1895 in Wales

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1895
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
See also:
1895 in
The United Kingdom
Ireland
Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1895 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

Arts and literature[]

The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales by William Retlaw Williams

Awards[]

National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Llanelli

New books[]

English language[]

Welsh language[]

Music[]

  • – String quartet[5]

Sport[]

  • Golf – The Welsh Golfing Union is founded,[6] and the first Welsh amateur golf championships are held.
  • Horse racing – The Welsh Grand National is held for the first time, at Ely Racecourse, Cardiff. A huge crowd breaks down barriers and almost overwhelms police trying to keep out gatecrashers.[7]

Births[]

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hywel Teifi Edwards (20 July 2016). The Eisteddfod. University of Wales Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-78316-914-6.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Easdown, Martin; Thomas, Darlah (2010). Piers of Wales. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781848689206.
  3. ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. ^ John Buchanan-Brown (1953). Cassell's Encyclopaedia of World Literature: Biographies L-Z. Morrow. p. 274. ISBN 9780688002282.
  5. ^ David Ewart Parry Williams; Evan David Jones. "Rees, John Thomas (1857-1949), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ Trudy Carradice; Phil Carradice (15 June 2010). Golf in Wales: A Pictorial History. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-4456-2347-4.
  7. ^ "Youngsters are odds on to uncover history of racecourse". Wales Online. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  8. ^ Scott Wilson (19 August 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7.
  9. ^ "Sir (Edward) Enoch Jenkins (1895-1960), Judge". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  10. ^ Jean Beagle Ristaino (2008). Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology. APS Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-89054-359-7.
  11. ^ Margaret Mitford Williams. "Davies, Wilfred Mitford (1895–1966), artist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  12. ^ Thomas Parry. "Jones, Sir Cynan (Albert) Evans ('Cynan'; 1895–1970), poet, dramatist and eisteddfodwr". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  13. ^ 'HUGHES, Rt. Rev Thomas Maurice', Who's Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U165555.
  14. ^ Mike O'Connor (26 September 2003). Airfields and Airmen: Cambrai. Pen and Sword. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-78340-269-4.
  15. ^ David Gwenallt Jones. "Jones, Richard Idwal (1895-1937), better known as Idwal Jones, schoolmaster, poet, and dramatist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  16. ^ "National Portrait Gallery – Person – Robert Ranke Graves". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  17. ^ Mary Auronwy James. "Edwards, Sir Ifan ab Owen (1895–1970), lecturer, founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  18. ^ John Matthias (1 January 1989). David Jones, man and poet. National Poetry Foundation, University of Maine. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-943373-03-4.
  19. ^ Evans W, Journey to Harley Street; David Rendel, London (1968)
  20. ^ Baker, J. N. L (1971). Jesus College 1571–1971. Oxonian Press Ltd, Oxford. pp. 91–93. ISBN 0-9502164-0-2.
  21. ^ James, B. Ll. "Clark, George Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5461. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  22. ^ Williams James, John. "Briscoe, Thomas (1813–1895), cleric and scholar". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  23. ^ Benjamin George Owens. "Mathias, James Goronwy (Goronwy Ddu; 1842–1895), Baptist minister and littérateur". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  24. ^ James Frederick Rees. "Bruce, Henry Austin (1815–1895), 1st Baron Aberdare". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  25. ^ Richard Griffith Owen. "Davies, Ellis Thomas (1822–1895), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  26. ^ William Shakespeare (1896). Shakespeare and the Bible: Fifty Sonnets with Their Scriptural Harmonies. Samuel Bagster.
  27. ^ Thomas Parry. "Jones, Thomas (Tudno; 1844–1895), cleric and poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  28. ^ Joseph Jackson Howard (1896). Visitation of England and Wales. Priv. print. p. 29.
  29. ^ H. T. Milliken (1975). The Road to Bodnant: The Story Behind the Foundation of the Famous North Wales Garden. Morten. p. vii. ISBN 978-0-85972-021-2.
  30. ^ Katherine Williams. "Owen, Daniel (1836-1895), novelist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  31. ^ "Death of Sir William Davies". South Wales Daily Post. 23 November 1895. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  32. ^ Thomas, D. L. "Lewis, Evan (1818–1901)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
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