This article is about the particular significance of the year 1867 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar 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 – Robert Myddelton Biddulph Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (until 27 April); Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (from 21 May) Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall Events 3 June – The opening of the Anglesey Central Railway to passenger traffic links Amlwch to the rail network for the first time. 19 August – The Victoria pier at Rhyl, built at a cost of £23,000, opens to the public. 2 September – The Carnarvonshire Railway opens throughout, connecting Carnarvon and Portmadoc. 30 September – Mawddwy Railway opens. 10 October – Barmouth Bridge across the Mawddach estuary opens to rail traffic, linking Barmouth to the rail network for the first time. 26–27 October – Barque Earl of Chester is wrecked off Rhosneigr, Anglesey, with the loss of at least 17 lives. 8 November – 178 miners are killed in an accident at Ferndale Colliery, Rhondda. date unknown Celtic Congress held at Saint-Brieuc in Brittany. The Bronze Age cairns at Llanmadoc Hill are excavated and finds recorded. Arts and literature Awards At the National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Carmarthen, a crown is presented for the first time. New books Rhoda Broughton – Cometh Up as a Flower Edward Hamer – The Chartist Outbreak at Llanidloes Jabez Edmund Jenkins – Egin Awen, yn cynnwys awdlau, cywyddau Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan - Penhow Castle William Thomas (Islwyn) – Caniadau Alfred Russel Wallace – The Malay Archipelago Charles Wilkins – The History of Merthyr Tydfil Music David Roberts (Alawydd)