1904 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1904 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1904 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1904 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 WilliamsBurke'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 January - Opening of Llanelli North Dock. 5 January - Opening of Tanat Valley Light Railway between Llynclys and Llangynog. February - Beginning of the 1904–1905 Welsh revival in religion. 4 May - Charles Rolls and Henry Royce meet for the first time in Manchester to agree production of Rolls-Royce motor cars. 31 May - Wentwood Reservoir inaugurated for Newport Corporation. 26 May - Harvey du Cros junior makes the first successful ascent of Snowdon by automobile.The Manchester Guardian 1904-05-27. 11 June - Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, is declared bankrupt; from 29 July sales of his assets at Plas Newydd (Anglesey) begin. 21 July - Edward VII and Queen Alexandra open the Elan Valley Reservoirs.A little book on water supply 1922 https://archive.org/details/littlebookonwate00garnuoft CUP Archive 41 3 August - The first Royal Welsh Show is held at Aberystwyth.https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/royal-welsh-show-celebrates-100th-2455070 Royal Welsh Show celebrates 100th as its roots strengthen WalesOnline 31 March 2013 17 September 2021 September - The second Pan-Celtic Congress is held at Caernarfon. 28–29 September - A conference at Blaenannerch reinforces the strength of the religious revival. October - Evan Roberts begins preaching. c. October - Mrs H. Millicent McKenzie is appointed Associated Professor of Education at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire in Cardiff, the first woman in Britain to hold a professorial title.Vanessa Cunningham John Goodwin Cardiff University: a celebration Cardiff University 2001 0-9540884-0-9 30-31 3 October - Five people are killed in a railway accident near Loughor. 31 October - Rhondda Tramways Company begins operation.R. Large Passenger tramways of Pontypridd Oakwood Press 1977 7 November - Joseph Jenkins, instigator of the religious revival, is guest preacher at meetings in Bethany, Ammanford, and "converts" incumbent minister Nantlais Williams.John Morgan-Guy Religion and Society in the Diocese of St Davids 1485-2011 https://books.google.com/books?id=asPeCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 1 April 2016 Routledge 978-1-317-06784-9 143 In local authority elections, the Liberal Party win control of all county councils in Wales. Orthopaedic surgeon Robert Jones becomes Honorary Surgeon to the Baschurch Home in Shropshire which he will develop into the world's first specialized orthopaedic hospital. Thomas Marchant Williams is knighted in recognition of his role in founding the National Eisteddfod Society.The Weekly Notes Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales 1904 IV No. 1 blast furnace at the old Blaenavon Ironworks is shut down. Arts and literature February - Gwen John arrives in Paris, in the company of Dorelia McNeill. Foster Alicia Gwen John Tate Gallery London 1999 9781854372833 24 Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Rhyl Chair - J. Machreth Rees, "Geraint ac Enid"Winners 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 - Richard Machno HumphreysMeic Stephens The new companion to the literature of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=WoMYAAAAIAAJ 23 September 1998 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1383-1 838 New books English language Joseph Bradney - A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time, vol. 1 Welsh language Owen Dafydd (died c. 1814) - Cynhyrchion Barddonol yr Hen Felinydd Owen Dafydd Cwmaman Daniel Jenkins and David Lewis - Cerddi CerngochDaniel JENKINS (and AP CEREDIGION, pseud.) Cerddi Cerngoch https://books.google.com/books?id=D503MwEACAAJ 1904 Lampeter Eluned Morgan - Dringo'r Andes R. Silyn Roberts - Trystan ac Esyllt a Chaniadau Eraills-ROBE-ROB-1871 Roberts, Robert (Silyn) Thomas, David 5 June 2018 Music Sir Henry Walford Davies - Everyman (oratorio)https://www.gramophone.co.uk/reviews/davies-hw-everyman Davies, HW Everyman Gramophone 25 June 2026 Sport Rugby league - In the first international league match, played between England and Other nationalities, ex-Wales rugby international Jack Rhapps becomes the World's first dual-code rugby international. Rugby union - Percy Bush scores 104 points for the British team on their tour of Australia and New Zealand. Births 6 March - Hugh Williams, actor and dramatist (died 1969)https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/hugh-williams-65058 Hugh Williams - Broadway Cast & Staff Internet Broadway Database The Broadway League 16 January 2022 17 March - Daniel Granville West, Baron Granville-West, politician (died 1984)s6-WEST-GRA-1904 West, Daniel Granville, Baron Granville-West of Pontypool (1904-1984), Labour politician John Graham Jones 11 June 2019 12 April - David Jenkins, Wales national rugby footballer (died 1951)http://en.espn.co.uk/wales/rugby/player/3496.html David Jenkins Rugby Union Players and Officials ESPN Scrum 31 July 2022 18 May - Eynon Evans, actor and screenwriter (died 1989)British Film and Television Year Book Cinema TV Today 1959 87 7 June - Tom Lewis, Wales international rugby player (died 1994) 8 June - Angus McBean, photographer (died 1990)Pepper Terence Angus McBean Portraits 2006 National Portrait Gallery Publications 1855145154 26 June Prof Seaborne Davies, law teacher and three times President of the National Eisteddfod (died 1984)s8-SEAB-RIC-1904 Seaborne-Davies, David Richard (1904-1984), lawyer and politician John Graham Jones 30 July 2022 Lynn Ungoed-Thomas, politician (died 1972)s8-UNGO-LYN-1904 Ungoed-Thomas, (Arwyn) Lynn (1904-1972), Labour politician John Graham Jones 30 July 2019 27 June - Emrys Davies, cricketer (died 1975)https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/emrys-davies-11813 Emrys Davies profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media Ltd. 30 July 2022 19 July - Richard Vaughan, novelist (died 1983)Tony Bianchi Richard Vaughan University of Wales Press 1984 9780708308486 8 28 July - Ned Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1990) 31 July - Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek, politician (died 1985)R. McHenry Daphne Daume J.E. Davis Britannica book of the year: 1986 https://archive.org/details/1986britannicabo00daum registration April 1986 Encyclopaedia Britannica 978-0-85229-437-6 127 4 August – Sir Thomas Parry, academic (died 1985)s6-PARR-THO-1904 Parry, Sir Thomas (1904-1985), scholar, Librarian of the National Library of Wales, University Principal, poet Derec Llwyd Morgan Derec Llwyd Morgan 2009 27 March 2022 8 August - Dai Parker, Wales and British Lion rugby player (died 1965) 22 August - Tommy Rees, Wales dual-code rugby player (died 1968) 12 September Euros Bowen, poet (died 1988)Poetry Wales Euros Bowen 4 1988 55 Donald Holroyde Hey, chemist (died 1987) 24 September - George Andrews, Wales dual-code rugby player (died 1989) 27 September - John Gwilym Jones, dramatist (died 1988) 30 September - Waldo Williams, poet (died 1971)s11-WILL-WAL-1904 Williams, Waldo Goronwy (1904-1971), poet and pacifist Robert Rhys 2017 27 March 2022 10 October (in Somerset) – Leslie Morris, politician in Canada (died 1964) 15 October - Sir Julian Hodge, banker (died 2004)https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/jul/21/guardianobituaries.obituaries Sir Julian Hodge 21 July 2004 John Cunningham The Guardian 10 September 2019 3 November - Caradog Prichard, poet and novelist (died 1980)s10-PRIC-CAR-1904 Prichard, Caradog (1904-1980), novelist and poet Menna Baines 11 June 2019 30 November - Philip Burton, theatre director and radio producer (died 1995)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-philip-burton-1572514.html Obituary: Philip Burton Graham Jenkins independent.co.uk 11 February 1995 10 April 2016 Deaths 21 April - William Williams, businessman and politician, 64Obituary 22 April 1904 The Times 8 10 May - Sir Henry Morton Stanley, journalist and explorer, 63 26 June - William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech, 85Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes https://books.google.com/books?id=oJhmpqvZXAIC 1921 289 12 July – Samuel M. Jones, mayor of Toledo, Ohio, USA, 57Northwest Ohio Quarterly https://books.google.com/books?id=xuMTAQAAMAAJ 1978 Historical Society of Northwestern Ohio 86 17 July - Isaac Roberts, astronomer, 75s-ROBE-ISA-1829 Roberts, Isaac (1829-1904), astronomer Robert Thomas Jenkins 18 October 2019 25 July - James Valentine, English rugby international, 37 (struck by lightning while on holiday in Barmouth)Famous Footballer Killed by Lightning on a Welsh Mountain – Sad Scene: Widespread Sympathy http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/19040730/146/0020 9 August 2017 Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 30 July 1904 September - Benjamin Davies, Welsh-descended Canadian politician, 91Minding the House: A Biographical Guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs Weeks Blair 1-894838-01-7 2002 Acorn Press registration https://archive.org/details/mindinghousebiog0000week 4 October - James Lewis Thomas, architect, 78s-THOM-EVA-1810 Thomas, John Evan (1810-1873), sculptor Robert Thomas Jenkins 18 October 2019 21 November - Jimmy Michael, cyclist, 27 (alcohol-related) 24 November - Lewis Jones, one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, 68s-JONE-LEW-1836 Jones, Lewis (1836-1904), pioneer in Patagonia, and writer Richard Bryn Williams 1959 27 March 2022 26 December - William Henry Powell, American Civil War hero, 79William H. Powell Obituaries West Virginia Division of Culture and History http://www.wvculture.org/history/civilwar/powellwilliam01.html 2017-04-11 29 December - Edward Treharne, Wales international rugby player, 42 (heart attack)The Lancet https://books.google.com/books?id=MIxPAAAAYAAJ 1905 J. Onwhyn 60 See also 1904 in Ireland References Category:Years of the 20th century in Wales Wales Category:1904 in Europe Category:1900s in Wales