Incumbents

• Prince of Wales
  Prince of Wales
  Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
  
   — The Prince Albert Edward
  Edward VII of the United Kingdom
  Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
  
  , son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
• Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
  
   — Alexandra of Denmark
  Alexandra of Denmark
  Alexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...
  
  
• Archdruid
  Archdruid
  The Archdruid is the title used by the presiding official of the Gorsedd.The Archdruid presides over the most important ceremonies at the National Eisteddfod of Wales including the Crowning of the Bard, The Award of the Prose Medal and Chairing of the Bard. From 1932 only former winners of the...
  
   of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
  National Eisteddfod of Wales
  The National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...
  
   — Hwfa Môn
  Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn)
  Rev. Rowland Williams , commonly known by his bardic name of "Hwfa Môn", was a Welsh clergyman and poet, who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1895 to 1905.- Early Life and education:...
  
  

Events

• 28 January — In an underground explosion
  Explosion
  An explosion is a rapid increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures and the release of gases. An explosion creates a shock wave. If the shock wave is a supersonic detonation, then the source of the blast is called a "high explosive"...
  
   at Tylorstown Colliery, Rhondda
  Rhondda
  Rhondda , or the Rhondda Valley , is a former coal mining valley in Wales, formerly a local government district, consisting of 16 communities built around the River Rhondda. The valley is made up of two valleys, the larger Rhondda Fawr valley and the smaller Rhondda Fach valley...
  
  , 57 miners are killed.
• February — Construction of the Snowdon Mountain Railway
  Snowdon Mountain Railway
  The Snowdon Mountain Railway is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in England and Wales....
  
   is completed.
• 27 March — Colonel Sir Francis Marindin
  Francis Marindin
  Colonel Sir Francis Arthur Marindin, KCMG served with the Royal Engineers and was a key figure in the early development of association football. He was later knighted for his work in public services....
  
   makes an unofficial inspection of the Snowdon Mountain Railway line on behalf of the Board of Trade. This includes a demonstration of the automatic brakes.
• 6 April — The Snowdon Mountain Railway
  Snowdon Mountain Railway
  The Snowdon Mountain Railway is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in England and Wales....
  
   commences public operation. On the first trip down the mountain, locomotive No.1 "Ladas" with two carriages loses the rack and is derailed. A passenger dies after jumping from the carriage. The second train down collides with the wreckage of the first; services are suspended for a year.
• June — The Prince and Princess of Wales visit Aberystwyth
  Aberystwyth
  Aberystwyth is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. Often colloquially known as Aber, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol....
  
  , where the prince is installed as chancellor of the University of Wales
  University of Wales
  The University of Wales was a confederal university founded in 1893. It had accredited institutions throughout Wales, and formerly accredited courses in Britain and abroad, with over 100,000 students, but in October 2011, after a number of scandals, it withdrew all accreditation, and it was...
  
   and the princess opens the new pier pavilion.
• 24 September — William Frost
  William Frost
  William Frost was a Welsh amateur aviator, who, some believe, made a manned flight of considerable distance in a winged powered flying machine of his own design....
  
   flies his Frost Airship Glider
  Frost Airship Glider
  The Frost Airship Glider was designed and constructed by William Frost in the mid-1890s. According to the patent specification 1894-20431 issued in London, the craft was simply called 'A Flying Machine'.The preamble to the specification states:...
  
   for the only time.
• 30 September–August 1897
  1897 in Wales
  This article is about the particular significance of the year 1897 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark...
  
   — Lock-out
  Lockout (industry)
  A lockout is a work stoppage in which an employer prevents employees from working. This is different from a strike, in which employees refuse to work.- Causes :...
  
   of slate workers
  Slate industry in Wales
  The slate industry in Wales began during the Roman period when slate was used to roof the fort at Segontium, now Caernarfon. The slate industry grew slowly until the early 18th century, then expanded rapidly until the late 19th century, at which time the most important slate producing areas were in...
  
   at Penrhyn Quarry
  Penrhyn Quarry
  The Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a slate quarry located near Bethesda in north Wales. At the end of the nineteenth century it was the world's largest slate quarry; the main pit is nearly long and deep, and it was worked by nearly 3,000 quarrymen. It has since been superseded in size by slate quarries...
  
  .
• Creation of the Roman Catholic diocese
  Diocese
  A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
  
   of Cardiff.
• Opening of Shotton
  Shotton
  -Places:England* Shotton, Northumberland, a village in the County of Northumberland* Shotton, Peterlee, a village in County Durham* Shotton, Sedgefield, a village in County Durham* Shotton Colliery, a village in County DurhamWales...
  
   steelworks.
• Opening of the first indoor swimming pool
  Swimming pool
  A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
  
   in Wales, at Cardiff
  Cardiff
  Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
  
  .
• Bangor
  Bangor, Gwynedd
  Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...
  
   pier built and opened by George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn
• Opening of the Pierhead Building at Cardiff by the Bute Dock Company (now an information centre for the Welsh Assembly).

Awards

• Chair — Ben Davies
• Crown — withheld

New books

• Owen Morgan Edwards
  Owen Morgan Edwards
  Owen Morgan Edwards was a Welsh historian, educationalist and writer. He is often known as O. M. Edwards....
  
