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1871 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1871 to Wales and its people.

Events
24 February – In a mining accident at Pentre Colliery, Rhondda, 38 men are killed. • 21 March – Welsh-born journalist Henry Morton Stanley sets out for Africa to seek missing Scottish explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone. • June – Miners' strike in South Wales culminates in defeat for the union. • 14 August – The Van Railway, built by David Davies Llandinam, opens to carry traffic from the Van lead mines to Caersws. • 10 November – Stanley locates Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, and allegedly greets him saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" • date unknownLewis Jones is appointed governor of Chubut Province by the government of Argentina. • Operations at the White Rock smelting works in Swansea are extended by Henry Hussey Vivian to include the treatment of silver and lead ore. ==Arts and literature==
Arts and literature
AwardsEvan Jones (Gurnos) wins a bardic chair at Ystradyfodwg. New books • W. R. Ambrose – Hynafiaethau, Cofiannau a Hanes Presennol Nant Nantlle, y Traethawd Buddugol yn Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Pen-y-groes • Robert Fowler, MD – A Complete History of the Case of the Welsh Fasting-GirlJames KenwardAb IthelThomas PurnellDramatists of the Present DayCorrespondence and Works of Charles Lamb MusicJohn Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) is appointed harpist to Queen Victoria. ==Sport==
Sport
Rugby unionNeath RFC is founded. ==Births==
Births
5 JanuaryPercy Lloyd, Wales national rugby player (died 1959) • 23 FebruaryJack Evans, Wales national rugby player (died 1924) • 2 MarchBilly Bancroft, sportsman (died 1959) • 28 MarchR. Silyn Roberts, Socialist and pacifist writer (died 1930) • 1 April - Dai St. John, heavyweight boxer (died 1899) • 6 AprilPrince Alexander John of Wales, youngest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1871, shortly after birth) • 12 AprilEllis William Davies, politician (died 1939) • 15 AprilJohn Humphreys Davies, writer (died 1926) • 11 MayGeorge Howells, academic and writer (died 1955) • 6 JuneEvan Lloyd, Wales international rugby player (died 1951) • 14 JuneDavid Nicholl, rugby player (died 1918) • July - Owen Jones, footballer (died 1955) • 2 JulySir Evan Williams, 1st Baronet, industrialist (died 1959) • 3 JulyW. H. Davies, poet (died 1940) • 13 AugustJack Elliott, Wales international rugby player (died 1938) • 21 SeptemberAlfred Brice, Wales international rugby player (died 1938) • 1 October – Sir Lewis Lougher, industrialist and politician (died 1955) • 10 OctoberThomas Gwynn Jones, poet (died 1949) • 3 NovemberOwen Badger, Wales national rugby player (died 1939) • 27 NovemberRobert Evans (Cybi), writer (died 1956) • 29 November (in England) – Ruth Herbert Lewis, social reformer and collector of Welsh folk songs (died 1946) • 1 DecemberBert Dauncey, Wales international rugby player (died 1955) • 3 December – Sir Percy Emerson Watkins, civil servant (died 1946) • date unknownWilliam Jenkins, politician (died 1944) • Howard Passadoro, footballer (died 1921) • Thomas Mardy Rees, historian and author (died 1953) ==Deaths==
Deaths
12 January – Richard Hughes, printer and publisher, 76/7 • 19 JanuaryThomas Jeremy Griffiths, minister, hymn-writer and teacher, about 75 • 30 JanuaryEdward Howell, US politician of Welsh descent, 78 • February – Robert Roberts, musician, 30 • 9 May – Edward Morgan, minister and writer, 53 • 23 JulyArthur James Johnes, judge, 62 • 2 AugustDavid James (Dewi o Ddyfed), writer (born 1803) • 3 October – David Marks, musician and composer, about 83 • 6 OctoberEdwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 59 • 2 December – Joseph Jones, Catholic priest and bard, 72 ==See also==
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