1898 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1898 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales — Albert Edward
- Princess of Wales — Alexandra
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales — Hwfa Môn[1]
Events
- 22 January — Newspaper Llais Llafur ("Labour Voice") is launched in Ystalyfera,[2] and will continue to be published (under various titles) until 1971.
- 1 April–1 September — Welsh coal strike fails to remove the sliding scale, linking wages to the price of coal.[3]
- 28 March–15 August — Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway runs regular market day passenger services.[4]
- 10 May — Mumbles Pier is opened and the Swansea and Mumbles Railway is extended to it.[5]
- 2 August The Llandudno Motor Touring Co begins running excursions with the first motor buses in Wales at Llandudno.[6]
- 24 October — South Wales Miners' Federation founded.
- date unknown
- Peak year of slate production in Wales.
- Opening of new docks at Barry and Port Talbot.[7]
- Opening of Lluest-wen Reservoir.
- Closure of the Abercynon to Merthyr Tydfil stretch of the Glamorganshire Canal.
- The last stained glass window to be designed by Edward Burne-Jones is installed at St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden, by Morris & Co.[8][9]
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales — held at Blaenau Ffestiniog
- Chair — Robert Owen Hughes, "Awen"[10]
- Crown — Richard Roberts, "Charles o'r Bala"[11]
New books
Welsh language
- Beriah Gwynfe Evans — Dafydd Dafis[12]
- Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) — Aeron Awen Gwyrosydd[13]
- John Owen Jones (Ap Ffarmwr) — Cofiant Gladstone[14]
- T. Gwynn Jones — Gwedi Brad a Gofid[15]
Music
- none known
Sport
- Football — The Welsh Cup is won by the "Druids" for the sixth time in its 20-year history
- Rugby union
- Senghenydd RFC and Ynysybwl RFC are founded.
- February — The Welsh Rugby Union is readmitted into the International Football Rugby Board after the events of The Gould Affair and Wales can again play international rugby.
- 19 March — Wales defeat Ireland 11–3 in a game played at Thomond Park, Limerick
Births
- 10 February – Thomas Jones, Baron Maelor, politician (died 1984)
- 20 April – Cliff Williams, Wales international rugby union player (died 1930)
- 29 July – Dorothy Rees, politician (died 1987)
- 29 August – Sydney Hinam, Wales international rugby union player (died 1982)
- 24 September – Henry Arthur Evans, politician (died 1958)
- 6 October – William John Edwards, Cerdd Dant singer (died 1978)
- 25 December – Islwyn Evans, Wales international rugby player (died 1974)
Deaths
- 29 March – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor, politician, 80[16]
- 25 May – Theophilus Harris Davies, sugar magnate, 64[17]
- 17 June – Sir Edward Burne-Jones, artist, 64[18]
- 17 July – Arthur Guest, politician, 56[19]
- 11 August – Owen Humphrey Davies (Eos Llechid), composer, 59[20]
- 6 September – Robert Jones, VC recipient, 41 (suicide)
- 26 September – Joseph Jenkins, farmer and diarist ("The Welsh Swagman"), 80[21]
- 28 September – Thomas Gee, publisher, 83[22]
- 29 October – David Stephen Davies, preacher and colonial leader[23]
- 31 October – William Gilbert Rees, surveyor and explorer, New Zealand settler, 71[24]
- 2 December – Michael D. Jones, Tad y Wladfa, founder of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, 76[25]
- 17 December – William Norton, Wales international rugby player, 36
- date unknown – John Jones, astronomer, about 80[26]
References
- ^ Hywel Teifi Edwards (20 July 2016). The Eisteddfod. University of Wales Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-78316-914-6.
- ^ Huw Walters. "Rees, Ebenezer (1848-1908), printer and publisher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ Eric Wyn Evans (1961). The Miners of South Wales. University of Wales Press. pp. 266–267.
- ^ Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Patrick Stephens Limited. 1990. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-85260-049-5.
- ^ The Modern Tramway. 1954. p. 122.
- ^ Patrick Robertson (1975). The Book of Firsts. p. 105.
- ^ Kenneth O. Morgan (1981). Rebirth of a Nation: Wales, 1880-1980. Oxford University Press. pp. 66. ISBN 978-0-19-821736-7.
- ^ The Living Church. 1916. p. 640.
- ^ Huddersfield Daily Chronicle Thursday 5 May 1898, p.3. issue 9599: Memorial window at Haywarden: "the Nativity from the designs of Sir Edward Burne-Jones" soon to be finished for the Gladstone family
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
- ^ Beriah Gwynfe Evans (1898). Dafydd Dafis, sef hunangofiant ymgeisydd seneddol. Hugues a'i Fab.
- ^ Aeron awen gwyrosydd, sef pigion o holl weithiau yr awdwr. 1898.
- ^ Frank Price Jones. "Jones, John Owen (1861-1899), journalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 327.
- ^ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. 1921. p. 46.
- ^ Edward Clowes Chorley (1950). Historical magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church. US Church Historical Society. p. 231.
- ^ "No. 26988". The London Gazette. 19 July 1898. p. 4396.
- ^ The London Gazette. Tho. Newcomb over against Baynards Castle in Thamse-street. 1898. p. 8372.
- ^ Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2.
- ^ "Biography - Joseph Jenkins". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ Bye-gones, Relating to Wales and the Border Counties. 1899. p. 243.
- ^ Richard Bryn Williams. "Davies, David Stephen (1841-1898), preacher, temperance reformer, man of letters, and colonist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Obituary". The Press. 1 November 1898. p. 6. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ Richard Griffith Owen. "Jones, Michael Daniel (1822-1898), Independent minister and principal of the Independent College at Bala". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ Thomas, David (1959), "Jones, John (Ioan Bryngwyn Bach; 1818-1898)", in Lloyd, J. E.; Jenkins, R. T.; Davies, W. Ll.; Davies, M. B. (eds.), Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940, London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, pp. 481–482