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1870s The 1870s (pronounced "eighteen-seventies") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1870, and ended on December 31, 1879. The trends of the previous decade continued into this one, as new empires, imperialism and militar ...

1890s The 1890s (pronounced "eighteen-nineties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1890, and ended on December 31, 1899. In the United States, the 1890s were marked by a severe economic depression sparked by the Panic of ...

, Other years in Wales , - , , Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1880–1889 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

* Archdruid of the

National Eisteddfod of Wales The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh language, Welsh: ') is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales. Its eight days of competitions and performances are considered the largest music and poetry festival in Eur ...

– Clwydfardd

Events

1880 Events January–March * January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. * January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. * February � ...

1881 Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The C ...

1882 Events January–March * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in ...

1883 Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * Ja ...

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...

1885 Events January–March * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 4 – ...

1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

1887 Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...

1888 In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...

1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the ...

Arts and literature

Awards

*1880 – Caernarfon *1881 –

Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil (; cy, Merthyr Tudful ) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. It is about north of Cardiff. Often called just Merthyr, it is said to be named after Tydf ...

**Chair – Evan Rees ("Dyfed") **Crown – Watkin Hezekiah Williams *1882 –

Denbigh Denbigh (; cy, Dinbych; ) is a market town and a community in Denbighshire, Wales. Formerly, the county town, the Welsh name translates to "Little Fortress"; a reference to its historic castle. Denbigh lies near the Clwydian Hills. History ...

**Chair – ''withheld'' **Crown –

Dafydd Rees Williams Dafydd is a Welsh masculine given name, related to David, and more rarely a surname. People so named include: Given name Medieval era :''Ordered chronologically'' * Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1145-1203), Prince of Gwynedd * Dafydd ap Gruffydd (123 ...

*1883 – Cardiff **Chair – ''withheld'' **Crown –

Anna Walter Thomas Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

*1884 – Liverpool **Chair – Evan Rees ("Dyfed") **Crown – Edward Foulkes *1885 –

Aberdare Aberdare ( ; cy, Aberdâr) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550 (mid-2017 estimate). Aberdare is south-west of Merthyr Tyd ...

**Chair – Watkin Hezekiah Williams **Crown –

Griffith Tecwyn Parry Griffith may refer to: People * Griffith (name) * Griffith (surname) * Griffith (given name) Places Antarctica * Mount Griffith, Ross Dependency * Griffith Peak (Antarctica), Marie Byrd Land * Griffith Glacier, Marie Byrd Land * Griffith Ridge, ...

*1886 – Caernarfon **Chair – Richard Davies **Crown –

John Cadfan Davies John Cadvan Davies (1846–1923) was a Wesleyan Methodist Minister and a Welsh poet, who served as Archdruid. He is better known in Wales by his bardic name, Cadfan (sometimes Cadvan). Life and career Cadvan was born on a small farm, Yr Allt, i ...

*1887 – London **Chair – Robert Arthur Williams **Crown –

*1888 – Wrexham **Chair –

Thomas Tudno Jones Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

**Crown – Howell Elvet Lewis *1889 – Brecon **Chair – Evan Rees **Crown – Howell Elvet Lewis

New books

Rhoda Broughton Rhoda Broughton (29 November 1840 – 5 June 1920) was a Welsh novelist and short story writer.Robert Hadji, "Rhoda Broughton" in Jack Sullivan (ed) (1986) ''The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural'' Viking Press, 1986, , p. 285 ...

– ''Doctor Cupid'' (1886) *

Richard Davies (Mynyddog) Richard Davies (Mynyddog) (10 January 1833 – 14 July 1877) was a popular Welsh language, Welsh-language poet, singer, and Eisteddfod conductor. The original source of the name Mynyddog is from Newydd Fynyddog, a hill near his home. Another sub ...

