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{{Year in Wales header|1873}}This article is about the particular significance of the year 1873 to Wales and its people. Incumbents- Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
- Princess of Wales – Alexandra
Events- 1 March – The sailing ship Chacabuco sinks off the Great Orme with the loss of 24 lives.[1]
- 9 October – The first recorded sheepdog trial in the UK takes place at Bala.
- 2 December – In a mining accident at Hafod Colliery, Rhiwabon, five men are killed.
- 19 August – the Holyhead Breakwater (the longest in the world) is officially opened by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.[2] having taken 28 years to construct.
- Work begins on the Severn tunnel.
- The Glyn Valley Tramway opens, carrying slate from Glyn Ceiriog to Chirk.
- Construction of the Morriston Tabernacle chapel, the biggest in Wales at the time.
- Construction of lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn.
Arts and literatureNew books- Rhoda Broughton – Nancy
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Manion Hynafiaethol
- Ebenezer Thomas – Gweithiau Barddonol Eben Fardd (posthumously published)
Music- Henry Brinley Richards – Songs of Wales
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog) writes the song "Rheolau yr Aelwyd", the basis of "Sosban Fach".
Sport- December – Major Walter Wingfield of Nantclwyd Hall at Llanelidan designs a game for the amusement of his visitors. Wingfield soon patents nets for the game of lawn tennis, which he calls "sphairistike".
Births- 7 January – Christopher Williams, artist (died 1934)
- 16 January – Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, politician (died 1939)
- 7 April
- John Dyfnallt Owen, poet and Archdruid (died 1956)
- Charles Butt Stanton, politician (died 1946)
- 23 April – Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1951)
- 1 May – Harry Evans, musician (died 1914)[3]
- 22 May – J. Brynach Davies (Brynach) (died 1923)
- 5 June – Ben Davies, Wales international rugby player (died 1930)
- date unknown – Arthur Tysilio Johnson ("The Perfidious Welshman") (died 1956)
Deaths- January – John Emlyn Jones, poet, 54[4]
- 27 January – Josiah Thomas Jones, publisher, 73
- 20 February – (at Launceston, Tasmania) William Jones, Chartist leader, 64
- 29 March – David Jones, merchant in Australia, 80
- 17 May – Lord William Paget, soldier and politician, 70
- 9 October – John Evan Thomas, sculptor, 63
- 31 October – William Ambrose (Emrys), poet, 60
- 10 November – Maria Jane Williams, musician, 78
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2011}}References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/271443/details/chacabuco|title=Chacabuco| website=Coflein|access-date=28 March 2019}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Denton|first=A., & Leach, N.|title= Lighthouses of Wales|publisher=Landmark Publishing Ltd|year= 2008| ISBN= 978-1-84306-459-6}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-EVAN-HAR-1873|title=Evans, Harry (1873-1914), musician|author=Robert David Griffith|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=28 March 2019}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-JONE-EML-1818|title=Jones, John (Ioan Emlyn; 1818-1873), Baptist minister, poet, and man of letters|author=Robert Thomas Jenkins|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=28 March 2019}}
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