1882 In Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1882 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd

* Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley
*Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk
* 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 – Hugh Robert Hughes
*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 – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis
*Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington
*Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite

*Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell
*Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant (until 16 December);
*Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes
*Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones

Events

* 10 January – The vessels ''Constancia'' and ''Primus'' attempt to pass through a lock at Newport Docks at the same time and a collision results. The lock is blocked and the vessels already in the dock are trapped for nearly two weeks. The resulting losses eventually culminate in the demise of the Newport Dock Company a year later.
*February – Charles Wilkins launches the English-language periodical ''The Red Dragon'' in Cardiff.
*11 February – Six miners are killed in an accident at the Lewis Merthyr Colliery.
* 3 March – Five miners are killed in an accident at the Henwaen Colliery, Blaina.
*20 October
** The steamer ''Clan MacDuff'' sinks off Holyhead, resulting in 32 deaths.
** The ''Victory'', a Bideford schooner carrying coal from Cardiff to Waterford, sinks near Ballyteique with the loss of all crew.
* 1 November – An Austrian barque, the ''Petroslava'', is wrecked on Skokholm with the loss of 10 of its 11 crew members.
* 16 November – The new Fishguard Lifeboat Station boat ''Sir Edward Perrott'' is launched 5 times and rescues 46 lives from 15 different vessels.
*Anti- Irish riots break out at Tredegar.
*Lager is brewed at Wrexham, for the first time in the UK.
*Brains Brewery opens in Cardiff.
*St Catharine's Church, Baglan, is consecrated.
*The Welsh Charity School in Ashford, Surrey, becomes girls-only and changes its name to the Welsh Girls' School.
* Plymouth Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil is closed.
*Slate workings in Cwm Llan on Snowdon are closed because of the expense of transporting the slate to a port.

Arts and literature

The Cambrian Academy of Art becomes the 'Royal Cambrian Academy of Art' after gaining patronage from Queen Victoria.

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Denbigh
*Chair – No Winner
*Crown – Dafydd Rees Williams

New books

* Richard Davies (Mynyddog) – ''Pedwerydd Llyfr Mynyddog''
*Frances Hoggan – ''Education for Girls in Wales''

Music

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Sport

* Football
**25 February - John Price becomes the first Welsh footballer to score a hat-trick in an international match, when he produces four of the goals in a 7–1 win against Ireland.
**Druids win the Welsh Cup for the third time in its five-year history.
*Rugby Union
** Bargoed RFC, Loughor RFC, Pentyrch RFC and Pontardawe RFC are formed.
**First Wales national game against Ireland. Result sees first Welsh victory and first points scored, by Newport's Thomas Baker Jones.

Births

*3 January – Johnnie Williams, Wales international rugby player (died 1916)
* 3 February – Arthur Jenkins, politician (died 1946)
* 3 February – Harry Wetter, Wales international rugby union player (died 1934)
*11 February – Gwendoline Davies, patron of the arts (died 1951)
*5 April – Howell Jones