1894 in Wales

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1893 | 1895 | Other years in Wales
1894 in the United Kingdom
1894 in Ireland
Other events of 1894

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1894 to Wales and its people.

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[edit] Incumbents

[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.

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[edit] Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Caernarfon

  • Chair - Howell Elvet Lewis
  • Crown - Ben Davies

[edit] New books

[edit] Music

[edit] Sport

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths