1913 in Wales
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Template:Short description Template:Use Welsh English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Year in Wales header This article is about the particular significance of the year 1913 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
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- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th Baronet (until 15 June);[5] John William Gwynne Hughes (from 15 September)
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – William Glynne Charles Gladstone[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (until 11 March)[9] Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen (from 4 April)
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Powlett Milbank[10]
- Bishop of Bangor – Watkin Williams[11]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Joshua Pritchard Hughes[12]
- Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)[13]
- Bishop of St Davids – John Owen[14]
Events
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- 19 February - Suffragette arson attack on a house being built for David Lloyd George near Walton Heath Golf Club in Surrey. Emmeline Pankhurst, in a speech in Cardiff this evening, claims to have incited this and other incidents.[15]
- 5 June - The last ship built at Porthmadog, Y Gestiana, is launched; on 4 October she is wrecked on her maiden voyage, on the coast of Nova Scotia.
- 14 June - Three years after leaving Cardiff on her fateful voyage to the Antarctic, Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ship Terra Nova returns to the port, commanded by Scott's former comrade Teddy Evans.
- 14 October - Senghenydd Colliery Disaster: 439 men are killed in a mining accident at Universal Colliery, Senghenydd - the worst accident in British mining history. 1913 is the peak year for coal production in Wales.
- 27 October - A tornado hits South Wales, killing four people.[16]
- Diplomat William Henry Hoare Vincent is knighted.
- Carmarthen Farm Institute is founded - the first of its kind.
- Monmouthshire Training College is founded at Caerleon, with Edward Anwyl as its first principal.
- School of Mines founded at Treforest, a predecessor of the University of South Wales.
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Abergavenny
- Chair - Thomas Jacob Thomas, "Aelwyd y Cymro"[17]
- Crown - William Evans (Wil Ifan)
New books
English language
- Sabine Baring-Gould - Lives of the British Saints, volume 4[18]
- W. H. Davies - Foliage[19]
- Frances Hoggan - American Negro Women During Their First Fifty Years of Freedom
- Thomas Gwynn Jones - Cofiant Thomas Gee
- Sir John Morris-Jones - Welsh Grammar: Historical and Comparative
- Edward Thomas - The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans
Welsh language
- T. Gwynn Jones - Brethyn Cartref[20]
- Moelona - Teulu Bach Nantoer
Music
- Robert Griffith - Llyfr Cerdd Dannau[21]
- Morfydd Llwyn Owen - Nocturne (Charles Lucas Medal)[22]
Film
- The American adaptation of Ivanhoe is filmed at Chepstow Castle.[23]
Sport
- Boxing
- 2 June - Bill Beynon wins the British and Empire bantamweight championship.
- Rugby Union
- 18 January - Wales are defeated 12–0 by England in a game played at the National Stadium, Cardiff
Births
- 7 March – E. Gwyndaf Evans, poet and archdruid (died 1986)[24]
- 13 March – Tessie O'Shea, entertainer and actress (d. 1995)[25]
- 29 March - R. S. Thomas, poet (d. 2000)[26]
- 31 March - Dai Rees, golfer (died 1983)[27]
- 8 May - Tom Rees, Wales international rugby player (d. 1991)
- 27 May - Mervyn Stockwood, Anglican bishop (d. 1995)[28]
- 5 June - Moelwyn Merchant, poet and novelist (d. 1997)[29]
- 15 June - Sir James Hamlyn Williams-Drummond, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, 56[30]
- 6 July - Gwyn Thomas, author (died 1981)[31]
- 23 July - Michael Foot, politician, MP for Ebbw Vale 1960-1992 (died 2010)[32]
- 7 September - William "Wendy" Davis, Wales international rugby player (d. 2002)
- 2 October - Vivian Ridler, printer (died 2009)[33]
- 18 December - Eddie Morgan, Wales international rugby player (d. 1978)
Deaths
- 4 February - Tom Williams, Wales international rugby player and sports administrator, c.52
- 8 February - James Webb, Wales rugby international, 50
- 16 February (in Australia) - Lewis Thomas, colliery proprietor and politician, 80[34]
- 11 March - Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, British Army officer, politician and philanthropist, 81[9]
- 19 March - John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia), harpist, 87[35]
- 30 March - Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, politician, 60[36]
- 3 April (in London) - Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff, politician, 87[37]
- 15 April - William Jones, Victoria Cross recipient, c.73
- 4 June (in London) - Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel, politician, 78
- 24 July - Hugh Brython Hughes, children's author, 65[38]
- 17 August - Harry Bowen, Wales international rugby player, 49
- 22 September - Emmeline Lewis Lloyd, alpine mountaineer, 85[39]
- c. 8 October - John Jones (Coch Bach y Bala), notorious criminal, c.59
- 6 November - Sir William Henry Preece, electrical engineer, 79[40]
- 7 November (in Broadstone, Dorset) - Alfred Russel Wallace, scientist, 90[41]
- 19 December (in South Africa) - Bert Gould, Wales international rugby player, 43
- date unknown - Thomas Thomas (apTommas), harpist and younger brother of John Thomas, 82/3
See also
References
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