1898 in Wales
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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Year in Wales header This article is about the particular significance of the year 1898 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
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- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Hwfa Môn[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor (until 29 March);[5] Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th Baronet (from 12 July)[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – W. R. M. Wynne[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Powlett Milbank[12]
- Bishop of Bangor – Daniel Lewis Lloyd[13]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Lewis[14]
- Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)[15]
- Bishop of St Davids – John Owen[16]
Events
- 22 January — Newspaper Llais Llafur ("Labour Voice") is launched in Ystalyfera,[17] and will continue to be published (under various titles) until 1971.
- 1 April–1 September — Welsh coal strike fails to remove the sliding scale, linking wages to the price of coal.[18]
- 28 March–15 August — Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway runs regular market day passenger services.[19]
- 10 May — Mumbles Pier is opened and the Swansea and Mumbles Railway is extended to it.[20]
- 2 August — The Llandudno Motor Touring Co begins running excursions with the first motor buses in Wales at Llandudno.[21]
- 24 October — The South Wales Miners' Federation is founded.
- 6 December — The Abercynon to Merthyr Tydfil stretch of the Glamorganshire Canal is closed because of subsidence.[22]
- date unknown
- Peak year of slate production in Wales.
- Opening of new docks at Barry and Port Talbot.[23]
- Opening of Lluest-wen Reservoir.
- The last stained glass window to be designed by Edward Burne-Jones is installed at St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden, by Morris & Co.[24][25]
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales — held at Blaenau Ffestiniog
- Chair — Robert Owen Hughes, "Awen"[26]
- Crown — Richard Roberts, "Charles o'r Bala"[27]
New books
Welsh language
- Beriah Gwynfe Evans — Dafydd Dafis[28]
- Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) — Aeron Awen Gwyrosydd[29]
- John Owen Jones (Ap Ffarmwr) — Cofiant Gladstone[30]
- T. Gwynn Jones — Gwedi Brad a Gofid[31]
Music
- none known
Sport
- Football — The Welsh Cup is won by the "Druids" for the sixth time in its 20-year history
- Rugby union
- Senghenydd RFC and Ynysybwl RFC are founded.
- February — The Welsh Rugby Union is readmitted into the International Football Rugby Board after the events of The Gould Affair and Wales can again play international rugby.
- 19 March — Wales defeat Ireland 11–3 in a game played at Thomond Park, Limerick
Births
- 20 January – Tudor Owen, actor (died 1979)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- 10 February – Thomas Jones, Baron Maelor, politician (died 1984)[32]
- 20 April – Cliff Williams, Wales international rugby union player (died 1930)
- 29 July – Dorothy Rees, politician (died 1987)[33]
- 29 August – Sydney Hinam, Wales international rugby union player (died 1982)[34]
- 24 September – Henry Arthur Evans, politician (died 1958)
- 6 October – William John Edwards, Cerdd Dant singer (died 1978)
- 25 December – Islwyn Evans, Wales international rugby player (died 1974)
Deaths
- 29 March – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor, politician, 80[35]
- 25 May – Theophilus Harris Davies, sugar magnate, 64[36]
- 17 June – Sir Edward Burne-Jones, artist, 64[37]
- 17 July – Arthur Guest, politician, 56[38]
- 11 August – Owen Humphrey Davies (Eos Llechid), composer, 59[39]
- 6 September – Robert Jones, VC recipient, 41 (suicide)
- 26 September – Joseph Jenkins, farmer and diarist ("The Welsh Swagman"), 80[40]
- 28 September – Thomas Gee, publisher, 83[41]
- 29 October – David Stephen Davies, preacher and colonial leader[42]
- 31 October – William Gilbert Rees, surveyor and explorer, New Zealand settler, 71[43]
- 2 December – Michael D. Jones, Tad y Wladfa, founder of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, 76[44]
- 17 December – William Norton, Wales international rugby player, 36
- date unknown – John Jones, astronomer, about 80[45]
See also
References
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- ↑ Huddersfield Daily Chronicle Thursday 5 May 1898, p.3. issue 9599: Memorial window at Haywarden: "the Nativity from the designs of Sir Edward Burne-Jones" soon to be finished for the Gladstone family
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