1891 in Wales

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1891
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
See also:
1891 in
The United Kingdom
Ireland
Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1891 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

  • 5 April – The United Kingdom Census (the first to record what languages are spoken in Wales by everyone over the age of three) shows there to be 1,685,614 speakers of Welsh in Wales, 54.4% of the population.
  • 12 AugustAdelina Patti opens her private theatre at Craig-y-Nos Castle.[2]
  • date unknown – The South Wales and Monmouthshire Training School of Cookery and the Domestic Arts opens in Cardiff.
  • Owen Morgan Edwards launches his popular monthly magazine Cymru.

Arts and literature[]

Awards[]

National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Swansea

New books[]

English language[]

  • George Essex EvansThe Repentance of Magdalene Despar and other poems
  • William Nicholas Johns – History of the Church of S. Gwynllyw (S. Woolos, Newport)
  • Edward Jones – Y Gymdeithasfa[4]

Welsh language[]

Music[]

Sport[]

  • Football – The Welsh Cup is won by Shrewsbury Town.

Births[]

  • 4 JanuaryBryn Lewis, Wales international rugby player (killed in action 1917)
  • 13 FebruaryKate Roberts, author (died 1985)[6]
  • 14 FebruaryGwynn Parry Jones, tenor (died 1963)
  • 14 MarchBilly Geen, Wales international rugby union player (killed in action 1915)
  • 29 MarchTom Parker, Wales international rugby union captain (died 1967)
  • 8 AprilBill Beynon, British bantamweight boxing champion (died 1932)
  • 9 MayFred Perrett, Wales international rugby union (died of wounds 1918)
  • 1 OctoberMorfydd Llwyn Owen, composer, pianist and mezzo-soprano (died 1918)[7]
  • 29 NovemberGlyn Stephens, Wales international rugby union captain (died 1965)

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ Daniel Williams. "Griffith, David (Clwydfardd; 1800–1894), eisteddfodic bard and arch-druid". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ Cecil John Layton Price (1984). The professional theatre in Wales. University College of Swansea. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-86076-054-2.
  3. ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Edward (1826–1902), Calvinistic Methodist historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. ^ Glanmor Williams (1993). Renewal and Reformation: Wales C. 1415–1642. Oxford University Press. p. 505. ISBN 978-0-19-285277-9.
  6. ^ Morgan, Derec Llwyd (1991), Kate Roberts. Writers of Wales series. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-1115-6. An introduction to her work in English.
  7. ^ Gerald Norris (June 1981). A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland. David & Charles. p. 297. ISBN 978-0-7153-7845-8.
  8. ^ Bonney, Thomas George (1901). "Davies, William (1814-1891)" . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  9. ^ Robert David Griffith. "Frost, William Frederick (1846-1891), harpist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Humffray, John Basson". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  11. ^ The Complete Peerage, Volume X. St Catherine's Press. 1947. p. 654.
  12. ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "Lloyd, Thomas Richard (1820–1891), cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  13. ^ Jones, Evan David. "ROWLAND(S), JOHN (Giraldus; 1824–1891)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  14. ^ Escott, Margaret. "Owen, Hugh Owen (1803–1891), of Williamston and Llanstinan, Pemb". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  15. ^ Gwilym Arthur Edwards. "Davies, David Charles (1826-1891)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  16. ^ Griffith Thomas Roberts. "Meredith, Lewis (1826–1891), preacher and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  17. ^ Iolo Davies, A Certaine Schoole (D. Brown & Son, Cowbridge, 1967), pp. 66 and 145
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