1893 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1893 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
- Princess of Wales – Alexandra
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd
Events
- 13 February – The South Wales Daily Post is launched in Swansea.
- 11 April – In an underground fire at Great Western Mine, Pontypridd, 63 miners are killed.[1]
- 6 June – Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway opens South Dock in Newport Docks.[2]
- 6 July – The future Prince of Wales, Prince George (later George V), marries Mary of Teck; their wedding rings are made of Welsh gold.[3]
- 7 August – 24 people are drowned at Aberavon when a boat carrying trippers on a Sunday school outing from Ystrad Rhondda capsizes in the bay. A survivor claimed that the inexperienced passengers had been frightened by the waves and all ran to one side of the boat.[4]
- September – An International Eisteddfod takes place in Chicago, USA, during the Chicago World's Fair.[5]
- 17 November – Two boatmen involved in the Aberavon drowing disaster of 7 August are found not guilty of manslaughter by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court.[4]
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Pontypridd
- Chair – John Ceulanydd Williams, "Pulpud Cymru"[6]
- Crown – Ben Davies
New books
- Charles Ashton – Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig o 1651 hyd 1850
- John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes – Caniadau Moelwyn
- Edwin Cynrig Roberts – Hanes Dechreuad y Wladfa Gymreig
- Eleazar Roberts – Owen Rees
Music
- Hymnau yr Eglwys (collection of hymns)
Sport
- Football – The Welsh Cup is won by Wrexham for the third time in its 14-year history.
- Rugby union – Wales wins the Triple Crown for the first time.
- Rugby union – Glamorgan Wanderers, Laugharne RFC and Tredegar RFC are established.
Births
- 15 January – Ivor Novello, composer and actor (died 1951)[7]
- 27 January – John Russell, VC recipient (died 1917)
- 25 February
- Billy Jennings, footballer (died 1968)
- Gordon Lang, politician (died 1981)
- 23 May – Tudor Thomas, pioneering ophthalmic surgeon (died 1976)[8]
- 24 May – William Hubert Davies, musician (died 1965)
- 1 June – Lewis Valentine, political activist (died 1986)[9]
- 2 June – David James Davies, economist, industrialist and writer (died 1956)
- 1 July – Douglas Marsden-Jones, rugby player (died 1955)
- 2 July – Ralph Hancock, garden architect (died 1950)
- 1 August – Lionel Beaumont Thomas, MC, businessman and politician (died 1942)
- 15 October – Saunders Lewis, Welsh nationalist poet, dramatist and critic (died 1985)[10]
- 18 October – Ivor Rees, VC recipient (died 1967)
- 29 December – Cyril Lakin, politician (died 1948)
- 31 December – Ossie Male, rugby player (died 1975)
- date unknown – Eleanor Evans, actress, singer and theatre director (died 1969)
Deaths
- 14 January – John Hawley Edwards, footballer, 42
- 23 January – Dr William Price, eccentric, 92
- 28 January – David Owen, politician in Wisconsin, 64[11]
- 29 January – Griffith Edwards (Gutyn Padarn), poet and antiquary, 80[12]
- 12 February – Thomas Eyton-Jones, surgeon, physician, magistrate, local politician and army officer, 60[13]
- 27 March – John Roberts, Sr., billiards champion, 69
- 30 March – Richard Crawley, writer, 52[14]
- 24 August – Willie Llewelyn, cricketer, 25 (suicide)[15]
- 5 September – Morgan Lloyd, politician, 71
- 17 September – Edwin Cynrig Roberts, Patagonian colonist, about 55
- 1 October – Samuel Griffith, Pennsylvania politician, 77[16]
- 23 December – Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet, MP and founder of the Elliot Home for Seamen in Newport[17] 79
References
- ^ Edward Besly (2004). For Those in Peril: Civil Decorations and Lifesaving Awards at the National Museums & Galleries of Wales. National Museum Wales. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7200-0546-2.
- ^ The Railway News ... 1911. p. 1211.
- ^ The British Empire Year Book. 1903. p. 1.
- ^ a b "The Aberavon Disaster". Welsh Newspapers Online – South Wales Daily News. 18 November 1893. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ Cherilyn A Walley (1 July 2009). The Welsh in Iowa. University of Wales Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-78316-591-9.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
- ^ Obituary, The Times, 7 March 1951, p. 6
- ^ John Davies; Nigel Jenkins; Menna Baines (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 868. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^ Dafydd Johnston. "VALENTINE, LEWIS EDWARD (1893–1986), Baptist minister, author and Welsh nationalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ T. Robin Chapman. "Lewis, John Saunders (1893–1985), politician, critic and dramatist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Consul Willshire Butterfield, ed. (1880). The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. p. 1058.
- ^ Thomas Parry. "EDWARDS, GRIFFITH (Gutyn Padarn; 1812–1893), cleric, poet and antiquary". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ "Home and Foreign Chit-Chat". Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal: 3. 24 February 1893.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "Crawley, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "The Tragic Death of Mr W D Llewelyn – The Western Mail" (Document). Abel Nadin. 30 August 1893. hdl:10107/4327419.
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- United States Congress. "1893 in Wales (id: G000470)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ Sir George Elliot Bart MP Houghton Heritage Accessed 18 June 2016.