– ''Pedwerydd Llyfr Mynyddog'' (1882) *

Amy Dillwyn Elizabeth Amy Dillwyn (16 May 1845 – 13 December 1935) was a Welsh novelist, businesswoman, and social benefactor. She was one of the first female industrialists in Britain. Born in Sketty, Swansea, Dillwyn was a member of a prominent family. ...

**''The Rebecca Rioter'' (1880) **''Jill and Jack''(1887) *

Daniel Silvan Evans Daniel Silvan Evans (11 January 1818 – 12 April 1903) was a Welsh clergyman, scholar and lexicographer. Educated at the Independent College in Brecon, Silvan Evans worked as a schoolmaster for five years. On marriage he conformed to the Est ...

– ''Dictionary of the Welsh Language (Geiriadur Cymraeg)'' (1887) * Frances Hoggan – ''Education for Girls in Wales'' (1882) * Daniel Owen **''Y Dreflan'' (1881) **''Rhys Lewis'' (1885) *

Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) Robert Williams (25 May 1830 - 5 August 1877), usually referred to by his bardic name Trebor Mai, was a Welsh language poet, born at Ty'n-yr-ardd near Llanrhychwyn, near Llanrwst, in the old county of Caernarfonshire, the son of a tailor. He ...

– ''Gwaith Barddonol Trebor Mai'' (1883)

Sport

*1881 –

Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; cy, Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the Sports governing body, governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby. The WRU is responsible for the running ...

is formed. *1884 – The Cardiff Arms Park hosts its first rugby international (between Wales and Ireland). *1889 – In a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

match between Wales and Scotland at Wrexham, the referee allows the injured Welsh goalkeeper to be replaced – the first ever substitution in a soccer match.

Births

*1880 **

30 April Events Pre-1600 * 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. *1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his ...

–

George Maitland Lloyd Davies George Maitland Lloyd Davies (30 April 1880 – 16 December 1949), born George Maitland Temple Davies, was a Welsh pacifist and Member of Parliament for the University of Wales constituency. Davies was born in Peel Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, ...

, pacifist (died 1949) ** 9 May – Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, patron of the arts (died 1946) **

11 May Events 1601–1900 *1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. *1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across th ...

– David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, politician (died 1944) **

22 June Events Pre-1600 *217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. *168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Roman Republic, Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Luciu ...

–

Rhys Gabe Rhys Thomas "Rusty" Gabe (22 June 1880 – 15 September 1967) born as Rees Thomas Gape,Jenkins (1991), pg 60. was a Welsh rugby union player who played club rugby for Llanelli, London Welsh and Cardiff and gained 24 caps for Wales, mainly as a c ...

, rugby player (died 1967) **

2 September Events Pre-1600 *44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his ''Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them ...

–

Isaac Daniel Hooson Isaac Daniel Hooson (2 September 1880 – 18 October 1948), or I. D. Hooson as he was commonly known, was a Welsh solicitor and poet. Hooson was born to parents Edward Hooson and his wife Harriet in Victoria House, Market St. in the village of ...

, poet (died 1948) **

15 September Events Pre-1600 * 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. *1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by ...

–

William Charles Williams William Charles Williams Victoria Cross, VC (15 September 1880 – 25 April 1915) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom, ...

, VC recipient (died 1915) **''date unknown'' *** Edward Tegla Davies, author (died 1967) *** Harry Grindell Matthews, inventor (died 1941) *1881 **

3 January Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (except ...

–

Lewis Pugh Evans Brigadier Lewis Pugh Evans, (3 January 1881 – 30 November 1962) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ...

, VC recipient (died 1962) **

14 February Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis t ...

–

William John Gruffydd William John Gruffydd (14 February 1881 – 29 September 1954) was a Wales, Welsh scholar, poet, writer and editor, and the last Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament to represent the University of Wales (UK Parliament const ...

, academic and politician (died 1954) **

16 April Events Pre-1600 * 1457 BC – Battle of Megido - the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. * 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Otho commits suicide. * 73 – Masada ...

– Ifor Williams, academic (died 1965) **

5 May Events Pre-1600 * 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins. *1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta. *1260 – Kub ...

