1880 in Wales

Incumbents

• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley

• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk

• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn

• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse

• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor

• Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West

• Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes

• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn

• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort

• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis

• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington

• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite

• Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell

• Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant

• Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes

• Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones

Events

• 25 February – The Resurgam, an early mechanically-powered submarine, sinks off Rhyl.
• 10 March – Six miners are killed in an accident at the Bedwellty Colliery, Tredegar.
• 29 April – At the United Kingdom general election, Wales elects 28 Liberal MPs. David Davies, Llandinam, is returned unopposed as member for Cardigan.
• 17 June – The rebuilt Holyhead railway station and inner harbour are officially opened by the Prince of Wales.
• 15 July – 120 miners are killed in an accident at the Risca Colliery.
• 3 August – Nine miners are killed in an accident at the Bersham Colliery in Wrexham.
• 10 December – 101 miners are killed in an accident at the Penygraig Colliery, Rhondda.

Arts and literature

• Beriah Gwynfe Evans – Owain Glyndwr, one of the first full-length plays in the Welsh language, is first performed at Llanberis.

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Caernarfon (first "official" National Eisteddfod)

• Chair – W. B. Joseph, "Athrilyth"
• Crown – Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai)

New books

• Sir William Boyd Dawkins – Early Man in Britain and his place in the Tertiary Period
• Amy Dillwyn – The Rebecca Rioter

Music

• Joseph Parry – Emmanuel (cantata)

Sport

• Football – The Druids of Rhiwabon win the Welsh Cup for the first time.
• Rugby union – Cwmbran RFC and Crumlin RFC are founded.
• Yachting – Penarth Yacht Club is founded as Penarth Boat Club.

Births

• 31 January – Phil Hopkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1966)
• 12 February – William Joseph Rhys, writer (died 1967)
• 17 March – Harry Grindell Matthews, inventor (died 1941)
• 8 April – Thomas Thomas, boxing champion (died 1911)
• 19 April – Jack Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1971)
• 30 April – George Maitland Lloyd Davies, pacifist (died 1949)
• 9 May – Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, patron of the arts (died 1946)
• 11 May – David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, politician (died 1944)
• 22 May
  • Dr Teddy Morgan, Wales international rugby player (died 1947)
  • Robert John Rowlands ('Meuryn'), journalist and poet (died 1967)
• 31 May – Edward Tegla Davies, author (died 1967)
• 22 June – Rhys Gabe, rugby player (died 1967)
• 27 July – Percy Baker, gymnast (died 1957)
• 2 September – Isaac Daniel Hooson, poet (died 1948)
• 15 September – William Charles Williams, VC recipient (died 1915)
• 20 September – Ernie Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1958)

Deaths

• 6 January – John Thomas ('Minimus'), minister and author, 71
• 12 February – John Whitehead Greaves, slate mine proprietor, 72
• 2 March – Charles Meredith, Tasmanian politician, 68
• 12 April – Thomas Joseph Brown, Roman Catholic bishop, 81
• 23 April – Robert Thomas ('Ap Vychan'), minister and writer, 70
• 10 May – David Charles II, hymn-writer, 76?
• 21 August – Evan Mathew Richards, politician, 68
• 30 August – Mordecai Jones, industrialist, 67
• 9 September – William Watkin Edward Wynne, politician and antiquarian, 78

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