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1906 in Wales

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Centuries:
  
18th 19th 20th 21st

Decades:
  
1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1906 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales - George (later George V)
  • Princess of Wales - Mary
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Dyfed

    • Events

  • 13 February - In the United Kingdom general election:
  • For the first time ever, no Conservative MP is elected in Wales.
  • William Brace becomes Labour MP for South Glamorganshire.
  • David Davies becomes Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire.
  • Ivor Guest becomes Liberal MP for Cardiff District.
  • Alfred Mond becomes Liberal MP for Chester.
  • John David Rees becomes Liberal MP for Montgomery District.
  • Ivor Treowen becomes MP for South Monmouthshire.
  • John Williams becomes MP for Gower District.
  • 27 June - One of the strongest earthquakes recorded in the UK strikes Swansea with a strength of 5.2 on the Richter Scale, damaging several buildings.
  • 30 August - Official opening of Fishguard Harbour.
  • 12 September - Opening of Newport Transporter Bridge.
  • October - New City Hall, Cardiff, opens in Cathays Park.
  • Evan Roberts suffers a breakdown, signalling the end of the 1904-1905 Welsh Revival.
  • David Brynmor Jones is knighted.
  • Opening of the first purpose-built sanatorium in Wales, at Allt-yr-yn, Newport.
  • Hydro-electricity is generated for the first time in Wales, at Cwm Dyli in Gwynedd.
  • Cray Reservoir completed to supply Swansea.
  • Anglican Benedictine monks arrive at Caldey Island to found a community.
  • The South Wales Miners' Federation affiliates to the Labour Party.

    • Arts and literature

  • Ernest Rhys becomes editor of Everyman's Library.

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Caernarfon
  • Chair - John James Williams (J. J.)
  • Crown - Hugh Emyr Davies

    • New books

  • Owen Morgan Edwards - Clych Adgof
  • Arthur Machen – The House of Souls
  • Sarah Winifred Parry – Sioned: darluniau o fywyd gwledig yng Nghymru (book publication)
  • W. J. Parry – The Cry of the People
  • Edward Thomas - The Heart of England
  • Eifion Wyn - Telynogion Maes a Mor

    • Music

  • The Welsh Folk Song Society is co-founded by soprano Mary Davies.
  • David Vaughan Thomas - The Knight's Burial

    • Theatre

  • 10 December - New Theatre, Cardiff, opens to the public, with a performance of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

    • Sport

  • Boxing
  • 23 May - Tom Thomas wins the British middleweight title.
  • Rugby union
  • Wales finish second in the 1906 Home Nations Championship, beating England and Scotland, but losing to Ireland.
  • 1 December - Wales lose 11-0 to South Africa in the first encounter between the two countries.
  • Tennis - For the first and only time, a Davis Cup final is played in Wales. The United States defeat Australia at Newport.

    • Births

  • 10 January - Tom Arthur, Wales international rugby player
  • 16 January - Watcyn Thomas, rugby player (died 1977)
  • 19 February - Grace Williams, composer (died 1977)
  • 4 March - Tommy Jones-Davies, Wales international rugby player (died 1960)
  • 15 March - Bill Everson, Wales international rugby player (died 1966)
  • 4 April - John Roberts Wales international rugby player (died 1965)
  • 24 April - Leslie Thomas, politician (died 1971)
  • 25 June - Roger Livesey, actor (died 1976)
  • 27 June - Vernon Watkins, poet (died 1967)
  • 12 July - Archie Skym, international rugby union player
  • 15 July - Herbert Edmund-Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies, judge (died 1992)
  • 16 October - Maudie Edwards, actress (died 1991)
  • 18 November - Nigel Birch, Baron Rhyl, politician (died 1981)
  • 8 December - Richard Llewellyn, novelist (died 1983)

    • Deaths

  • 6 January - Emrys ap Iwan, writer, 54
  • 25 March - Gwilym Williams, judge, 66
  • 24 June - Henry Dennis, industrialist, 80
  • 24 July - John Edwards (Meiriadog), poet, 93
  • 4 September - William Bowen Rowlands, politician
  • 16 September - Robert Llugwy Owen, minister and writer, 69
  • 21 October - Griffith Jones (Glan Menai), writer, 70
  • 30 November - Sir Edward James Reed, politician, 76
  • 30 December - William Stadden, Wales international rugby player

    • References

    1906 in Wales Wikipedia
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