1897 in Wales

1897 in Wales
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Other events of 1897

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1897 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

9 April — The Snowdon Mountain Railway resumes operation, a year after a fatal accident on its maiden run.
13 May — Guglielmo Marconi sends the first ever wireless communication over water, from Lavernock Point to Flat Holm.
20 June — 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.
Opening of the Grand Theatre, Swansea.
Weaver's Mill, Swansea, becomes the first building in the UK to be constructed from reinforced concrete, by L. G. Mouchel of Briton Ferry.
Launch of the first Welsh-language Socialist newspaper, Llais Llafur.
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

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.