1875 in Wales - Events

Events

  • August - First publication of The Usk Gleaner and Monmouthshire Record.
  • December - South Wales miners, led by William Abraham, come to agreement on a sliding scale of wages in relation to prices and profits.
  • 4 December - In a mining accident at Old Pit, New Tredegar, 22 men are killed.
  • 5 December - In a mining accident at Llan Colliery, Pentyrch, twelve men are killed.
  • The first imports of North American wheat come through Cardiff.
  • The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service recognises Welsh as a distinct nationality - the first official body ever to do so.
  • Ordnance Survey publishes the first complete maps of Wales.
  • David Davies Llandinam is elected treasurer of the University of Wales.
  • Major eisteddfod held at Pwllheli. Future archdruid Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is a leading adjudicator.
  • Francis Wallace Grenfell takes part in the expedition which claims Griqualand West (site of the Kimberley diamond fields) for the UK.
  • Bodnant Garden is begun by Baron Aberconway.

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