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1903 In Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1903 to Wales and Welsh people, its people. Incumbents *Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), Hwfa Môn *Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet *Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk *Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves *Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans *Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th Baronet *Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West *Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes *Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth *Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – W. R. M. Wynne *Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar *Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet *Lord Lieutenant of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903
Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been made in 1901). February * February 13 – Venezuelan crisis: After agreeing to arbitration in Washington, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela resulting in the Washington Protocols. The naval blockade that began in 1902 will end. * February 23 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity". March * March 2 – In New York City, the Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel exclusively for women, opens. * March 3 – The British Admiralty announces plans to build a naval base at Rosyth. * March 5 – The Ottoman Empire and the German Empire sign an agreement to build the Constantinople–Baghdad Railway. * March 12 – The University of Puerto R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
