1850s in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1850–1859 to Wales and its people.

Events

 * 1850
 * 1851
 * 1852
 * 1853
 * 1854
 * 1855
 * 1856
 * 1857
 * 1858
 * 1859

Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales
 * 1853 — "Islwyn" wins the crown at the Abergavenny eisteddfod.
 * 1858 — "Great Eisteddfod" at Llangollen; early appearance of Gorsedd ceremony.

New books

 * Anne Beale — Gladys of Harlech (1858)
 * John Blackwell (Alun) — Ceinion Alun (1851;posthumously published)
 * B. B. Davies — The History of Wales (1853)
 * Samuel Evans (Gomerydd) — Y Gomerydd (1854)
 * John Ceiriog Hughes — Gohebiaethau Syr Meurig Crynswth (vol. 1) (1856)
 * Aneurin Jones — Tafol y Beirdd(1852)
 * John Jones (Talhaiarn) — Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. 1 (1855)
 * Owen Wynne Jones
 * Fy Oriau Hamddenol (1854)
 * Dafydd Llwyd (1857)
 * Lleucu Llwyd (1858)
 * Robert Parry (Robyn Ddu Eryri) — Teithiau a Barddoniaeth Robyn Ddu Eryri (1857)
 * William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)
 * Aelwyd F'Ewythr Robert (1852)
 * Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym Hiraethog (1855)
 * William Thomas (Islwyn) — Barddoniaeth (1854)
 * William Thomas (Gwilym Marles) — Prydyddiaeth (1859)
 * Morris Williams (Nicander) — Y Psalmwyr (1850)
 * William Williams (Creuddynfab) — Y Barddoniadur (1855)

Music

 * Y Blwch Cerddorol (collection of hymns and anthems) (1854)
 * Thomas Jones (Gogrynwr) — Gweddi Habacuc (cantata) (1851)
 * J. Ambrose Lloyd — Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear (1852)
 * Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) — Ystorm Tiberias (oratorio) (1852)
 * January 1856 — The Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, is composed by James James with lyrics by his father Evan James.

Births

 * 1850
 * 4 January — Griffith J. Griffith, industrialist (died 1919)
 * 16 April — Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, inventor (died 1885)
 * 1851
 * 24 March — Robert Ambrose Jones (Emrys ap Iwan) (d. 1906)
 * 8 July — Sir Arthur Evans, archaeologist (d. 1941)
 * 27 December — Percy Gilchrist, industrialist
 * date unknown — Elizabeth Phillips Hughes, promoter of women's education (died 1925)
 * 1852
 * 20 March — John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer (died 1930)
 * 26 April — William Eilir Evans, journalist (died 1910)
 * 28 April — Sir Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet, Liberal politician (died 1927)
 * 11 May — Sir David Saunders Davies, MP (died 1934)
 * 25 November — Sir Evan Vincent Evans, Eisteddfod supporter (died 1934)
 * December — Alice Gray Jones (Ceridwen Peris), writer (died 1943)
 * 1855
 * date unknown — Jeremiah Jones, poet (died 1902)
 * 1856
 * 26 March — David Alfred Thomas, politician (died 1918)
 * 1858
 * 28 January — Edgeworth David, explorer (died 1934)
 * 28 December — Josiah Towyn Jones, politician
 * 1859
 * 16 February — T. E. Ellis, politician (died 1899)
 * 17 July — Ernest Rhys, writer (died 1946)

Deaths

 * 1850
 * 2 September — Charles Williams-Wynn, politician (born 1775)
 * 1851
 * 6 April — William Morgan Kinsey, travel writer (born 1788)
 * 30 June — Thomas Phillips, founder of Llandovery College (born 1760)
 * 1852
 * 23 February — Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), minister and journalist, 31
 * 2 May — John Jones (Ioan Tegid), poet (born 1792)
 * 26 November — John Josiah Guest, engineer, entrepreneur and politician, 77
 * 1853
 * date unknown — William Roberts, preacher (b. 1809)
 * 1854
 * 3 April — Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn, politician (born 1768)
 * 29 April — Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, soldier and politician (born 1768)
 * 1855
 * 28 June — FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (born 1788)
 * date unknown
 * Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet, industrialist
 * John Henry Vivian, industrialist (born 1785)
 * 1857
 * 10 February — David Thompson, explorer (born to Welsh parents 1770)
 * 12 August — William Daniel Conybeare, dean of Llandaff (born 1787)
 * 16 August — John Jones, Talysarn, leading non-conformist minister (born 1796)
 * 1858
 * 17 November — Robert Owen, founder of the Co-operative Society (born 1771)
 * 20 November — Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet, ironmaster (born 1783)
 * 18 December — John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury, nephew of Hester Thrale (born 1793)