1900 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1900 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1900 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1900 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 GlanuskDod'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 Williams (from 2 February)Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage Burke's Peerage Limited 1925 2437 Bishop of Llandaff – Richard LewisDavid Henry Williams Catalogue of Seals in the National Museum of Wales: Seal dies, Welsh seals, papal bullae National Museum of Wales 1993 75 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 6 January – In Merionethshire, for the first time in centuries, the sword of the Gorsedd bards is solemnly unsheathed. "The chief bard invoked the blessing of God on British arms in South Africa, and announced that the sword would not be sheathed again till the triumph of the forces of righteousness over the hordes of evil."The Annual Register 1900 2 3 January – Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert almost capsizes while being floated out of dry dock at Pembroke Dock on completion of her construction.http://www.pembrokedock.org/h_dockyard_2.htm Pembroke Dock Community Website 2011-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20120207042402/http://www.pembrokedock.org/h_dockyard_2.htm 2012-02-07 dead 4 April – An anarchist shoots at Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, during his visit to Belgium for the birthday celebrations of the King of Belgium. 14 May – A pedestrian tunnel is opened under the River Ely from Cardiff to Penarth Dock.Cardiff Time Line http://www.cardiffians.co.uk/timeline.shtml Cardiffians 2015-05-24 June – The Royal Welch Fusiliers form the largest contingent in the multinational coalition forces helping to relieve the siege of Peking during the Boxer Rebellion. 1 June – Colwyn Bay Pier opened. 9 July – The Dowlais Iron Company and Arthur Keen's Patent Nut and Bolt Company merged to form Guest, Keen & Co. Ltd. August – Taff Vale Railway strike. 16 September – The German steamship, Stormarn, and the Gordon Castle collide in fog in Cardigan Bay with the loss of 20 lives.https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3426755/3426761/152/gordon%20castle%20collision%20in%20cardigan%20bay Collision in Cardigan Bay The Cardiff Times 22 September 1900 National Library of Wales 22 March 2022 26 September - 24 October – United Kingdom general election, in which: Keir Hardie is elected for Merthyr Tydfil, one of the first Labour MPs in Britain;Raymond Grant The Parliamentary History of Glamorgan, 1542-1976 https://books.google.com/books?id=T-IgAAAAMAAJ 1978 C. Davies 978-0-7154-0381-5 73 Frederick Rutherfoord Harris becomes Conservative MP for Monmouth Boroughs; Francis Edwards regains Radnorshire for the Liberals; George Newnes becomes MP for Swansea Town; Edward James Reed regains Cardiff; Sir Henry Morton Stanley retires from Parliament. 7 November – The steamer City of Vienna sinks off Swansea with the loss of 20 crew members. There is one survivor. 22 November – Beginning of the long-running Penrhyn Quarry industrial dispute.https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/penrhyn-castle/features/penrhyn-castle-and-the-great-penrhyn-quarry-strike-1900-03 Penrhyn Castle and the Great Penrhyn Quarry Strike National Trust 25 August 2021 28 December – The barque Primrose Hill is wrecked on South Stack off Holyhead, with the loss of 33 lives.The Shipwreck of the Primrose Hill in 1900 off South Stack, Holyhead http://www.anglesey.info/primrosehill.htm Anglesey Môn Information Website 2011-02-22 20 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101020023449/http://anglesey.info/primrosehill.htm dead The 'Long Bridge' at Risca, formerly part of the Monmouthshire Canal, is demolished. The Aberdare Canal is closed as economically unviable.Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Parliamentary Papers: 1850-1908 https://books.google.com/books?id=OQ1EAQAAMAAJ 1908 H.M. Stationery Office 269 A small zoo in Victoria Park, Cardiff, opens. The United States census figures show a Welsh immigrant population totalling 93,744, plus 173,416 children — an all-time high. Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales – held in Liverpool Chair – John Owen Williams, "Y Bugail"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair live https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair 13 February 2021 Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 18 February 2021 Crown – John Thomas Job, "Williams Pantycelyn"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Winners of the Crown National Eisteddfod of Wales 12 December 2019 12 December 2019 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194429/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners dead New books Owen Morgan Edwards – Tro yn Llydaw David Brynmor Jones and John Rhys – The Welsh People Allen Raine – Garthowenhttps://biography.wales/article/s-PUDD-ADA-1836 Puddicombe, Anne Adelisa ('Allen Raine'; 1836 – 1908), novelist Dictionary of Welsh Biography biography.wales 25 August 2021 Ernest Rhys – The Whistling Maid R. Silyn Roberts and W. J. Gruffydd – Telynegion Bertrand Russell – A Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibniz Music Sir Walford Davies – Four Songs of Innocencehttps://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/four-songs-innocence Four Songs of Innocence British Music Collection 12 December 2019 Sport 24 February – Association football – Wales lose 2–0 to Ireland in Llandudno.Hayes Dean 2006 Northern Ireland International Football Facts Appletree Press Belfast 0-86281-874-5 156 Rugby union – Wales win the Triple Crown. Yachting – Cardiff Yacht Club is formed in Butetown. Births 18 January – Idris Jones Wales rugby union international (died 1971) 23 January – William Ifor Jones, conductor (died 1988)Alfred Victor Frankenstein Sigmund Gottfried Spaeth John Townsend Hinton Mize The International who is who in Music https://books.google.com/books?id=y_JLAAAAYAAJ 1951 Who is Who in Music, Incorporated, Limited 242 9 February – David Williams, historian (died 1978) 19 April – Richard Hughes, novelist (died 1976)Olive Ely Hart The Drama in Modern Wales: A Brief History of Welsh Play-writing from 1900 to the Present Day https://books.google.com/books?id=goM0AAAAMAAJ 1928 University of Pennsylvania 44 2 June – David Wynne, composer (died 1983)Gerald Norris A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland https://books.google.com/books?id=KcMXAQAAIAAJ June 1981 David & Charles 978-0-7153-7845-8 295 30 June – Idwal Jones, politician (died 1982) 27 August – Frank Moody, British boxing champion (died 1963) 2 September – Bobby Delahay, Wales rugby union captain (died 1978) 1 November – Eiluned Lewis, writer (died 1979) 12 November – Thomas Hollingdale, Wales rugby union international (died 1978) 28 November – Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baron Clwyd, lawyer (died 1987) date unknown – Horace Williams, footballer (died 1960) Deaths 20 January – R. D. Blackmore, English novelist of Anglo-Welsh parentage, 74Max Keith Sutton R. D. Blackmore https://books.google.com/books?id=SldaAAAAMAAJ 1979 Twayne Publishers 978-0-8057-6756-8 12 22 January – David E. Hughes, musician and professor of music, 68 26 February – Daniel Grey, doctor and footballer, 51 22 March – Thomas Charles Edwards, Presbyterian leader, 62 10 May – Philip Ellis, Tractarian, 77 14 June – Catherine Gladstone (née Glynne), wife of British Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, 88Anne Isba Gladstone and Women https://books.google.com/books?id=gaxDs8_oz_QC&pg=PA211 24 August 2006 A&C Black 978-1-85285-471-3 211 19 September – Anne Beale, novelist, 84 9 October – John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, owner of Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch, 53John Davies Cardiff and the Marquesses of Bute https://books.google.com/books?id=mPYgAAAAMAAJ 1981 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-0761-8 77 12 December (in Edinburgh) – William Williams, veterinary surgeon, 68 See also 1900 in Ireland References Wales Category:1900 in Europe Category:1900s in Wales