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1909 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 1909 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

  • 1 January - John Ballinger becomes first librarian of the National Library of Wales which is being set up in Aberystwyth, initially in temporary premises in the former Assembly Rooms.
  • 16 January - Edgeworth David is a member of the expedition which successfully reaches the Magnetic South Pole.
  • 2 July - Thirty-six men are killed when a trench collapses during construction of the Alexandra Dock part of Newport Docks.
  • 26 July–7 August - The National Pageant of Wales is held at Cardiff Castle.
  • August - Noah Ablett is a founding member of the Plebs' League at Ruskin College, Oxford.
  • 30 August - RMS Mauretania (1906) calls at Fishguard.
  • October - Monthly rainfall of 56.5 inches (1,440 mm) is measured at Llyn Llydaw, Snowdonia - a British record.
  • 29 October - A mining accident at Darren Colliery, New Tredegar, kills 26 men.
  • December - Thomas "Toya" Lewis is awarded the Albert Medal by Edward VII for his heroism in rescuing survivors of the Newport Dock collapse on 2 July.
  • King's Dock, part of Swansea Docks, is opened.
  • Thomas Rees becomes principal of Bala-Bangor Theological College.
  • The first mines rescue station in south Wales is opened at Aberaman.
  • The Bryn Eglwys slate quarry, the Abergynolwyn estate and village and Talyllyn Railway are purchased by Henry Haydn Jones.
  • Approximate date
  • Completion of Berw Bridge over the River Taff above Pontypridd, the longest reinforced concrete span in the U.K. at this date (116 feet (35 m)); it is designed by L. G. Mouchel to Hennebique patents and built by Watkin Williams and Page.
  • Clark's Pies originated in Cardiff.

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in London
  • Chair - T. Gwynn Jones
  • Crown - W. J. Gruffydd

    • New books

  • Emrys ap Iwan - Homilïau vol. 2 (posthumous)
  • Hugh Brython Hughes - Tair Cwpan Aur
  • Edward Thomas - The South Country

    • Music

  • Evan Thomas Davies - Ynys y Plant

    • Sport

  • Boxing
  • 23 August - Freddie Welsh wins the European lightweight title.
  • 8 November - Freddie Welsh wins the British lightweight title, and becomes the first Welshman to be awarded a Lonsdale Belt.
  • Thomas Thomas is awarded the first Lonsdale Belt at middleweight.
  • Athletics (track and field)
  • 23 August - Welshman Fred 'Tenby' Davies beats Irishman Bert Day at Pontypridd to become world champion over the half-mile distance.
  • Rugby league
  • Aberdare RLFC, Barry RLFC and Mid-Rhondda RLFC fold after just one season. The first Welsh League competition is won by Ebbw Vale.
  • Rugby union
  • Wales win their second Grand Slam.

    • Births

  • 4 January - Glyndwr Michael, vagrant whose body is used as Maj. William Martin, RM, in Operation Mincemeat (died 1943)
  • 29 January - George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy (died 1997)
  • 14 February - Harry Peacock, Wales rugby union player (died 1996)
  • 20 February - Bill Roberts, Wales international rugby union player (died 1969)
  • 30 March - Dai Thomas, Wales national rugby player (date of death unknown)
  • 1 April - George Ewart Evans, folklorist and oral historian (died 1988)
  • 11 May - Aneirin Talfan Davies, writer and publisher (died 1980)
  • 11 June - Ronnie Boon, Wales rugby union player (died 1998)
  • 12 June - Mansel Thomas, composer and conductor (died 1986)
  • 28 July - Jack Morley, Wales and British Lions rugby player (died 1972)
  • 25 August - Arwel Hughes, composer (died 1988)
  • 30 September - Arthur Probert, politician (died 1975)
  • 1 October - Jim Lang, Wales rugby union player (died 1991)
  • 24 October - Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones, politician (died 1989)
  • 25 October - Walter Vickery, Wales national rugby player (died 2000)
  • 7 November - Eirene White, politician (died 1999)
  • 29 November - Goronwy Rees, journalist and academic (died 1979)
  • 14 December - Ronald Welch, historical novelist (died 1982)
  • date unknown
  • Isaac Davies (Eic Davies), dramatist (died 1993)
  • Evan Roberts, botanist (died 1991)
  • Howard Thomas, radio and television producer (died 1986)

    • Deaths

  • 9 January - Frederick Courtenay Morgan, politician, 74
  • 9 March - David Thomas (Dewi Hefin), poet, 80
  • 31 May - Thomas Price, Premier of South Australia
  • 9 June - Walter Rice Evans, Wales international rugby player
  • 1 August - Hugh Rowlands, VC recipient
  • 22 October - David Rogers, politician in Canada, 79
  • 10 November - George Essex Evans, Welsh-Australian poet, 46 (complications arising from gall bladder surgery)
  • 11 December - Ludwig Mond, industrialist
  • 13 December - Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, shipping magnate, 64
  • date unknown
  • Robert Bird, Welsh politician
  • Ivor James, educationist
  • Catherine Prichard, poet

    • References

    1909 in Wales Wikipedia
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