1936 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1936 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant
- Princess of Wales - vacant
- Archbishop of Wales - Charles Alfred Howell Green
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - J.J.
[edit] Events
- 20 January - Edward, Prince of Wales, accedes to the throne as King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom.
- March - Jim Griffiths, later the first Secretary of State for Wales, is elected member for Llanelli following the death in office of the sitting MP.
- May - Colonial Secretary Jimmy Thomas is forced to resign from politics after a scandal involving Stock Exchange dealings.
- 8 September - In an incident known as Llosgi'r ysgol fomio (The burning of the bombing school), or, Tân yn Llŷn (Fire in Llŷn), a sabotage attack on Penyberth aerodrome is carried out by Lewis Valentine, D. J. Williams and Saunders Lewis.
- 19 November - On a visit to depressed areas of the South Wales Valleys King Edward VIII comments that "These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again."[1] The remark is much misquoted.
- Saunders Lewis courts further controversy by appearing to praise Adolf Hitler.
- Six men and one woman are jailed after an anti-Fascist demonstration at Tonypandy.
- Of 118 men from the South Wales coalfield who enlist in the International Brigade, 34 are killed.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Fishguard)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Simon B. Jones
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - David Jones
[edit] New books
- Rex Barker - Christ In The Valley of Unemployment
- Ambrose Bebb - Crwydro'r Cyfandir
- Geraint Goodwin - The Heyday in the Blood
- W. F. Grimes - The Megalithic Monuments of Wales
- I. D. Hooson - Cerddi a Baledi
- Bertrand Russell - Which Way to Peace?
- Dylan Thomas - Twenty-five Poems,[2] including "And death shall have no dominion"
- Ethel Lina White - The Wheel Spins (The Lady Vanishes)
[edit] New drama
- Saunders Lewis - Buchedd Garmon
[edit] Music
- John Glyn Davies - Cerddi Portinllaen
- Arwel Hughes - Fantasia for strings
- Ivor Novello - Careless Rapture
[edit] Film
- Visit of David Lloyd George to Germany (shot by David Lloyd George's private secretary)
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] Sport
- Rugby Union
- 14 March - Wales beats Ireland 3–0 at Cardiff Arms Park
[edit] Births
- 1 May - Elizabeth Rees-Williams, socialite
- 22 June - Clive Thomas, football referee
- 6 July - Redvers Sangoe, Light-heavyweight boxer (d. 1964)
- 30 July - Haydn Morgan, Welsh international rugby union player
- 18 September - Brian Huggett, golfer
- 20 September - Andrew Davies, screenwriter
- 25 September - Michael Davies, Catholic writer (d. 2004)
- 7 November - Dame Gwyneth Jones, opera singer
[edit] Deaths
- 9 January
- David Phillips Jones, Wales international rugby player, 54
- "Buller" Williams, Wales international rugby player
- 20 January - King George V, Prince of Wales 1901-1910
- 7 February - John Henry Williams, sitting MP for Llanelli
- 5 May - Percy Bennett, Wales international rugby player, 66
- 13 June - William Elsey, Wales international rugby player, 65
- 3 August - John Alf Brown, Wales international rugby player, 54
- 28 October - George Barker, politician
- 29 October - Dan Griffiths, Wales international rugby player, 79
[edit] References
- ^ BrainyQuote
- ^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
