1905 in Wales

none February 2020 November 2011 1905 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1905 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1905 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Hwfa MônHywel Teifi Edwards The Eisteddfod https://books.google.com/books?id=K81RDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT39 20 July 2016 University of Wales Press 978-1-78316-914-6 39 Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk (until 19 December); Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk (from 19 December)Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes Dod 1921 356 Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest GreavesNational Museum of Wales Adroddiad Blynyddol The Museum 1935 3 Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-EvansThe county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland Dalcassian Publishing Company 1860 443 Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th BaronetThe Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion The Society 1986 63 Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West Potter Matthew The concept of the 'master' in art education in Britain and Ireland, 1770 to the present Routledge Abingdon, Oxon 2016 9781351545471 149 Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert HughesJournal of the Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales Popish recusants in Flintshire in 1625 Henry Taylor Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales 1895 304 Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – W. R. M. Wynnehttps://cylchgronau.llyfrgell.cymru/view/2043441/2044175/159 Transactions of the Liverpool Welsh National Society 1891-92 National Library of Wales 15 March 2022 Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount TredegarCyril James Oswald Evans Monmouthshire, Its History and Topography W. Lewis (printers) 1953 190 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdors-CAMP-VAU-1847 Campbell, Frederick Archibald Vaughan, viscount Emlyn (1847-1898), earl Cawdor (1898-1911) Glyn Roberts 1959 20 March 2022 Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Powlett MilbankWhitaker's Almanack Joseph Whitaker Whitaker's Almanack 1913 847 Bishop of Bangor – Watkin WilliamsBurke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage Burke's Peerage Limited 1925 2437 Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Lewis (until 24 January);David Henry Williams Catalogue of Seals in the National Museum of Wales: Seal dies, Welsh seals, papal bullae National Museum of Wales 1993 75 Joshua Pritchard Hughes (from 1 June)s-HUGH-JOS-1807 Hughes, Joshua (1807-1889), bishop William Thomas Havard William Havard 26 October 2021 Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)Who was Who 1897–2007, 1991, 978-0-19-954087-7 Bishop of St Davids – John Owens-OWEN-JOH-1854 Owen, John (1854-1926), bishop Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 1959 19 March 2022 Events 31 January – 1904–1905 Welsh Revival: Rev Peter Price writes to the Western Mail, criticising the "so-called" revival led by Evan Roberts.Rhodri Hayward, Resisting History: Religious Transcendence and the Invention of the Unconscious (Manchester University Press, 2007) p 124 10 March – 33 men are killed in a mining accident at Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, Rhondda. 29 March – Evan Roberts embarks on his first and only mission outside Wales, spending a three-week period in Liverpool.Gwilym Hughes, "The story of the Liverpool mission" https://web.archive.org/web/20130509161003/http://revival-library.org/catalogues/1904ff/hughes.html 9 May 2013 . Accessed 8 April 2014 27 May – Thomas Price becomes Premier of South Australia. 30 June – Opening of the Prichard Jones Institute at Newborough, Anglesey. 11 July – National Colliery disaster at Wattstown in the Rhondda: an underground explosion kills 120 men, with just one survivor.Great Britain. Parliament The Parliamentary Debates https://books.google.com/books?id=3B7q7WJ3Bj8C 1905 Reuter's Telegram Company 1362 28 August – The Dyserth branch line is opened to passengers.Peter E. Baughan North and mid Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=uaYSAAAAMAAJ 1980 David & Charles 978-0-7153-7850-2 80 21 October - The centenary of the death of Horatio Nelson is commemorated in a ceremony at The Kymin. Participants include Lady Llangattock. 28 October - Edward VII grants city status to Cardiff, the only such grant of his reign.Beckett J.V. City Status in the British Isles, 1830–2002 Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2005 2 978-0-7546-5067-6 https://books.google.com/books?id=jqqSSOyjBEoC&pg=PP8 2 October 2008 28 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210528130543/https://books.google.com/books?id=jqqSSOyjBEoC&pg=PP8 live 10 December – David Lloyd George joins the new Liberal Cabinet of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman as President of the Board of Trade. 