1907 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1907 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - George, Prince of Wales, son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
*Princess of Wales - Mary of Teck
*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Dyfed

Events

*17 February - The cargo ship "Orianda" sinks off Barry, with the loss of 14 crew.
*5 March - Six miners are killed in a shaft accident at Windsor Colliery, Abertridwr.
*9 July - King Edward VII of the United Kingdom visits Bangor to lay the foundation stone of the new university buildings. Principal Henry Reichel is knighted.
*10 November - Five miners are killed in an accident at Seven Sisters Colliery.
*11 December - Seven miners are killed in an accident at Dinas Main Colliery, Gilfach Goch.
*Edgeworth David joins Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to the South Pole.
*Francis Edwards, MP for Radnorshire, is created a baronet.
*Owen Morgan Edwards becomes Chief Inspector of Schools for Wales.
*The Board of Education establishes a special Welsh department.
*Opening of the Queen Alexandra Dock in Cardiff, attended by the King and Queen.
*C. H. Watkins designs and builds the first aircraft in Wales at Cardiff, and names it "Robin Goch".
*The National Library of Wales and National Museum of Wales receive their charters.
*Opening of Dolgarrog hydroelectric power station.
*The silver and lead mine at Llywernog reopens in order to prospect for zinc.

Arts and literature

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Swansea
**Chair - Thomas Davies
**Crown - John Dyfnallt Owen

New books

*Eliot Crawshay-Williams - "Across Persia"
*W. H. Davies - "New Poems"
*John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) - "Gwerin-Eiriau Sir Gaernarfon"
*Arthur Machen - "The Hill of Dreams"
*John Morris-Jones - "Caniadau"

Music

*T. Hopkin Evans - "Crowns of Golden Light" and "The Voyage"
*John Hughes - "Cwm Rhondda"
*David Vaughan Thomas - "Llyn y Fan"

port

*Bowls - The Welsh Open Bowls Championship is launched.
*Boxing
**1 June - Jim Driscoll wins the British featherweight title.
**8 August - Joe White wins the British welterweight title (disputed).

Births

*3 January - Ray Milland, actor
*11 January - Reg Thomas, athlete
*30 April - Harry Bowcott, international rugby player and president of the Welsh Rugby Union (died 2004)
*10 June - Ernie Curtis, footballer (died 1992)
*"date unknown"
**Will Roberts, painter
**Trevor Thomas, art historian and author

Deaths

*January 7 - David Rowlands (Dewi Môn), minister, academic and writer
*March 10 - George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn, industrialist and politician
*March 24 - John Pugh, minister (Forward Movement)
*July 5 - John Romilly Allen, archaeologist
*August 14 - David Treharne Evans, Lord Mayor of London
*October - Hugh Davies (Pencerdd Maelor), composer
*October 29 - Megan Watts Hughes, singer
*November 10 - Sir Lewis Morris, Anglo-Welsh poet