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{{Year in Wales header|1872}}This article is about the particular significance of the year 1872 to Wales and its people. Incumbents- Prince of Wales — Albert Edward
- Princess of Wales — Alexandra
Events- 5 January — In a mining accident at Blackwood Colliery, five men are killed.
- 2 March — In a mining accident at Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, nineteen men are killed.
- 18 June — A derailment occurs in the Pencader Tunnel on the Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway.
- 12 July — Cardiff Tramways Company begins operation of horse trams.
- 1 August — Minffordd railway station is opened.
- 9 October — University College Wales, Aberystwyth, opens with 26 students; Thomas Charles Edwards is its first principal.
- Stocks are used on the last recorded occasion in the UK, at Adpar in Cardiganshire, when a man is imprisoned in them for drunkenness.
- Nitrocellulose manufacture at Penrhyndeudraeth begins.
- Colwyn Bay Hotel opened.
Arts and literatureNew books- R. D. Blackmore — The Maid of Sker
- Thomas Thomas — Hynodion Hen Bregethwyr Cymru
Music- The South Wales "Cor Mawr", conducted by Griffith R. Jones (Caradog) wins a national choral competition at Crystal Palace.
Sport- Cricket — First game played at Elwy Grove Park, St Asaph.
- Football — 28 September: Wrexham Football Club is founded. They play at the Racecourse Ground.
Births- 21 February — Evan Lorimer Thomas, clergyman and academic (died 1953)
- 6 May — William Llewellyn Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1943)
- 10 May — Tom Pearson, Wales international rugby player (died 1957)
- 18 May — Bertrand Russell, philosopher (died 1970)[1]
- 14 July — David Morgan, Wales international rugby player (died 1933)
- 14 September — Albert Jenkin, Wales international rugby player (died 1961)
- 8 October — John Cowper Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1963)[2]
- date unknown
- Vernon Hartshorn, politician (died 1931)
- Thomas Jeremiah Williams, lawyer and politician (died 1919)
Deaths- 24 March - James Williams, clergyman and philanthropist, 81
- 3 August — William Davies Evans, chess player, 82
- 22 August — Evan Davies, educationist, 84
- 11 November — Mary Anne Disraeli, wife of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 80[3]
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2011}}References1. ^{{cite book|author=Amita Singh|title=The Political Philosophy of Bertrand Russell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pY9dPY7cwPAC&pg=PA4|year=1987|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-039-0|pages=4}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=Herbert Williams|title=John Cowper Powys|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QThbAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Seren|isbn=978-1-85411-196-8|page=156}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=Mollie Hardwick|title=Mrs. Dizzy: the life of Mary Anne Disraeli, Viscountess Beaconsfield|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0sjAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Cassell|page=1}}
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