1905 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1905 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Hwfa Môn

*Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
*Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk (until 19 December); Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk (from 19 December)
*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 Pembrokeshire – Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor
*Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Powlett Milbank

*Bishop of Bangor – Watkin Williams
*Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Lewis (until 24 January); Joshua Pritchard Hughes (from 1 June)
* Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)
*Bishop of St Davids – John Owen

Events

* 31 January – 1904–1905 Welsh Revival: Rev Peter Price writes to the '' Western Mail'', criticising the "so-called" revival led by Evan Roberts.
* 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.
*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.
*28 August – The Dyserth branch line is opened to passengers.
*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.
* 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
**Crown – Thomas Mathonwy Davies

New books

English language

*David Ffrangcon Davies – ''The Singing of the Future''
* W. H. Davies – ''The Soul's Destroyer''
*Allen Raine - ''Hearts of Wales''
* Owen Rhoscomyl – ''Flame-Bearers of Welsh History''

Welsh language

*''Gwaith Ann Griffiths'' (ed. Owen Morgan Edwards)
* John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) – ''Cynfeirdd Lleyn''
* Gwyneth Vaughan - ''O Gorlannau'r Defaid''
* John Watson – ''Yr Hen Ddoctor''

Film

*''The Life of Charles Peace'' made by Ifan ab Owen Edwards

Music

*David John de Lloyd is the first music graduate of University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
* John Hughes - "Cwm Rhondda" (hymn tune, first version, as "Rhondda")
*William Penfro Rowlands – "Blaenwern" (hymn tune)

Sport

* Bowls – The International Bowling Board 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)
*10 February – Rachel Thomas, actress (died 1995)
* 28 February – Glyn Jones, writer (died 1995)
*1 March – Doris Hare, actress (died 2000)
*18 April – Alun Oldfield-Davies, controller of BBC Wales (died 1988)
*18 May – Thomas Jones Pierce, historian (died 1964)
*28 June – Albert Clifford Williams, politician (died 1987)
* 11 July – Jack Bassett, Wales international rugby union player (died 1989)
*2 August – Myrna Loy, actress of Welsh descent (died 1993)
*13 August – Gareth Jones, journalist and advisor to David Lloyd George (died 1935)
*28 August – Cyril Walters, cricketer (died 1992)
* 31 October – W. F. Grimes, archaeologist (died 1988)
*26 November – Emlyn Williams, dramatist and actor (died 1987)
*10 December – John Edward Jones, Plaid Cymru leader (died 1970)
*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
* 7 March – Robert Isaac Jones, pharmacist, writer and printer
* 14 March – Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, eccentric (died in Monte Carlo), 29
*25 April – David Watkin Jones, poet, 73
*29 May – Robert Franklin John, Welsh-born farmer and political figure in British Columbia, 54
*August/September – Peter Rees Jones, entrepreneur, 62
* 14 October – John Thomas, photographer, 67
*15 October – Thomas Howells (Hywel Cynon), poet and musician, 66
*19 October – Anne Ceridwen Rees, practising physician in the US, 31
*23 October – William Phillips, botanist, 83
* 28 October – Barry Girling, Wales international rugby union player
*10 November – Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), poet and archdruid, 82
*19 November – Watkin Hezekiah Williams (Watcyn Wyn), schoolmaster and poet, 61
*25 November – William Cadwaladr Davies, educationist, 56
*8 December – Edward Davies, US-born minister, publisher of ''Y Cenhadwr'', 78
*9 December – Arthur Humphreys-Owen, barrister, landowner and politician, 69
*14 December – Nathaniel Jones, minister and poet, 73
*17 December – Robert Jones Derfel, poet and dramatist, 81

References

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