth
Music Haleliwia (hymns)
Births 2 May – Charles James Jackson, businessman and collector (died 1923) 17 September – Robert Harris, painter (died 1919)
Deaths 14 March – Old Bill Williams, Welsh-born mountain man, 62 14 August – Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff, 73 16 September – Thomas Jones, missionary, 39 2 October – James Davies, schoolmaster, 83 2 November – Jacob Davies, missionary, 33 5 December – Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), poet, 88
See also 1849 in Ireland
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