1862 in Wales - Events

Events

  • January — South Wales Railway merges with the Great Western Railway.
  • 5 May — Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, makes an important speech on the subject of education in Wales. He is later appointed vice-president of the Committee of Council on Education.
  • 2 June — Llangollen is linked to the rail network for the first time.
  • 4 July — Sarah Edith Wynne, noted soprano, makes her London début.
  • Guillermo Rawson, Interior Minister of Argentina, meets Love Jones-Parry and Lewis Jones to discuss the Welsh colonisation of Patagonia.
  • The incomplete Moel Famau Jubilee Tower collapses in a storm.
  • Completion of the railway between Merthyr Tydfil and Brecon.
  • The Clogau mine begins producing gold.
  • Llandudno lighthouse is erected by the Mersey Docks Harbour Board.

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