1883 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1883 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1883 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

27 January — In the same storm, the James Gray is wrecked on Tusker Rocks, Porthcawl, and the Agnes Jack off Port Eynon. The Mumbles lifeboat puts out, and 5 of its crew are drowned in the rescue attempt.
1 February — Five miners are killed in an accident at the Lewis Merthyr Colliery.
25 June — Six miners are killed in an accident at the New Duffryn Colliery, Rhymney.
July — The steamship Rishanglys leaves three seamen, who are believed to be suffering from cholera, on the island of Flat Holm; one of them subsequently dies.^[1]
21 August — Five miners are killed in an accident at the Gelli Colliery, Gelli, Glamorgan.
24 October — Cardiff University opens (under the name of University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire).
31 October — 18 people are drowned when the German barque Alhambra sinks off Holyhead.
November — Samuel Griffith becomes Prime Minister of Queensland.
- Closure of Point of Ayr lighthouse.
Peak year for zinc production in Wales.
Dr William Price, aged 83, marries Gwenllian Llywelyn.
Welsh-Canadian artist Robert Harris is commissioned to paint the Meeting of the Delegates of British North America.

Rhoda Broughton — Belinda
John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) — Adgof Uwch Anghof
Robert Owen - Pilgrimage to Rome
Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) — Gwaith Barddonol Trebor Mai (posthumously published)

Football — Wrexham win the Welsh Cup for the second time in its six-year history.
Rugby union
- Wales take part in the inaugural Home Nations Championship
- First home international game played, hosted at St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea.
- First Wales match against Scotland. Wales lose by three goals to one.

6 January — Harry Uzzell, Wales international rugby union captain (died 1960)
23 March — William Evans, Wales dual code international rugby player (died 1946)
30 April — David John de Lloyd, composer (died 1948)
7 May — Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, newspaper magnate (died 1968)
28 May — Clough Williams-Ellis, architect (died 1978)
12 June — Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda, suffragette (died 1958)
13 September — Percy Thomas, architect (died 1969)
14 October — Dick Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1916)
23 November — James 'Tuan' Jones, Wales and British Lion rugby player (died 1964)
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- John Jones (Tydu), poet (died 1968)
- James Walker, politician