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{{Year in Wales header|1859}}This article is about the particular significance of the year 1859 to Wales and its people. Incumbents- Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
- Princess of Wales – vacant
Events- January - Y Brython changes from weekly to monthly publication.
- February - First race at Bangor-on-Dee racecourse.
- 1 April - Opening of the Corris Railway.
- 5 April - 27 men are killed by flooding at Neath Chain Colliery.
- 31 May - U.K. general election. This is the last general election in which the Conservative Party's vote share in Wales exceeds that in England.
- 29 June - Benjamin Hall is raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Llanover.
- 15 October–17 October - Queen Victoria stays at Penrhyn Castle.
- 25 October–26 October - 'Royal Charter Storm':
- Steam clipper Royal Charter is wrecked off the north-east Anglesey coast, with the estimated loss of around 459 lives, the greatest loss of life in any maritime accident in Welsh waters.
- St Brynach's Church, Cwm-yr-Eglwys, is destroyed .
- Peak year for copper production in Wales.
- Opening of the East Bute Dock, Cardiff.
- Merger of Yr Amserau and Baner Cymru.
- Religious revival led by Humphrey Jones.
- The Cymanfa Ganu movement is launched in Aberdare.
- Sir Charles Morgan, 3rd Baronet, is created Baron Tredegar.
Arts and literatureAwards- Lewis William Lewis (Llew Llwyfo) wins the chair at the Merthyr Tydfil eisteddfod.
New books- Nathaniel Jones - Fy Awenydd
- Richard Parry (Gwalchmai) - Adgofion am John Elias[1]
- Thomas Stephens & Gweirydd ap Rhys - Orgraff yr Iaith Gymraeg
- William Thomas (Gwilym Marles) - Prydyddiaeth
Music- John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) - Llyfr Tonau Cynulleidfaol[2]
Births- 11 January - Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney, historian (died 1933)[3]
- 29 January - Sir George Lockwood Morris, industrialist and Welsh international rugby player (died 1947)[4]
- 7 February - Frank Hancock, Wales international rugby union international (died 1943)
- 16 February - T. E. Ellis, politician (died 1899)[5]
- 18 April - Sir Evan Davies Jones, 1st Baronet, civil engineer (died 1949)
- 4 May - Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, politician and judge (died 1918)
- 22 May - Jonathan Ceredig Davies, travel writer (died 1932)
- 17 July - Ernest Rhys, writer (died 1946)
- 11 Oct – Aneurin Williams, politician (died 1924)
- 5 December - Edward John Lewis, Wales international rugby union player (died 1925)
- 7 December - Leonard Watkins, Wales international rugby union player (died 1901)
- 25 December - John Goulstone Lewis Wales international rugby union player (died 1935)
- November - Richard Bell, politician (died 1930)
Deaths- 19 April - Christopher Bethell, Bishop of Bangor, 85?[6]
- 21 June - John Bowen, Bishop of Sierra Leone, 43 (yellow fever)
- 8 July - John Thomas (Siôn Wyn o Eifion), poet, 78
- 10 September - Sir John Hay Williams, landowner, 65
- 24 September – Joseph Murray Ince, painter, 53
- October - Evan Jones (Ifan y Gorlan), harpist
References1. ^{{cite book|author=Harvard University. Library|title=Celtic literatures: classification schedule, classified listing by call number, chronological listing, author and title listing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yC3jAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Distributed by the Harvard University Press|page=78}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=Geraint H. Jenkins|title=A Concise History of Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sriBkaHhpREC&pg=PA209|year=2007|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-82367-8|pages=209}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=Arthur Charles Fox-Davies|title=Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M2VHAQAAMAAJ|year=1910|publisher=T.C. & E.C. Jack|page=178}}
4. ^{{cite book|title=Who was who: a companion to Who's who : containing the biographies of those who died during the period|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ooYAAAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=A. & C. Black|page=816}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-ELLI-EDW-1859|title=Ellis, Thomas Edward (1859-1899), M.P. for Merioneth (1886-99) and chief Liberal whip (1894-5)|author=Thomas Iorwerth Ellis|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=13 March 2019}}
6. ^{{cite book|author=Joseph Haydn|title=Haydn's Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations: For Universal Reference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aq9CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA76|year=1866|publisher=E. Moxon and Company|pages=76}}
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