1870s in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1870–1879 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd (from 1876)
Events
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – no National Eisteddfod officially took place during this decade. 1870 – William Thomas (Islwyn) wins a bardic chair at Rhyl.[1]
- 1872 – Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Holyhead.[1]
- 1874 – Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Caerphilly.[1]
- 1877 – Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Treherbert.[1]
New books
- R. D. Blackmore – The Maid of Sker (1872)[2]
- Rhoda Broughton – Nancy (1873)[3]
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog)
- Yr Ail Gynnig (1870)
- Y Trydydd Cynnig (1877)
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Manion Hynafiaethol (1873)[4]
- Beriah Gwynfe Evans – Owain Glyndwr (play) (1879)
- Daniel Silvan Evans (editor) – Celtic Remains (1878)[5]
- John Ceiriog Hughes – Oriau'r Haf (1870)[6]
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)
- Helyntion Bywyd Hen Deiliwr (1877)
- Llythyrau 'Rhen Ffarmwr (1878)
- Thomas Thomas (minister) – Hynodion Hen Bregethwyr Cymru (1872)[7]
Music
- 1873
- Henry Brinley Richards – Songs of Wales[8]
References
- ^ a b c d David Gwenallt Jones. "Thomas, William (Islwyn; 1832-1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ^ "Blackmore, Richard Doddridge" entry in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement
- ^ Anne-Marie Beller; Tara MacDonald (2015). Rediscovering Victorian Women Sensation Writers: Beyond Braddon. Taylor & Francis. p. 58. ISBN 9781317754015.
- ^ John Thomas Jones. "Elis, Robert (Cynddelw; 1812-1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ^ Richard Edmund Hughes. "Evans, Daniel Silvan (1818-1903), cleric, translator, editor, and lexicographer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ^ David Gwenallt Jones. "Hughes, John Ceiriog (Ceiriog; 1832-1887), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Thomas, Thomas (1839-1888), Wesleyan minister, and miscellaneous writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "Richards, Henry Brinley (1819-1885), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 December 2025.