From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1880 in Wales
1880 in Wales
1880 in Wales
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1880 in: The United Kingdom • Ireland
Music
Other events of 1880 • Joseph Parry — Emmanuel (cantata)
This article is about the particular significance of the
year 1880 to Wales and its people. Sport
• Football — The Druids of Rhiwabon win the Welsh
Incumbents Cup for the first time.
• Rugby union - Cwmbran RFC and Crumlin RFC are
• Prince of Wales — Edward Albert, son of Queen founded.
Victoria of the United Kingdom
• Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales — Births
Clwydfardd • 31 January — Phil Hopkins, Wales international
rugby player (died 1966)
Events • 12 February — William Joseph Rhys, writer (died
1967)
• 25 February — The Resurgam, an early mechanically- • 17 March — Harry Grindell Matthews, inventor (died
powered submarine, sinks off Rhyl. 1941)
• 10 March — Six miners are killed in an accident at • 8 April — Thomas Thomas, boxing champion (died
the Bedwellty Colliery, Tredegar. 1911)
• 29 April — At the United Kingdom general election, • 19 April — Jack Jenkins, Wales international rugby
Wales elects 28 Liberal MPs. David Davies, player (died 1971)
Llandinam, is returned unopposed as member for • 30 April — George Maitland Lloyd Davies, pacifist
Cardigan. (died 1949)
• 15 July — 120 miners are killed in an accident at the • 9 May — Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de
Risca Colliery. Walden, patron of the arts (died 1946)
• 3 August — Nine miners are killed in an accident at • 11 May — David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, politician
the Bersham Colliery in Wrexham. (died 1944)
• 10 December — 101 miners are killed in an accident • 22 May
at the Penygraig Colliery, Rhondda. • Dr Teddy Morgan, Wales international rugby
player (died 1947)
Arts and literature • Robert John Rowlands (’Meuryn’), journalist and
poet (died 1967)
Beriah Gwynfe Evans’ Owain Glyndwr, one of the first full-
• 31 May — Edward Tegla Davies, author (died 1967)
length plays in the Welsh language, is first performed at
• 22 June — Rhys Gabe, rugby player (died 1967)
Llanberis.
• 2 September — Isaac Daniel Hooson, poet (died 1948)
• 15 September — William Charles Williams, VC
Awards recipient (died 1915)
• 20 September — Ernie Jenkins, Wales international
National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Caernarfon (first
rugby player (died 1958)
"official" National Eisteddfod)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1880 in Wales
Deaths • 23 April — Robert Thomas (’Ap Vychan’), minister
and writer, 70
• 6 January — John Thomas (’Minimus’), minister and • 10 May — David Charles II, hymn-writer, 76?
author, 71 • 30 August — Mordecai Jones, industrialist, 67
• 2 March — Charles Meredith, Tasmanian politician, • date unknown — Thomas Joseph Brown, Roman
68 Catholic bishop (b. 1796)
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