1856 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1856 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria
• Princess of Wales — vacant

Events

• 6 February — The sailing ship Grand Duke is wrecked off St Govan's Head, with the loss of 29 lives.
• 10 March — John Jones is sentenced to three months hard labour for drunkenness.
• May — John Frost is given an unconditional pardon for his role in the Newport Chartist demonstrations of 1839.
• 3 July — 11 men are killed in a mining accident at Coalbrookdale, Nantyglo.
• 15 July — 114 men are killed in a mining accident at New Cymmer Pit, Porth, Rhondda.
• Troops are sent into Talargoch in Flintshire to deal with an industrial dispute involving lead miners.
• Richard Cory sells his provision business, and begins to trade as "Richard Cory and Sons", in the coal and shipping business.

Arts and literature

New books

• John Ceiriog Hughes — Gohebiaethau Syr Meurig Crynswth (vol. 1)
• Erasmus Jones — The Higher Law Triumphant: The Captive Youths of Judah
• John Jones — Tiriad y Ffrancodym Mhencaer
• Samuel Prideaux Tregelles — An Introduction to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament
• Jane Williams — The Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Paper People

Music

• January — The Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, is composed by James James with lyrics by his father Evan James.

Births

• 2 January — John Viriamu Jones, academic......
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