   — Cartrefi Cymru
• Bertrand Russell
  Bertrand Russell
  Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had never been any of these things...
  
   — German Social Democracy

Music

• Nicholas Bennett — Alawon fy Ngwlad
• David Jenkins
  David Jenkins (composer)
  David Jenkins was a Welsh composer, best known for his choral works and hymn tunes.Born at Trecastle near Brecon, Jenkins was at first apprenticed to a tailor, but in 1874 he began studying music at Aberystwyth under Joseph Parry. In 1893 he returned to Aberystwyth as a lecturer, rising to...
  
   — Four Welsh Airs

Film

• 5 May — Birt Acres
  Birt Acres
  Birt Acres was a photographer and film pioneer.Born in Richmond, Virginia to English parents, he invented the first British 35 mm moving picture camera, the first daylight loading home movie camera and projector, Birtac, was the first travelling newsreel reporter in international film history and...
  
  ' The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race
  The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race (1895 film)
  The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Birt Acres...
  
  (1895) becomes the first film in the UK to be commercially screened outside London
  London
  London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
  
   when it is shown at Cardiff
  Cardiff
  Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
  
   Town Hall.
• The first Royal news film ever shot in Britain shows the Prince and Princess of Wales visiting an exhibition in Cardiff.

Sport

• Football
  Football (soccer)
  Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
  
   — The Welsh Cup
  Welsh Cup
  The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales.The Football Association of Wales is the organising body of this competition, which has been run every year since its inception in 1877-78...
  
   is won by Bangor
  Bangor, Wales
  Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...
  
   for the second time in its 17-year history.

Births

• 18 January — Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne
  Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne
  Walter Ernest Christopher James, 4th Baron Northbourne , was an English agriculturalist, author and rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.-Life:...
  
  , agriculturist (died 1982)
• 7 March — Charlie Pugh
  Charlie Pugh
  Charles Henry Pugh was a Welsh international rugby union player who played rugby for three notable Welsh clubs, Aberavon, Maesteg and Neath...
  
  , Wales national rugby player (died 1951)
• 21 March — Dai Edwards
  Dai Edwards
  David "Dai" Edwards was an international rugby forward who played rugby union for Glynneath and rugby league with Rochdale Hornets...
  
  , Wales dual-code rugby international (died 1960)
• 1 May — Hubert William Lewis
  Hubert William Lewis
  Hubert William Lewis VC was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
  
  , VC recipient (died 1977)
• 6 May — Wilfred Hodder
  Wilfred Hodder
  Wilfred "Wilf" Hodder was a Welsh miner, hotelier, served in the Royal Field Artillery in World War I, a member of the Board of directors at Wigan RLFC, and was a dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s who at representative level played...
  
  , Wales international rugby player (died 1957)
• 7 May — Edgar Morgan, dual-code rugby international (died 1983)
• 13 August — Walter Price, footballer
• 1 September — Steve Morris
  Steve Morris (rugby union player)
  Steve Morris was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Cross Keys. A hard man, Morris was extremely physical in the way he played the game, sometimes over physical and he was unafraid to turn to violence if it was warranted. It is reported that he once knocked out a...
  
  , Wales national rugby player (died 1965)
• 11 September — John Morris, Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest
  John Morris, Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest
  John William Morris, Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest CH, PC, MC was a British judge.In 1914, with the beginning of the First World War, Morris served in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers until its end...
  
  , judge (died 1979)
• 15 September — Owen Temple-Morris
  Owen Temple-Morris
  Sir Owen Temple-Morris, QC was a British barrister and Conservative politician.His son, Peter Temple-Morris, was also a Conservative Member of Parliament , but left the party and later joined Labour Party....
  
  , politician (died 1985)

Deaths

• 17 January — Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover
  Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover
  Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover , born Augusta Waddington, was a Welsh heiress, best known as a patron of the Arts in Wales.-Early life:...
  
  , patron of the arts, 93
• 26 February — Octavius Vaughan Morgan
  Octavius Vaughan Morgan
  Octavius Vaughan Morgan was a Welsh-born Liberal Party politician who sat in the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1885 to 1892....
  
  , politician, 58
• 5 April — John Rogers Thomas
  John Rogers Thomas
  John Rogers Thomas was an American composer, pianist, and singer of Welsh descent.Thomas was born in Newport, Rhode Island. A baritone and composer, he first came to America with the Sequin English Opera Company and became interested in the music of America that was developing...
  
  , Welsh-descended American songwriter and composer, 66
• 10 April — John Evans Jones, Governor of Nevada, 55
• 1 August — William Robert Grove
  William Robert Grove
  Sir William Robert Grove PC QC FRS was a judge and physical scientist. He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell technology.-Early life:...
  
  , lawyer, judge and scientist, 85
• 27 October — Richard Davies
  Richard Davies (MP)
  Richard Davies was a Welsh businessman and ship-owner and non-conformist Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1886....
  
  , businessman, ship-owner and politician, 77
• 30 December — Evan Herber Evans
  Evan Herber Evans
  Evan Herber Evans , was a Welsh Nonconformist minister.Evans was born at Pant-yr-onen near Betws Ifan in Ceredigion. As a boy he saw something of the Rebecca Riots, and went to school at the neighboring village of Llechryd. In 1853 he went into business, first at Pontypridd and then at Merthyr...
  
  , Nonconformist leader, 60