1895 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1895 to Wales and its people.

1895
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
See also:
1895 in
The United Kingdom
Ireland
Scotland

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Llanelli

New books

English language

Welsh language

Music

    Sport

    • Golf – The Welsh Golfing Union is founded,[5] and the first Welsh amateur golf championships are held.
    • Horse racing – The Welsh Grand National is held for the first time, at Ely Racecourse, Cardiff. A huge crowd breaks down barriers and almost overwhelms police trying to keep out gatecrashers.[6]

    Births

    Deaths

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    References

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    2. Easdown, Martin; Thomas, Darlah (2010). Piers of Wales. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781848689206.
    3. "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
    4. John Buchanan-Brown (1953). Cassell's Encyclopaedia of World Literature: Biographies L-Z. Morrow. p. 274.
    5. Trudy Carradice; Phil Carradice (15 June 2010). Golf in Wales: A Pictorial History. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-4456-2347-4.
    6. "Youngsters are odds on to uncover history of racecourse". Wales Online. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
    7. Scott Wilson (19 August 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7.
    8. "Sir (Edward) Enoch Jenkins (1895-1960), Judge". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
    9. Jean Beagle Ristaino (2008). Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology. APS Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-89054-359-7.
    10. Margaret Mitford Williams. "Davies, Wilfred Mitford (1895–1966), artist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
    11. Thomas Parry. "Jones, Sir Cynan (Albert) Evans ('Cynan'; 1895–1970), poet, dramatist and eisteddfodwr". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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    13. Mike O'Connor (26 September 2003). Airfields and Airmen: Cambrai. Pen and Sword. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-78340-269-4.
    14. David Gwenallt Jones. "Jones, Richard Idwal (1895-1937), better known as Idwal Jones, schoolmaster, poet, and dramatist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
    15. "National Portrait Gallery – Person – Robert Ranke Graves". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
    16. Mary Auronwy James. "Edwards, Sir Ifan ab Owen (1895–1970), lecturer, founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
    17. John Matthias (1 January 1989). David Jones, man and poet. National Poetry Foundation, University of Maine. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-943373-03-4.
    18. Evans W, Journey to Harley Street; David Rendel, London (1968)
    19. Baker, J. N. L (1971). Jesus College 1571–1971. Oxonian Press Ltd, Oxford. pp. 91–93. ISBN 0-9502164-0-2.
    20. James, B. Ll. "Clark, George Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5461. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
    21. Williams James, John. "Briscoe, Thomas (1813–1895), cleric and scholar". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
    22. Benjamin George Owens. "Mathias, James Goronwy (Goronwy Ddu; 1842–1895), Baptist minister and littérateur". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
    23. James Frederick Rees. "Bruce, Henry Austin (1815–1895), 1st Baron Aberdare". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
    24. Richard Griffith Owen. "Davies, Ellis Thomas (1822–1895), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
    25. William Shakespeare (1896). Shakespeare and the Bible: Fifty Sonnets with Their Scriptural Harmonies. Samuel Bagster.
    26. Thomas Parry. "Jones, Thomas (Tudno; 1844–1895), cleric and poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
    27. H. T. Milliken (1975). The Road to Bodnant: The Story Behind the Foundation of the Famous North Wales Garden. Morten. p. vii. ISBN 978-0-85972-021-2.
    28. Katherine Williams. "Owen, Daniel (1836-1895), novelist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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