1905 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1905 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[]
- Bishop of St Davids – A. G. Edwards, later Archbishop of Wales[1]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Dyfed
Events[]
- 31 January – 1904–1905 Welsh Revival: Rev writes to the Western Mail, criticising the "so-called" revival led by Evan Roberts.[2]
- 10 March – 33 men are killed in a mining accident at Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, Rhondda.
- 29 March – Evan Roberts embarks on his first and only mission outside Wales, spending a three-week period in Liverpool.[3]
- 27 May – Thomas Price becomes Premier of South Australia.
- 30 June – Opening of the Prichard Jones Institute at Newborough, Anglesey.
- 11 July – National Colliery disaster at Wattstown in the Rhondda: an underground explosion kills 120 men, with just one survivor.[4]
- 28 August – The Dyserth branch line is opened to passengers.[5]
- 21 October - The centenary of the death of Horatio Nelson is commemorated in a ceremony at The Kymin. Participants include Lady Llangattock.
- 28 October - Edward VII grants city status to Cardiff.
- 10 December – David Lloyd George joins the new Liberal Cabinet of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman as President of the Board of Trade.
- 18 December – The earldom of Plymouth is revived in favour of Robert George Windsor-Clive, 14th Baron Windsor, who also becomes Viscount Windsor of St. Fagan's.
- 28 December – Godfrey Morgan is created Viscount Tredegar.[6]
- Sir John Williams purchases the Peniarth manuscripts at the instigation of John Gwenogvryn Evans.
Arts and literature[]
- Edward Morgan Humphreys joins the staff of Y Genedl Gymreig.
Awards[]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales – held in Mountain Ash
- Chair – No winner[7]
- Crown –
New books[]
English language[]
- David Ffrangcon Davies – The Singing of the Future[8]
- W. H. Davies – The Soul's Destroyer[9]
- Allen Raine - Hearts of Wales[10]
- Owen Rhoscomyl – Flame-Bearers of Welsh History[11]
Welsh language[]
- Gwaith Ann Griffiths (ed. Owen Morgan Edwards)
- John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) – Cynfeirdd Lleyn[12]
- Gwyneth Vaughan - O Gorlannau'r Defaid[13]
- – Yr Hen Ddoctor[14]
Film[]
- The Life of Charles Peace made by Ifan ab Owen Edwards[15]
Music[]
- David John de Lloyd is the first music graduate of University of Wales, Aberystwyth.[16]
- John Hughes - "Cwm Rhondda" (hymn tune, first version, as "Rhondda")
- William Penfro Rowlands – "Blaenwern" (hymn tune)
Sport[]
- Bowls – The is formed in Cardiff.
- Rugby union
- 11 March – Wales win the Home Nations Championship and take the Triple Crown.
- 16 December – Wales defeat the first touring New Zealand team at Cardiff Arms Park.
Births[]
- 6 January – Idris Davies, poet (died 1953)[17]
- 10 February – Rachel Thomas, actress (died 1995)[18]
- 28 February – Glyn Jones, writer (died 1995)[19]
- 1 March – Doris Hare, actress (died 2000)[20]
- 18 April – Alun Oldfield-Davies, controller of BBC Wales (died 1988)
- 18 May – , historian (died 1964)
- 28 June – Albert Clifford Williams, politician (died 1987)[21]
- 11 July – Jack Bassett, Wales international rugby union player (died 1989)
- 2 August – Myrna Loy, actress of Welsh descent (died 1993)[22]
- 13 August – Gareth Jones, journalist and advisor to David Lloyd George (died 1935)[23]
- 28 August – Cyril Walters, cricketer (died 1992)
- 31 October – W. F. Grimes, archaeologist (died 1988)
- 26 November – Emlyn Williams, dramatist and actor (died 1987)[24]
- 10 December – John Edward Jones, Plaid Cymru leader (died 1970)[25]
- 18 December – Stanley Cornwell Lewis, artist (died 2009)
- 22 December – Gwyn Richards, dual-code rugby player (died 1985)
- 29 December – Billy Williams, dual-code international rugby player (died 1973)
Deaths[]
- 24 January – Richard Lewis, Bishop of Llandaff, 83[26]
- 7 March – Robert Isaac Jones, pharmacist, writer and printer[27]
- 14 March – Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, eccentric (died in Monte Carlo), 29[28]
- 25 April – David Watkin Jones, poet, 73
- 29 May – Robert Franklin John, Welsh-born farmer and political figure in British Columbia, 54[29]
- August/September – Peter Rees Jones, entrepreneur, 62
- 14 October – John Thomas, photographer, 67
- 15 October – , poet and musician, 66[30]
- 19 October – Anne Ceridwen Rees, practising physician in the US, 31[31]
- 23 October – William Phillips, botanist, 83[32]
- 28 October – Barry Girling, Wales international rugby union player
- 10 November – Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), poet and archdruid, 82[33]
- 19 November – Watkin Hezekiah Williams (Watcyn Wyn), schoolmaster and poet, 61[34]
- 25 November – , educationist, 56[35]
- 8 December – Edward Davies, US-born minister, publisher of Y Cenhadwr, 78[36]
- 9 December – Arthur Humphreys-Owen, barrister, landowner and politician, 69[37]
- 14 December – Nathaniel Jones, minister and poet, 73[38]
- 17 December – Robert Jones Derfel, poet and dramatist, 81[39]
References[]
- ^ Who was Who 1897–2007, 1991, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Rhodri Hayward, Resisting History: Religious Transcendence and the Invention of the Unconscious (Manchester University Press, 2007) p 124
- ^ Gwilym Hughes, "The story of the Liverpool mission" Archived 8 April 2014 at archive.today. Accessed 8 April 2014
- ^ Great Britain. Parliament (1905). The Parliamentary Debates. Reuter's Telegram Company. p. 1362.
