1903 in Wales

1903 in Wales
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1903 in: The United Kingdom • Ireland • Scotland
Other events of 1903

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1903 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

4 April - Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway begins operation.^[1]
14 November - End of the lock-out at Penrhyn Quarry near Bethesda (begun 1900), the longest major industrial dispute in British history.
Sygun Copper Mine is abandoned.
Closure of the life-boat station on Ynys Llanddwyn.

July - William Haggar releases Desperate Poaching Affray, seen as an important influence on the chase genre of film.

1 January – Horace Evans, royal physician (died 1963)
9 February – Gipsy Daniels, Welsh boxer
24 March – Gwilym R. Jones, poet and editor (died 1993)
14 April – Glyn Simon, Archbishop of Wales (1968–71; died 1972)
17 April – Thomas Rowland Hughes, novelist, poet and dramatist (died 1949)
1 May – Geraint Goodwin, writer (died 1941)
9 May – Tudor Watkins, Baron Watkins, politician (died 1983)
6 June – Ceri Richards, artist (died 1971)
22 June – Harry Phillips, Wales international rugby player (died 1978)
18 August – Dorothy Edwards, novelist (died 1934)
22 November – David Rees-Williams, Baron Ogmore (died 1976)
2 December – Jim Sullivan, Wales and British Isles rugby league player (died 1977)
6 December – Will Paynter, miners’ leader (died 1984)

1903 in Europe

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Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Cyprus Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta