| 释义 |
- Incumbents
- Events
- Arts and literature Awards New books Music
- Sport
- Births
- Deaths
| 1860s | 1880s | Other years in Wales | | Other events of the decade |
This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1870–1879 to Wales and its people. Incumbents- Prince of Wales — Albert Edward
- Princess of Wales — Alexandra
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales — Clwydfardd (from 1876)
Events- 1870
- 1871
- 1872
- 1873
- 1874
- 1875
- 1876
- 1877
- 1878
- 1879
Arts and literatureAwardsNational Eisteddfod of Wales — no National Eisteddfod officially took place during this decade. 1872 — William Thomas (Islwyn) wins a bardic chair at Rhyl. 1874 — Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Caerphilly. 1877 — Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Treherbert. New books- R. D. Blackmore — The Maid of Sker (1872)
- Rhoda Broughton — Nancy (1873)
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog)
- Yr Ail Gynnig (1870)
- Y Trydydd Cynnig (1877)
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) — Manion Hynafiaethol (1873)
- Beriah Gwynfe Evans — Owain Glyndwr (play) (1879)
- Daniel Silvan Evans — Celtic Remains (1878)
- John Ceiriog Hughes — Oriau'r Haf (1870)
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)
- Helyntion Bywyd Hen Deiliwr (1877)
- Llythyrau 'Rhen Ffarmwr (1878)
- Thomas Thomas (minister) — Hynodion Hen Bregethwyr Cymru (1872)
Music- 1873
- Henry Brinley Richards — Songs of Wales
Sport- 1873 — Major Walter Wingfield of Nantclwyd Hall patents nets for the game of lawn tennis, which he calls "sphairistike".
Births- 1870
- 18 August — William Cope, 1st Baron Cope, politician (died 1946)
- 27 September — Thomas Jones (T. J.), civil servant (died 1955)
- 20 December — Sir Sir David Davies, politician (died 1958)
- 1871
- 6 April — Prince Alexander John of Wales, youngest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 7 April 1871)
- 1872
- 18 May — Bertrand Russell, philosopher (died 1970)
- 27 August — Charles Stewart Rolls, aviator (died 1910)
- 8 October — John Cowper Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1963)
- 1873
- 23 April — Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1951)
- 1874
- 6 February — David Evans, composer (died 1948)
- 3 October — James Henry Thomas, politician (died 1949)
- December — Nantlais Williams, poet and religious leader (died 1959)
- date unknown — Albert Bethel, politician (died 1935)
- 1875
- 10 September — John Evans, Welsh politician (died 1961)
- 11 November — Johnny Jenkins, racing driver (died 1945)
- 1876
- 22 June — Gwen John, artist (died 1939)
- 18 September — Charles Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton (died 1934)
- 1877
- 19 August — John Evans, supercentenarian (died 1990)
- 26 September — Edmund Gwenn, actor (died 1959) (long believed to have been born in Wales, but birth certificate proves otherwise)
- 1878
- 4 January — Augustus John, painter (died 1961)
- 3 March — Edward Thomas, poet (died 1917)
- 16 April — Owen Thomas Jones, geologist (died 1967)
- 26 May — Abel J. Jones, writer (died 1949)
- 28 June — Evan Roberts preacher (died 1951)
- 31 December — Caradoc Evans, writer (died 1945)
- 1879
- 4 September — Eliot Crawshay-Williams, politician and writer (died 1962)
- 2 October — Idris Bell, papyrologist (died 1967)
Deaths- 1872
- 3 August — William Davies Evans, chess player (born 1790)
- 1874
- 19 April — Owen Jones, architect (born 1809)
- 1875
- 27 July — Connop Thirlwall, bishop (born 1797)
- 1876
- 19 July — George E. Pugh, Welsh-American politician (born 1822)
- 1877
- 24 June — Robert Dale Owen, Welsh-American politician (born 1801)
- 14 July — Richard Davies (Mynyddog), poet (born 1833)
- 5 August — Robert Williams (Trebor Mai), poet (born 1830)
- 1878
- 3 January — Morris Williams (Nicander), writer (born 1809)
- 30 September — Evan James, poet, lyricist of the Welsh national anthem (born 1809)
- 20 November — William Thomas (Islwyn), poet (born 1832)
- 1879
- 23 September — Francis Kilvert, diarist (born 1840)
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2011}} 1 : 1870s in Wales |