- ^ Peter E. Baughan (1980). North and mid Wales. David & Charles. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7153-7850-2.
- ^ Morgan, Walter Thomas (1959). "MORGAN family, of Tredegar Park, Monmouth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair | National Eisteddfod". eisteddfod.wales. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ David Thomas Ffrangcon- Davies (1905). The Singing of the Future. J. Lane.
- ^ Ian Ousby (23 February 1996). The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-521-43627-4.
- ^ Allen Raine (1905). Hearts of Wales: An Old Romance. Hutchinson.
- ^ Owen Rhoscomyl (pseud.) (1905). Flame-bearers of Welsh History: Being the Outline of the Story of 'The Sons of Cunedda'.
- ^ Eric Hobsbawm; Terence Ranger (26 March 2012). The Invention of Tradition. Cambridge University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-107-60467-4.
- ^ Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorio. 1953. p. 350.
- ^ Cardiff. Free Libraries (1900). Bibliography of Wales. p. 491.
- ^ Noël Burch (21 November 1990). Life to Those Shadows. University of California Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-520-07144-5.
- ^ Jones, Selwyn (2001). "De Lloyd, David John (1883-1948), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ Idris Davies (1994). The Complete Poems of Idris Davies. University of Wales Press. p. xi. ISBN 978-0-7083-1272-8.
- ^ "Obituary: Rachel Thomas". The Independent. 10 February 1995. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ Meic Stephens (11 April 1995). "Obituary: Glyn Jones". The Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ Harris M. Lentz (2000). Obituaries in the Performing Arts. McFarland & Company. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7864-1024-8.
- ^ Jones, John Graham. "Williams, Albert Clifford (1905-1987), Labour politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Flint, Peter B. (15 December 1993). "Myrna Loy, Model of Urbanity in 'Thin Man' Roles, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Mr. Gareth Jones: Journalist and Linguist". The Times. 17 August 1935. Issue 47145, p. 12.
- ^ Krebs, Albin (26 September 1987). "Emlyn Williams, Welsh Actor and Writer, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ Evans, Gwynfor. "Jones, John Edward (1905-1970), secretary and organiser of Plaid Cymru, 1930-62". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Death Of The Bishop Of Llandaff, The Times, 25 January 1905; page 4; Issue 37613; col A
- ^ William Rowlands (1959). "Jones, Robert Isaac (Alltud Eifion; 1815–1905), pharmacist, littérateur, and printer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire. 1907. p. 164.
- ^ "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. Retrieved 1 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Griffith, Robert David (1959). "HOWELLS, THOMAS (Hywel Cynon, 1839 - 1905), collier, printer, poet, preacher, and musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ D. R. Lewis, "The Late Anne C. Rees, M. D. (Ceridwen)" The Cambrian 25(12)(December 1905): 543-544.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Richard Griffith Owen (1959). "WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (Hwfa Môn; 1823–1905), Independent minister, and archdruid of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ Rees, Brinley (1959). "Williams, Watkin Hezekiah (Watcyn Wyn; 1844–1905), schoolmaster, poet, and preacher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ John Edward Lloyd (1959). "Davies, William Cadwaladr (1849–1905), educationist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ Robert (Bob) Owen (1959). "Davies, Edward (1827–1905), Independent minister in the U.S.A., and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Humphreys-Owen, Arthur (1836–1905), Member of Parliament". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ Idwal Lewis (1959). "Jones, Nathaniel Cynhafal (1832–1905), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ Jones, David Gwenallt (1959). "Derfel, Robert Jones (1824–1905), poet and socialist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
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