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National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Caernarfon (first "official" National Eisteddfod)
- Chair – W. B. Joseph, "Athrilyth"[22]
- Crown – Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai)
- 31 January – Phil Hopkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1966)
- 12 February – William Joseph Rhys, writer (died 1967)[23]
- 17 March – Harry Grindell Matthews, inventor (died 1941)
- 8 April – Thomas Thomas, boxing champion (died 1911)[24]
- 19 April – Jack Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1971)
- 30 April – George Maitland Lloyd Davies, pacifist (died 1949)[25]
- 9 May – Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, patron of the arts (died 1946)[26]
- 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)[27]
- 22 June – Rhys Gabe, rugby player (died 1967)
- 27 July – Percy Baker, gymnast (died 1957)[28]
- 2 September – Isaac Daniel Hooson, poet (died 1948)[29]
- 15 September – William Charles Williams, VC recipient (died 1915)
- 20 September – Ernie Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1958)
- 6 January – John Thomas ('Minimus'), minister and author, 71[30]
- 12 February – John Whitehead Greaves, slate mine proprietor, 72[31]
- 2 March – Charles Meredith, Tasmanian politician, 68[32]
- 12 April – Thomas Joseph Brown, Roman Catholic bishop, 81[33]
- 23 April – Robert Thomas ('Ap Vychan'), minister and writer, 70[34]
- 10 May – David Charles II, hymn-writer, 76?[35]
- 21 August – Evan Mathew Richards, politician, 68[36]
- 30 August – Mordecai Jones, industrialist, 67[37]
- 9 September – William Watkin Edward Wynne, politician and antiquarian, 78[38]
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Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
James Henry Clark (1869). History of Monmouthshire. County Observer. p. 375.
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