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List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1863 to
Wales and
its people .
Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey –
Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire –
John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins
[5]
[6]
Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire –
Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet
[7]
Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire –
Edward Pryse
[8]
Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire –
John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire –
Robert Myddelton Biddulph
[9]
Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire –
Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet
[10]
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan –
Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot
[11]
Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire –
Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn
[12]
Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire –
Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
[13]
Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire –
Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (until 19 February);
Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley (from 21 April)
[14]
Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire –
William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington
Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire –
John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite
[15]
[2]
Bishop of Bangor –
James Colquhoun Campbell
[16]
[17]
Bishop of Llandaff –
Alfred Ollivant
[18]
[19]
Bishop of St Asaph –
Thomas Vowler Short
[20]
[21]
[19]
Bishop of St Davids –
Connop Thirlwall
[22]
[19]
[23]
10 March – Marriage of Edward Albert, Prince of Wales, to Alexandra of Denmark. Alexandra becomes the first Princess of Wales since 1820.
28 July – The Anglesey Central Railway Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c.cxxviii) brings about the foundation of the
Anglesey Central Railway .
[24]
23 October –
Festiniog Railway introduces
steam locomotives into general service, the first time this has been done anywhere in the world on a public railway of such a
narrow gauge (2 ft (60 cm)).
[25]
English church services are introduced for English-speaking minorities in Welsh-speaking areas.
Sir
Hugh Owen becomes an honorary secretary of the London committee formed to set up the
University of Wales .
Mesac Thomas becomes the first
Bishop of Goulburn , New South Wales, Australia.
Publication of
The Bards of Wales , first written in 1857 by Hungarian poet
János Arany , using the story of Edward I's conquest of Wales to disguise criticism of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Machynlleth born
John Evans arrives in British Columbia, Canada, with a group of other Welsh miners. He subsequently becomes a major political figure in the province.
Spa pump room built at
Trefriw .
Guest Memorial Library at
Dowlais opened.
Cricket
23 July – South Wales Cricket Club defeat MCC at Lord's.
27 July – South Wales Cricket Club defeat Gentlemen of Kent at Cranbrook.
15 January –
James Webb , Wales rugby international (died 1913)
17 January –
David Lloyd George , politician (died 1945)
[27]
3 March –
Arthur Machen , writer (died 1947)
[28]
16 March –
Dan Beddoe , operatic tenor (died 1937)
25 March –
Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant (died 1937)
[29]
13 April –
Walter E. Rees , Secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union (died 1949)
May –
William Rees-Davies (judge) , politician and lawyer (died 1939)
8 May –
Charles Taylor Wales rugby international (died 1915)
18 May –
Lewis Davies (writer) , novelist and historian (died 1951)
21 May –
William Jones Williams , civil servant (died 1949)
11 June –
Llewellyn Henry Gwynne , first suffragan Bishop of Khartoum (died 1957)
[30]
18 June –
George Essex Evans , Australian poet of Welsh parentage (died 1909)
[31]
2 July –
Billy Douglas , Wales international rugby player (died 1943)
7 August –
Edward Perkins Alexander , Wales international rugby player (died 1931)
8 August –
John Herbert Roberts, Baron Clwyd of Abergele , politician (died 1955)
[32]
17 August –
Joseph Harry , minister, writer and teacher (died
1950 )
[33]
29 August – Sir
Daniel Lleufer Thomas , magistrate (died
1940 )
[34]
10 September –
Walter Rice Evans , Wales international rugby player (died 1909)
7 November –
Rowley Thomas , Wales international rugby player (died 1949)
probable –
William Retlaw Williams , Welsh writer (died
1944 )
[35]
17 February –
Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd), poet, 60
[36]
19 February –
Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley , Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire, 62
28 February –
David Williams (Alaw Goch) , industrialist, 53
[37]
21 March –
David Griffiths , missionary, 71
[38]
24 March –
Thomas Powell , industrialist, 84
[39]
13 April –
George Cornewall Lewis , statesman, 56
[40]
May/June –
David Bevan Jones (Dewi Elfed), Mormon leader, 55
[41]
15 July –
Edward Pryce Owen , artist, 75
[42]
8 November –
Joseph Hughes (Carn Ingli) , poet, 60
13 December –
Robert Saunderson , printer, 83
[43]
28 December –
Thomas Bevan ,
Archdeacon of St David's , 63
[44]
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