1892 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1892 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria
- Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales — Clwydfardd
Events
- January — Children's magazine Cymru'r Plant launched by Owen Morgan Edwards.
- 5 March — St Michael's & All Angels (Anglican) Theological College is founded at Aberdare.
- 30 May — The South Wales Argus is launched, published in Newport.
- 14 July — Official inauguration of the Liverpool water supply from Lake Vyrnwy. The Vyrnwy dam is the first high masonry gravity dam in Britain.
- 13 September — Official inauguration of the Watkin Path up Snowdon.
- Gomer Press is established at Llandysul by J. D. Lewis.
- Parc and Dare Hall in Treorchy opens as a workingmen's institute and library.
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales — held at Rhyl
- Chair — Evan Jones
- Crown — John John Roberts
New books
- D Davies — Patagonia: a description of the country
- Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) — Caniadau Gwyrosydd
- Thomas Gwynn Jones — Eglwys y Dyn Tlawd
- John Richard Williams (J.R. Tryfanwy) — Lloffion yr Amddifad
Music
- Joseph Parry — Saul of Tarsus (oratorio)
- David Christmas Williams — Traeth Llafar (cantata)
Sport
- Baseball - The Welsh Baseball Union is founded.
- Football — The Welsh Cup is won by Chirk for the fourth time in its 13-year history.
Births
- 23 March — Jack Whitfield, Wales rugby union captain (died 1927)
- 15 May — Jimmy Wilde, professional boxer (died 1969)
- 20 June — Geoffrey Crawshay, soldier and social benefactor (died 1954)
- 25 July — Brigadier Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, soldier and medical administrator (died 1973)
- 12 August — Jerry Shea, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player (died 1947)
- 18 September - Joe Johns, Welsh lightweight boxing champion (died 1927)
- 12 November — Tudor Davies, operatic tenor (died 1958)
- 19 November — Huw T. Edwards, trade union leader and politician (died 1970)
- date unknown — Hilda Vaughan, novelist (died 1985)
Deaths
- 5 March — Theophilus Redwood, pharmacist, 85
- 24 April — John Davies (Ossian Gwent), poet, 53
- 5 June — Robert Rees, singer and musician, 51
- 19 June — Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn, industrialist and politician, 78
- 18 December — Richard Owen, anatomist, 88
- 27 December — Samuel Holland, politician, 89
- date unknown - William Davies (Gwilym Teilo), poet and historian
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