1845 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1845 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Penry Williams
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster ; Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall
Events
- 1 March — Work begins on the construction of the Chester and Holyhead Railway; Robert Stephenson is chief engineer on the project.
- 2 August — 26 men are killed in a mining accident at Cwmbach, Aberdare.
- exact date unknown
- *Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones returns to Wales from the United States to proselytise for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- *Henry Hussey Vivian becomes manager of the Hafod Smelting Works.
Arts and literature
Literature and new books
- 1 January – Lewis Edwards founds the periodical Y Traethodydd.
- The Welsh language periodical Y Trysorfa is founded.
- Thomas Gee inherits his father's printing business.
- Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion) — Galar-Cerdd ar Farwolaeth William Bruce Knight, Deon Llandaf
- John Jones (Idrisyn) — Yr Esboniad Beirniadol
- John Mills (Ieuan Glan Alarch) — Y Beirniadur Cymreig
- Samuel Prideaux Tregelles — ''Hebrew Reading Lessons''
Music
- Rosser Beynon — Telyn Seion
- Casgliad o Hymnau
- John Ambrose Lloyd — ''Y Ganaan Glyd''
Visual arts
- March — Thomas Brigstocke exhibits his painting of General Nott before Queen Victoria.
- Penry Williams paints the portrait of Lady Charlotte Guest.
Births
- 1 January – Francis Jayne, Principal of St David's College, Lampeter, and Bishop of Chester
- 24 February – Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, shipping magnate
- 16 May – Amy Dillwyn, businesswoman and novelist
- 21 June – Samuel Griffith, Premier of Queensland
- 10 October – Timothy Richard, missionary
Deaths
- 1 January – Sir William Nott, military leader, 62
- 17 January – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire, 77
- 26 January – Peter Jones (Pedr Fardd), poet, 69
- 12 April – John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny, 55
- 8 August – William Bruce Knight, Dean of Llandaff, 59
- 16 October – Martha Llwyd, poet, 79
- 17 November – Sir Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, naval officer, 66