1875 in Wales

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Edward Albert, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
• Princess of Wales - Alexandra of Denmark

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 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......
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