18 December – The earldom of Plymouth is revived in favour of Robert George Windsor-Clive, 14th Baron Windsor, who also becomes Viscount Windsor of St. Fagan's. 28 December – Godfrey Morgan is created Viscount Tredegar.s-MORG-TRE-1384 MORGAN family, of Tredegar Park, Monmouth Walter Thomas Morgan 1959 1 June 2014 Sir John Williams purchases the Peniarth manuscripts at the instigation of John Gwenogvryn Evans. Arts and literature Edward Morgan Humphreys joins the staff of Y Genedl Gymreig. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales – held in Mountain Ash Chair – No winnerWinners of the Chair National Eisteddfod https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair 2021-02-27 eisteddfod.wales 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead Crown – Thomas Mathonwy Davies New books English language David Ffrangcon Davies – The Singing of the FutureDavid Thomas Ffrangcon- Davies The Singing of the Future https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463697 1905 J. Lane W. H. Davies – The Soul's DestroyerIan Ousby The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Literature in English https://books.google.com/books?id=43oBE1nJXaMC&pg=PA104 23 February 1996 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-43627-4 104 Allen Raine - Hearts of WalesAllen Raine Hearts of Wales: An Old Romance https://books.google.com/books?id=hydFAQAAMAAJ 1905 Hutchinson Owen Rhoscomyl – Flame-Bearers of Welsh HistoryOwen Rhoscomyl (pseud.) Flame-bearers of Welsh History: Being the Outline of the Story of 'The Sons of Cunedda' https://books.google.com/books?id=OA2woAEACAAJ 1905 Welsh language Gwaith Ann Griffiths (ed. Owen Morgan Edwards) John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) – Cynfeirdd LleynEric Hobsbawm Terence Ranger The Invention of Tradition https://books.google.com/books?id=SugpRWf_FB4C&pg=PA49 26 March 2012 Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-60467-4 49 Gwyneth Vaughan - O Gorlannau'r DefaidY Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion https://books.google.com/books?id=AXJIAQAAIAAJ 1953 Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorio 350 John Watson – Yr Hen DdoctorCardiff. Free Libraries Bibliography of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=YYoxAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA491 1900 491 Film The Life of Charles Peace made by Ifan ab Owen EdwardsNoël Burch Life to Those Shadows https://books.google.com/books?id=LyT9HmnI3mkC&pg=PA104 21 November 1990 University of California Press 978-0-520-07144-5 104 Music David John de Lloyd is the first music graduate of University of Wales, Aberystwyth.s2-LLOY-JOH-1883 De Lloyd, David John (1883-1948), musician Selwyn Jones 2001 John Hughes - "Cwm Rhondda" (hymn tune, first version, as "Rhondda") William Penfro Rowlands – "Blaenwern" (hymn tune) Sport Bowls – The [[Scuba Scuba Diving in BaliDiving in Bali]] is formed in Cardiff. Rugby union 11 March – Wales win the Home Nations Championship and take the Triple Crown. 16 December – Wales defeat the first touring New Zealand team at Cardiff Arms Park. Births 6 January – Idris Davies, poet (died 1953)Idris Davies The Complete Poems of Idris Davies https://books.google.com/books?id=bY1aAAAAMAAJ 1994 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1272-8 xi 10 February – Rachel Thomas, actress (died 1995)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaryrachel-thomas-1572351.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaryrachel-thomas-1572351.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Obituary: Rachel Thomas The Independent 10 February 1995 5 September 2015 28 February – Glyn Jones, writer (died 1995)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-glyn-jones-1615167.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-glyn-jones-1615167.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Obituary: Glyn Jones The Independent Meic Stephens 11 April 1995 3 May 2010 1 March – Doris Hare, actress (died 2000)Harris M. Lentz Obituaries in the Performing Arts https://books.google.com/books?id=PZ8HAQAAMAAJ 2000 McFarland & Company 978-0-7864-1024-8 100 18 April – Alun Oldfield-Davies, controller of BBC Wales (died 1988) 18 May – Thomas Jones Pierce, historian (died 1964) 28 June – Albert Clifford Williams, politician (died 1987)s8-WILL-CLI-1905 Williams, Albert Clifford (1905-1987), Labour politician Jones John Graham 21 October 2021 11 July – Jack Bassett, Wales international rugby union player (died 1989) 2 August – Myrna Loy, actress of Welsh descent (died 1993)https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/15/obituaries/myrna-loy-model-of-urbanity-in-thin-man-roles-dies-at-88.html Myrna Loy, Model of Urbanity in 'Thin Man' Roles, Dies at 88 December 15, 1993 August 30, 2018 Peter B. Flint The New York Times 13 August – Gareth Jones, journalist and advisor to David Lloyd George (died 1935)"Mr. Gareth Jones: Journalist and Linguist". The Times. 