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1892 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1892 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales — Albert Edward
  • Princess of Wales — Alexandra
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales — Clwydfardd

    • Events

  • January — Children's magazine Cymru'r Plant launched by Owen Morgan Edwards.
  • 5 March — St Michael's & All Angels (Anglican) Theological College is founded at Aberdare.
  • 30 May — The South Wales Argus is launched, published in Newport.
  • 14 July — Official inauguration of the Liverpool water supply from Lake Vyrnwy. The Vyrnwy dam is the first high masonry gravity dam in Britain.
  • 13 September — Official inauguration of the Watkin Path up Snowdon.
  • Gomer Press is established at Llandysul by J. D. Lewis.
  • Parc and Dare Hall in Treorchy opens as a workingmen's institute and library.

    • Awards

    National Eisteddfod of Wales — held at Rhyl

  • Chair — Evan Jones
  • Crown — John John Roberts

    • New books

  • D Davies — Patagonia: a description of the country
  • Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) — Caniadau Gwyrosydd
  • Thomas Gwynn Jones — Eglwys y Dyn Tlawd
  • John Richard Williams (J.R. Tryfanwy) — Lloffion yr Amddifad

    • Music

  • Joseph Parry — Saul of Tarsus (oratorio)
  • David Christmas Williams — Traeth Llafar (cantata)

    • Sport

  • Baseball — The Welsh Baseball Union is founded.
  • Football — The Welsh Cup is won by Chirk for the fourth time in its 13-year history.
  • Golf — Course at Aberdovey opened.

    • Births

  • 23 March — Jack Whitfield, Wales rugby union captain (died 1927)
  • 15 May — Jimmy Wilde, professional boxer (died 1969)
  • 20 June — Geoffrey Crawshay, soldier and social benefactor (died 1954)
  • 25 July — Brigadier Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, soldier and medical administrator (died 1973)
  • 12 August — Jerry Shea, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player (died 1947)
  • 18 September - Joe Johns, Welsh lightweight boxing champion (died 1927)
  • 12 November — Tudor Davies, operatic tenor (died 1958)
  • 19 November — Huw T. Edwards, trade union leader and politician (died 1970)
  • date unknown — Hilda Vaughan, novelist (died 1985)

    • Deaths

  • 5 March — Theophilus Redwood, pharmacist, 85
  • 24 April — John Davies (Ossian Gwent), poet, 53
  • 5 June — Robert Rees, singer and musician, 51
  • 19 June — Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn, industrialist and politician, 78
  • 18 December — Richard Owen, anatomist, 88
  • 27 December — Samuel Holland, politician, 89
  • date unknown - William Davies (Gwilym Teilo), poet and historian

    • References

    1892 in Wales Wikipedia
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