1906 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales 1906 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1906 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George V)
• Princess of Wales - Mary
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Dyfed

Events

• 13 February - In the United Kingdom general election:
  • For the first time ever, no Conservative MP is elected in Wales.
  • William Brace becomes Labour MP for South Glamorganshire.
  • David Davies becomes Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire.
  • Ivor Guest becomes Liberal MP for Cardiff District.
  • Alfred Mond becomes Liberal MP for Chester.
  • John David Rees becomes Liberal MP for Montgomery District.
  • Ivor Treowen becomes MP for South Monmouthshire.
  • John Williams becomes MP for Gower District.
• 27 June - One of the strongest earthquakes recorded in the UK strikes Swansea with a strength of 5.2 on the Richter Scale, damaging several buildings.
• 30 August - Official opening of Fishguard Harbour.
• 12 September - Opening of Newport Transporter Bridge.
• October - New City Hall, Cardiff, opens in Cathays Park.
• Evan Roberts suffers a breakdown, signalling the end of the 1904-1905 Welsh Revival.
• David Brynmor Jones is knighted.
• Opening of the first purpose-built sanatorium in Wales, at Allt-yr-yn, Newport.
• Hydro-electricity is generated for the first time in Wales, at Cwm Dyli in Gwynedd.
• Cray Reservoir completed to supply Swansea.
• Anglican Benedictine monks arrive at Caldey Island to found a community.
• The South Wales Miners' Federation affiliates to the Labour Party.

Arts and literature

• Ernest Rhys becomes editor of Everyman's Library.

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Caernarfon
  • Chair - John James Williams (J. J.)
  • Crown - Hugh Emyr Davies

New books

• Owen Morgan Edwards - Clych Adgof
• Arthur Machen – The House of Souls
• Sarah Winifred Parry – Sioned: darluniau o fywyd gwledig yng Nghymru (book publication)
• W. J. Parry – The Cry of the People
• Edward Thomas - The Heart of England
• Eifion Wyn - Telynogion Maes a Mor

Music

• The Welsh Folk Song Society is co-founded by soprano Mary Davies.
• David Vaughan Thomas - The Knight's Burial

Theatre

• 10 December - New Theatre, Cardiff, opens to the public, with a performance of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Sport

• Boxing
  • 23 May - Tom Thomas wins the British middleweight title.
• Rugby union
  • Wales finish second in the 1906 Home Nations Championship, beating England and Scotland, but losing to Ireland.
  • 1 December - Wales lose 11-0 to South Africa in the first encounter between the two countries.
• Tennis - For the first and only time, a Davis Cup final is played in Wales. The United States defeat Australia at Newport.

Births

• 10 January - Tom Arthur, Wales international rugby player
• 16 January - Watcyn Thomas, rugby player (died 1977)
• 19 February - Grace Williams, composer (died 1977)
• 4 March - Tommy Jones-Davies, Wales international rugby player (died 1960)
• 15 March - Bill Everson, Wales international rugby player (died 1966)
• 4 April - John Roberts Wales international rugby player (died 1965)
• 24 April - Leslie Thomas, politician (died 1971)
• 25 June - Roger Livesey, actor (died 1976)
• 27 June - Vernon Watkins, poet (died 1967)
• 12 July - Archie Skym, international rugby union player
• 15 July - Herbert Edmund-Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies, judge (died 1992)
• 16 October - Maudie Edwards, actress (died 1991)
• 18 November - Nigel Birch, Baron Rhyl, politician (died 1981)
• 8 December - Richard Llewellyn, novelist (died 1983)

Deaths

• 6 January - Emrys ap Iwan, writer, 54
• 25 March - Gwilym Williams, judge, 66
• 24 June - Henry Dennis, industrialist, 80
• 24 July - John Edwards (Meiriadog), poet, 93
• 4 September - William Bowen Rowlands, politician
• 16 September - Robert Llugwy Owen, minister and writer, 69
• 21 October - Griffith Jones (Glan Menai), writer, 70
• 30 November - Sir Edward James Reed, politician, 76
• 30 December - William Stadden, Wales international rugby player