page_title: 1859 in Wales
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1859 in Wales / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: Royal Charter (ship)
context_section_description: January - Y Brython changes from weekly to monthly publication.
  February - First race at Bangor-on-Dee racecourse.
  1 April - Opening of the Corris Railway.
  5 April - 27 men are killed by flooding at Neath Chain Colliery.
  31 May - U.K. general election. This is the last general election in which the Conservative Party's vote share in Wales exceeds that in England.
  29 June - Benjamin Hall is raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Llanover.
  15 October–17 October - Queen Victoria stays at Penrhyn Castle.
  25 October–26 October - 'Royal Charter Storm':
  Steam clipper Royal Charter is wrecked off the north-east Anglesey coast, with the estimated loss of around 459 lives, the greatest loss of life in any maritime accident in Welsh waters.
  St Brynach's Church, Cwm-yr-Eglwys, is destroyed.
  Peak year for copper production in Wales.
  The final stage of the East Bute Dock, Cardiff, is completed and opened.
  Merger of Yr Amserau and Baner Cymru.
  Religious revival led by Humphrey Jones.
  The Cymanfa Ganu movement is launched in Aberdare.
  Sir Charles Morgan, 3rd Baronet, is created Baron Tredegar.
caption: The clipper Royal Charter, wrecked off Anglesey on 26 October
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