1899 in Wales

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1899
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
See also:
1899 in
The United Kingdom
Ireland
Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1899 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

  • 25 JanuaryAdelina Patti marries her third husband, Baron Rolf Cederström, in a Roman Catholic service at Brecon.[2]
  • 20 MarchW. H. Davies, "tramp-poet", loses his foot trying to jump a freight train at Renfrew, Ontario.[3]
  • 29 March – A French barque, Le Maréchal Lannes, is wrecked off Grassholm, with the loss of its crew of 25.
  • April – The Duke and Duchess of York visit Gwydir Castle.
  • 23 MayWilliam Goscombe John's statue of "The Little Girl" at Llansannan is unveiled by Mrs Herbert Roberts.[4]
  • 20 July – A rabid dog attacks a group of children in Pontarddulais. In August, eight of them are sent to the Pasteur Institute in Paris to be inoculated.
  • 2 SeptemberArthur Wade-Evans takes the surname "Wade-Evans" by deed poll.[5]
  • date unknown
    • Businessman Arthur Keen buys the Dowlais Iron Company from Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne.
    • The George Hotel, Chepstow, is rebuilt.[6]
    • Explorer Henry Morton Stanley is knighted.
    • In the United States, J. Vyrnwy Morgan, pastor of the First Baptist Church at Omaha, Nebraska, relocates to Denver, Colorado, for the sake of his wife's health. (She dies on New Year's Day 1900.)[7]

Arts and literature[]

Awards[]

National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Cardiff

  • Chair – withheld[8]
  • Crown – , "Y Diddanydd Arall"[9]

New books[]

English language[]

  • Rhoda BroughtonFoes in Law
  • Allen RaineBy Berwyn Banks
  • William Retlaw Jefferson Williams – The Parliamentary History of Oxford, 1213-1899[10]

Welsh language[]

Music[]

Works[]

Sport[]

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. ^ Edward T. James; Janet Wilson James; Paul S. Boyer (1971). Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press. pp. 31. ISBN 978-0-674-62734-5.
  3. ^ Moult, Thomas (1934). W. H. Davies. London: Thornton Butterworth.
  4. ^ Wrexham Advertiser, 27 May 1899.
  5. ^ Mary Auronwy James; Brynley Francis Roberts. "Wade-Evans, Arthur Wade (1875-1964), clergyman and historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  6. ^ Clash, Hilary (1988). The History of the George Inn, Chepstow. pp. 4–12. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  7. ^ Millward, Edward (1961). "John Vyrnwy Morgan". National Library of Wales Journal. 12.
  8. ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 11 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  10. ^ Evan David Jones. "Williams, William Retlaw Jefferson (1863-1944), solicitor, genealogist, and historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  11. ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Hughes, John (1850-1932), Calvinistic Methodist minister, author, and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  12. ^ John Evans. "Jones, Daniel Evan (1860-1941), author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  13. ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Morris, James (1853-1914), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Sir Henry Walford Davies(1869-1941); Catalogue of the Orchestral/Choral Music". Unsung Composers. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  15. ^ Anne de Courcy (20 December 2012). Snowdon: The Biography. Orion. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-297-85604-7.
  16. ^ "The Late Mr. Harry Evans". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 11 January 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  17. ^ The Law Makers of Wisconsin. Milwaukee: The Evening Wisconsin Company. 1899. p. 50.
  18. ^ Frank Price Jones. "Jones, John Owen (1861-1899), journalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  19. ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "Ellis, T.E. (1859-1899), M.P. for Merioneth (1886-99) and chief Liberal whip (1894-5)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  20. ^ 'The Death Of Hon. R.P. Howell,' Racine Weekly Journal, 6 April 1899, pg. 3
  21. ^ Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainPower, D'Arcy (1901). "Roberts, William (1830-1899)". Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  22. ^ Cholerton, Moira. "Death". Elias Owen (1833–1899). Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  23. ^ Joseph Haydn; Benjamin Vincent (1906). Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations. Ward, Lock & Company. p. 118.
  24. ^ Robert David Griffith. "Bennett, Nicholas (1823-1899), musician and historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  25. ^ McClure's Magazine. S.S. McClure, Limited. May 1902. p. 118.
  26. ^ Evan Roberts. "Pamplin, William (1806-1899), botanist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  27. ^ "Charles Ashton Letters and Newspaper Cuttings". Archives Wales. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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