1879 in Wales

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Incumbents

13 January — In a mining accident at Dinas Colliery, Ruabon, 63 men are killed.
22–23 January — Rorke's Drift is successfully defended by 139 British soldiers from the South Wales Borderers against an assault by 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors.
2 May — Eleven Victoria Crosses are awarded to soldiers active in the defence of Rorke's Drift, the recipients including Privates John Williams and Robert Jones.^[1]
1 September — The ballroom of the Lord Nelson Hotel in Milford Haven becomes the first in the UK to be lit by electricity.
22 September — In a mining accident at Waunllwyd, Ebbw Vale, 84 men are killed.
3 October — Pryce Pryce-Jones opens his Royal Welsh Warehouse at Newtown, Montgomeryshire.
17 October — Official opening of the Severn Railway Bridge (destroyed in 1960).
29 November — Stradey Park opens as the home of Llanelli RFC.^[2] It remains the home for Llanelli RFC for nearly 130 years, and later for the regional side Scarlets, but closes in November 2008 when the teams' new home, Parc y Scarlets, opens in nearby Pemberton.
Railway engine drivers and firemen from Griffithstown form a craft union which becomes the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.
The Croesor Tramway becomes the Portmadoc, Croesor and Beddgelert Tram Railway.

Joseph Parry - "Man of Sorrows"
Edward Stephen - Ail Lyfr Tonau ac Emynau ("The Second Book of Tunes and Hymns"; including Parry's "Aberystwyth")

Football
- 18 January - Wales play England for the first time, at Kennington Oval. Wales lose 2-1, but see their first international goal, scored by William Davies.
- Newtown win the Welsh Cup in the second year of its existence.
Rugby union
- 18 January - Treherbert RFC play Cardiff for the first time.
- Brecon RFC and Ebbw Vale RFC are founded.
Tennis - The first tennis club in Wales is formed by the Newport Athletic Club.

1 January
- Ernest Jones, psychiatrist (died 1958)
- Willie Llewellyn, Wales international rugby union (died 1973)
15 March — David John Thomas, Wales international rugby union (died 1925)
7 April - Philip Turnbull, hockey player (died 1930)
23 June — Percy Bush, Wales international rugby union player (died 1955)
8 August — Arthur Harding, Wales international rugby union captain (died 1947)
28 August - Edward E. Clive, actor (died 1940)
29 August — Donough O'Brien, cricketer (died 1953)
3 September - Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans, botanist (died 1968)
4 September — Eliot Crawshay-Williams, politician and writer (died 1962)
12 September - Rupert Davies, Welsh-Canadian politician (died 1967)
2 October — Idris Bell, papyrologist (died 1967)
6 November — George Daggar MP, politician (died 1950)
9 November - S. O. Davies, politician (died 1972)
27 November — Dick Jones, Welsh international rugby player (died 1958)

20 February — John Orlando Parry, actor, pianist, artist, comedian and singer, 69
28 March - Robert Jones, Anglican priest and writer, 69
10 May — Robert Thompson Crawshay, ironmaster, 62
13 August — Edward Edwards, zoologist, 75
23 September — Francis Kilvert, diarist, 39
11 December — William Thomas (Gwilym Marles), minister and writer, uncle of Dylan Thomas, 45

1879 in Europe

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