1893 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1893 to Wales and its people.

← 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1893 in Wales → 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1893 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
• Princess of Wales – Alexandra
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd

Events

• 13 February – The South Wales Daily Post is launched in Swansea.
• 11 April – In an underground fire at Great Western Mine, Pontypridd, 63 miners are killed.[1]
• 6 June – Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway opens South Dock in Newport Docks.[2]
• 6 July – The future Prince of Wales, Prince George (later George V), marries Mary of Teck; their wedding rings are made of Welsh gold.[3]
• 7 August – 24 people are drowned at Aberavon when a boat carrying trippers on a Sunday school outing from Ystrad Rhondda capsizes in the bay. A survivor claimed that the inexperienced passengers had been frightened by the waves and all ran to one side of the boat.[4]
• September – An International Eisteddfod takes place in Chicago, USA, during the Chicago World's Fair.[5]
• 17 November – Two boatmen involved in the Aberavon drowing disaster of 7 August are found not guilty of manslaughter by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court.[4]

Arts and literature

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Pontypridd

• Chair – John Ceulanydd Williams, "Pulpud Cymru"[6]
• Crown – Ben Davies

New books

• Charles Ashton – Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig o 1651 hyd 1850
• John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes – Caniadau Moelwyn
• Edwin Cynrig Roberts – Hanes Dechreuad y Wladfa Gymreig
• Eleazar Roberts – Owen Rees

Music

• Hymnau yr Eglwys (collection of hymns)

Sport

• Football – The Welsh Cup is won by Wrexham for the third time in its 14-year history.
• Rugby union – Wales wins the Triple Crown for the first time.
• Rugby union – Glamorgan Wanderers, Laugharne RFC and Tredegar RFC are established.

Births

• 15 January – Ivor Novello, composer and actor (died 1951)[7]
• 27 January – John Russell, VC recipient (died 1917)
• 25 February
  • Billy Jennings, footballer (died 1968)
  • Gordon Lang, politician (died 1981)
• 23 May – Tudor Thomas, pioneering ophthalmic surgeon (died 1976)[8]
• 24 May – William Hubert Davies, musician (died 1965)
• 1 June – Lewis Valentine, political activist (died 1986)[9]
• 2 June – David James Davies, economist, industrialist and writer (died 1956)
• 1 July – Douglas Marsden-Jones, rugby player (died 1955)
• 2 July – Ralph Hancock, garden architect (died 1950)
• 1 August – Lionel Beaumont Thomas, MC, businessman and politician (died 1942)
• 15 October – Saunders Lewis, Welsh nationalist poet, dramatist and critic (died 1985)[10]
• 18 October – Ivor Rees, VC recipient (died 1967)
• 29 December – Cyril Lakin, politician (died 1948)
• 31 December – Ossie Male, rugby player (died 1975)
• date unknown – Eleanor Evans, actress, singer and theatre director (died 1969)

Deaths

• 14 January – John Hawley Edwards, footballer, 42
• 23 January – Dr William Price, eccentric, 92
• 28 January – David Owen, politician in Wisconsin, 64[11]
• 29 January – Griffith Edwards (Gutyn Padarn), poet and antiquary, 80[12]
• 12 February – Thomas Eyton-Jones, surgeon, physician, magistrate, local politician and army officer, 60[13]
• 27 March – John Roberts, Sr., billiards champion, 69
• 30 March – Richard Crawley, writer, 52[14]
• 24 August – Willie Llewelyn, cricketer, 25 (suicide)[15]
• 5 September – Morgan Lloyd, politician, 71
• 17 September – Edwin Cynrig Roberts, Patagonian colonist, about 55
• 1 October – Samuel Griffith, Pennsylvania politician, 77[16]
• 23 December – Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet, MP and founder of the Elliot Home for Seamen in Newport[17] 79

References

1. Edward Besly (2004). For Those in Peril: Civil Decorations and Lifesaving Awards at the National Museums & Galleries of Wales. National Museum Wales. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7200-0546-2.
2. The Railway News ... 1911. p. 1211.
3. The British Empire Year Book. 1903. p. 1.
4. "The Aberavon Disaster". Welsh Newspapers Online – South Wales Daily News. 18 November 1893. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
5. Cherilyn A Walley (1 July 2009). The Welsh in Iowa. University of Wales Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-78316-591-9.
6. "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
7. Obituary, The Times, 7 March 1951, p. 6
8. John Davies; Nigel Jenkins; Menna Baines (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 868. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
9. Dafydd Johnston. "VALENTINE, LEWIS EDWARD (1893–1986), Baptist minister, author and Welsh nationalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
10. T. Robin Chapman. "Lewis, John Saunders (1893–1985), politician, critic and dramatist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
11. Consul Willshire Butterfield, ed. (1880). The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. p. 1058.
12. Thomas Parry. "EDWARDS, GRIFFITH (Gutyn Padarn; 1812–1893), cleric, poet and antiquary". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
13. "Home and Foreign Chit-Chat". Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal: 3. 24 February 1893.
14.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Crawley, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1901.
15. "The Tragic Death of Mr W D Llewelyn – The Western Mail". Abel Nadin. 30 August 1893. hdl:10107/4327419. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
16. • United States Congress. "1893 in Wales (id: G000470)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
17. Sir George Elliot Bart MP Houghton Heritage Accessed 18 June 2016.