1894 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1894 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Edward Albert, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Princess of Wales - Alexandra of Denmark
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Clwydfardd
[edit] Events
- February - The first new intermediate school in Wales opens at Caernarfon.
- June 23 - An accident at Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd, results in the deaths of 290 men, making it the second-worst disaster in Welsh mining history.
- August
- The Prince of Wales attends the National Eisteddfod.
- Owen Morgan Edwards makes his first report on county schools in Wales [1]
- Opening of South Dock, Newport.
- Completion of the first masonry dam in the UK, on the River Vyrnwy.
- T. E. Ellis becomes Chief Whip of the Liberal Party.
- In the "Welsh Revolt", MPs Herbert Lewis, David Alfred Thomas, David Lloyd George and Frank Edwards resign the Liberal whip.
- Dissolution of the North Wales Scholarship Association.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Caernarfon
- Chair - Howell Elvet Lewis
- Crown - Ben Davies
[edit] New books
- Evan Thomas Davies (Dyfrig) - Pregethau ac Anerchiadau
- Owen Morgan Edwards - Ystraeon o Hanes Cymru
- Daniel Owen - Enoc Huws
- Sir John Rhys - Outlines of the Phonology of the Manx Gaelic
[edit] Music
- Sir Henry Walford Davies - Symphony in D
[edit] Sport
- Cricket - William Brain, plays his first match for Glamorgan.
- Football - The Welsh Cup is won by Chirk for the fifth time in its 15-year history.
- Rugby union
- January 1 - Gwyn Nicholls plays his first match for Cardiff.
[edit] Births
- March 21 - William Hubert Vaughan, public servant (died 1959)
- May 16 - Sir Leonard Twiston Davies, patron of the arts (died 1953)
- June 23 - Edward, future Prince of Wales (died 1972)
- July 4 - Ambrose Bebb, author and politician (died 1955)
- July 10 - Emrys Hughes, politician (died 1969)
- July 31 - Fred Keenor, footballer (died 1972)
- August 23 - Gareth Hughes, actor (died 1965)
[edit] Deaths
- February 24 - John Roberts, politician, 58
- March 8 - John Bickerton Morgan, geologist, 34
- November 28 - Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea, 73
- December 25 - Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor, 75