1903 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1903 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George, Prince of Wales, son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
- Princess of Wales - Mary of Teck
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Hwfa Môn
[edit] Events
- End of the lock-out at Penrhyn Quarry, near Bethesda - the longest major industrial dispute in British history.
- Sygun Copper Mine is abandoned.
- Closure of the lifeboat station on Ynys Llanddwyn.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Arthur Machen marries Dorothie Purefoy Hudleston.
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Llanelli
- Chair - John Thomas Job
- Crown - John Evans Davies
[edit] New books
- Bertrand Russell - The Principles of Mathematics
[edit] Music
[edit] Sport
[edit] Births
- April 17 - Thomas Rowland Hughes, novelist, poet and dramatist (died 1949)
- May 9 - Tudor Watkins, Baron Watkins, politician (died 1983)
- June 6 - Ceri Richards, artist (died 1971)
- November 22 - David Rees-Williams, Baron Ogmore (died 1976)
- date unknown
- Dorothy Edwards, novelist (died 1934)
- Horace Evans, royal physician
- Gwilym R. Jones, poet and editor (died 1993)
- Will Paynter, miners’ leader (died 1984)
- Glyn Simon, Archbishop of Wales 1968-71) (died 1972)
[edit] Deaths
- February 17 - Joseph Parry, composer
- March 8 - Morgan Thomas, surgeon
- April 12 - Daniel Silvan Evans, writer and lexicographer
- June 19 - Herbert Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster
- October 13 - Morgan B. Williams, United States politician
- September 18 - Sir Llewellyn Turner, politician
- date unknown
- Eliezer Pugh, philanthropist
- Watcyn Wyn, preacher and poet
