1897 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1897 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 - Hwfa Môn
[edit] Events
- May 13 - Guglielmo Marconi sends the first ever wireless communication over water, from Lavernock Point to Flat Holm.
- June 20 - Celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee is muted in Nonconformist parts of Wales, as the date falls on a Sunday.
- November - Four Customs officers are rescued from the River Usk, near Newport's Alexandra Dock pier-head after their boat capsizes.
- Opening of the Tal-y-cafn Bridge across the River Conwy.
- Launch of the first Welsh-language Socialist newspaper, Llais Llafur.
- Opening of the Grand Theatre, Swansea.
- Merthyr Tydfil is refused a town charter; it was eventually granted one in 1905.
- Opening of the Canterbury Building at St David's College, Lampeter (demolished in 1971).
- Edgeworth David leads the Royal Society 's expedition to the coral atoll of Funafuti.
- Opening of Llanfyllin County School. Politician Clement Davies is one of the first pupils.
- Sir Owen Morgan Edwards founds the periodical Heddyw.
- The Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway opens
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Newport, Monmouthshire
- Chair - John Thomas Job
- Crown - Thomas Mafonwy Davies
[edit] New books
- Caniadau Cymru (anthology)
- John Cadvan Davies - Caneuon Cadvan
- Alfred Neobard Palmer - Owen Tanat
- Ellis Pierce - Teulu'r Gilfach
- Owen Rhoscomyl - The White Rose of Arno
- John Willis-Bund - The Celtic Church of Wales
[edit] Music
- Walford Davies - Overture in D minor
- Llyfr Hymnau a Thonau y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd (collection of hymns)
[edit] Film
- Arthur Cheetham begins making films in Wales.
[edit] Sport
- Rugby Union - Due to an argument with the International Football Rugby Board the Welsh Rugby Union withdraws from the organisation and Wales do not play international rugby for 12 months.
- Swimming - The Welsh Amateur Swimming Association is founded. The first Welsh championships take place, with events for men only.
[edit] Births
- April 5 - Ness Edwards, politician (died 1968)
- June 22 - Kathleen Freeman, classical scholar (died 1959)
- November 15 - Aneurin Bevan, politician (died 1960)
[edit] Deaths
- January 14 - William Basil Tickell Jones, Bishop of St David's, 75
- February 3 - David Pugh Evans, songwriter, 31
- May 12 - Thomas Llewelyn Thomas, linguist, 56
- September 6 - Thomas Rees Morgan, engineer, 63
- September 8 - James Milo Griffiths, sculptor, 54
- September 16 - Edward Edwards (Pencerdd Ceredigion), musician, 83
- October 15 - Charles John Vaughan, former Dean of Llandaff, 81
