1852 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1852 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

24 February – The Times reports that Robert Stephenson has approved Isambard Kingdom Brunel's design for a railway bridge at Chepstow.
10 May – 27 men are killed by quicksand at Gwendraeth Colliery, Pontyberem.
14 May – 64 men are killed by underground explosion at Middle Duffryn Colliery, Aberdare.
August – Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones begins his second mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales. He also oversees translation of the Book of Mormon into the Welsh language.
14 September – Three-decker sailing first-rate ship of the line HMS Duke of Wellington, converted on the stocks to screw propulsion, is launched at Pembroke Dock.
4 November – In the United Kingdom general election:
*Walter Coffin becomes the first Nonconformist MP elected in Wales.
*Henry Vivian becomes MP for Truro.
*Crawshay Bailey becomes MP for Monmouth Boroughs.
December – In the by-election caused by the death of John Josiah Guest, Henry Austin Bruce is elected MP for Merthyr Tydfil.
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*St David's College, Lampeter, becomes the first institution in Wales to award degrees.
*Construction of the first Merthyr Synagogue begins.
*Richard Muspratt sets up an alkali manufacturing factory in Flint.
*The Alliance Insurance Company is set up in Wrexham, advertising itself as the only Welsh insurance company.

Aneurin Jones – Tafol y Beirdd
William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Aelwyd F'Ewythr Robert
John Williams (Glanmor) – Awstralia a'r Cloddfeydd Aur
Robert Williams – ''Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times''