17 August 1935. Issue 47145, p. 12. 28 August – Cyril Walters, cricketer (died 1992) 16 October – Barry Livesey, actor (died 1959) 31 October – W. F. Grimes, archaeologist (died 1988) 26 November – Emlyn Williams, dramatist and actor (died 1987)Krebs Albin 26 September 1987 Emlyn Williams, Welsh Actor and Writer, Dies https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/26/obituaries/emlyn-williams-welsh-actor-and-writer-dies.html The New York Times 18 October 2016 10 December – John Edward Jones, Plaid Cymru leader (died 1970)s8-WILL-CLI-1905 Jones, John Edward (1905-1970), secretary and organiser of Plaid Cymru, 1930-62 Evans Gwynfor Gwynfor Evans 21 October 2021 18 December – Stanley Cornwell Lewis, artist (died 2009)http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/stanley-starts-his-century-in-fine-style-1096633 Stanley starts his century in fine style Manchester Evening News 31 December 2005 28 March 2022 22 December – Gwyn Richards, dual-code rugby player (died 1985) 29 December – Billy Williams, dual-code international rugby player (died 1973) Deaths 24 January – Richard Lewis, Bishop of Llandaff, 83Death Of The Bishop Of Llandaff, The Times, 25 January 1905; page 4; Issue 37613; col A 7 March – Robert Isaac Jones, pharmacist, writer and printers-JONE-ISA-1815 Jones, Robert Isaac (Alltud Eifion; 1815–1905), pharmacist, littérateur, and printer William Rowlands 1959 1 March 2020 yes 14 March – Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, eccentric (died in Monte Carlo), 29The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_xKAQAAMAAJ 1907 164 25 April – David Watkin Jones, poet, 73 29 May – Robert Franklin John, Welsh-born farmer and political figure in British Columbia, 54http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-4E75D75/view/Deaths/find-adv%2B%20callnumber=%28%221905-09-018613%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm=%28b13080%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B/1 Vital Event Death Registration BC Archives 2011-08-01 February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes August/September – Peter Rees Jones, entrepreneur, 62 14 October – John Thomas, photographer, 67 15 October – Thomas Howells (Hywel Cynon), poet and musician, 66s-HOWE-THO-1839 HOWELLS, THOMAS (Hywel Cynon, 1839 - 1905), collier, printer, poet, preacher, and musician Robert David Griffith 1959 11 October 2019 yes 19 October – Anne Ceridwen Rees, practising physician in the US, 31D. R. Lewis, "The Late Anne C. Rees, M. D. (Ceridwen)" The Cambrian 25(12)(December 1905): 543-544. 23 October – William Phillips, botanist, 83Phillips, William 3 28 October – Barry Girling, Wales international rugby union player 10 November – Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), poet and archdruid, 82s-WILL-ROW-1823 WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (Hwfa Môn; 1823–1905), Independent minister, and archdruid of Wales Richard Griffith Owen 1959 2 February 2019 yes 19 November – Watkin Hezekiah Williams (Watcyn Wyn), schoolmaster and poet, 61s-WILL-HEZ-1844 Williams, Watkin Hezekiah (Watcyn Wyn; 1844–1905), schoolmaster, poet, and preacher Brinley Rees Brinley Rees 1959 2 February 2019 yes 25 November – William Cadwaladr Davies, educationist, 56s-DAVI-CAD-1849 Davies, William Cadwaladr (1849–1905), educationist John Edward Lloyd 1959 1 March 2020 yes 8 December – Edward Davies, US-born minister, publisher of Y Cenhadwr, 78s-DAVI-EDW-1827 Davies, Edward (1827–1905), Independent minister in the U.S.A., and author Robert (Bob) Owen 1959 1 March 2020 yes 9 December – Arthur Humphreys-Owen, barrister, landowner and politician, 69s-HUMP-CHA-1836 Humphreys-Owen, Arthur (1836–1905), Member of Parliament Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 1 March 2020 yes 14 December – Nathaniel Jones, minister and poet, 73s-JONE-NAT-1832 Jones, Nathaniel Cynhafal (1832–1905), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet Idwal Lewis 1959 1 March 2020 yes 17 December – Robert Jones Derfel, poet and dramatist, 81s-DERF-JON-1824 Derfel, Robert Jones (1824–1905), poet and socialist David Gwenallt Jones David Gwenallt Jones 1959 2 February 2019 yes See also 1905 in Ireland References Wales Category:1905 in Europe Category:1900s in Wales