– Rupert Price Hallowes, VC recipient (died 1915) **16 June – David Grenfell, politician (died 1968) **20 June – John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute, landowner (died 1947) **August – John Lewis (1881–1954), John Lewis, footballer (died 1954) **30 September – Philip Lewis Griffiths, lawyer (died 1945) **28 October – Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, explorer (died 1957) **December – George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Hall, politician (died 1965) **''date unknown'' ***David Thomas (composer), David Thomas ("Afan"), composer (died 1928) ***Robert Williams (trade union leader), Robert Williams, trade union leader *1882 **24 July – Reginald Clarry, politician (died 1945) **6 November – David Rees Griffiths, poet (died 1953) **16 December – Cyril Fox, archaeologist (died 1967) **''date unknown'' – Ivor Lewis, artist (died 1958) *1883 **

– David John de Lloyd, composer (died 1948) **28 May – Clough Williams-Ellis, architect (died 1978) **13 September – Percy Thomas, architect (died 1969) **''date unknown'' ***John Jones (Tydu), poet (died 1968) ***James Walker (Labour politician), James Walker, politician *1884 **19 February – Clement Davies, politician (died 1962) **24 November – Jack Jones (novelist), Jack Jones, novelist (died 1970) **''date unknown'' ***Arthur Jenkins (British politician), Arthur Jenkins, politician (died 1946) ***Thomas Jones (Welsh footballer), Thomas Jones, footballer (died 1958) *1885 **2 August – Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare (died 1957) **21 November – Robert Evans (footballer born 1885), Robert Evans, footballer (died 1965) **''date unknown'' ***Ernest Evans (politician), Ernest Evans, politician (died 1965) ***David John Williams, writer and politician (died 1970) *1886 **28 March – John Osborn Williams, entrepreneur (died 1963) **3 May – Morgan Jones (Welsh politician), Morgan Jones, Welsh politician (died 1939) **29 September – Jack Williams (VC), Jack Williams, VC recipient (died 1953) *1887 **13 January – Hedd Wyn, poet (died 1917) **27 February – James Dickson Innes, painter (died 1914) **''date unknown'' ***Huw Menai, poet (died 1961) *1888 **21 May – William Cove, politician (died 1963) **16 August – T. E. Lawrence, writer and war hero (died 1935) **19 October – Peter Freeman (politician), Peter Freeman, politician (died 1956) **5 September – Rhys Hopkin Morris, politician (died 1956) *1889 **1 February – John Lewis (philosopher), John Lewis, philosopher (died 1976) **11 December – Cedric Morris, artist (died 1982)

Deaths

*1880 **23 April – Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan), minister and writer (b. 1809) *1881 **20 April – William Burges, architect **20 November – Hugh Owen (educator), Hugh Owen, educationist (born 1804) *1882 **August – John Dillwyn Llewelyn, botanist and photographer (born 1810) **16 December – Alfred Ollivant (bishop), Alfred Ollivant, Bishop of Llandaff (born 1798) *1883 **8 November – William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), poet (born 1802) *1884 **17 March – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn (born 1795) **24 May – Henry Thomas Edwards, preacher (born 1837) **6 November – George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry, industrialist *1885 **1 May – Henry Brinley Richards, composer (born 1817) **1 August – Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, inventor (born 1850) *1886 **31 March – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn (born 1800) *1887 **25 January – Rowland Prichard, musician (born 1811) **23 April – John Ceiriog Hughes, poet (born 1832) **19 July – Lewis Edwards, educationist (born 1809) *1888 **20 August – Henry Richard, politician and peace campaigner (born 1812) *1889 **21 January – Joshua Hughes (bishop), Joshua Hughes, Bishop of St Asaph (born 1807) **8 June – Gerard Manley Hopkins, Anglo-Welsh poet (born 1844) **''date unknown'' – John Hughes (businessman), John Hughes, industrialist (in St Petersburg) 1880s in Wales,